Judd Trump

Judd Trump moved a ball with his hand after tricking the referee to look at the crowd during his World Championship quarter-final with Stuart Bingham.

As the crowd giggled along, Trump quickly moved the pink and fired his next shot before the official had a chance to cotton on. The 2019 world champion weighed up his options. The theatrics occurred after Trump accidentally snookered himself as he hunted down a century break.

Judd Trump delighted the crowd with some theatrics during his World Championship clash with Stuart Bingham. The 2019 world champion cheekily moved the pink ...

Stream the World Championship and other top snooker live and on-demand on discovery+. You can also watch all the action live on eurosport.co.uk. Judd Trump delighted the crowd with some theatrics during his World Championship clash with Stuart Bingham. The 2019 world champion cheekily moved the pink with his hand after telling the referee there was a disturbance in the crowd. Judd Trump winds up referee, moves ball with hand during World Championship match with Stuart Bingham

Judd Trump entertained the Crucible crowd with a hilarious prank on the referee during his World Championship quarter-final with Stuart Bingham.

Click here for a full quarter-final review and highlights. Instead, Trump opted to trick referee Ben Williams instead by pointing to the crowd to distract him, before quickly moving the pink with his hand. Judd Trump entertained the Crucible crowd with a hilarious prank on the referee during his World Championship quarter-final with Stuart Bingham.

JUDD TRUMP is currently level with Stuart Bingham in their World Snooker Championship quarter-final clash.

Trump then quickly moved the pink with his hand and rushed his shot, hitting the brown but failing to pot it. Ronnie O'Sullivan is currently the only player to have made the final four, having beaten Stephen Maguire 13-5. With Trump hoping to make a century break, the 32-year-old found himself snookered behind the pink while needing to pot the brown.

Judd Trump is into the semi-finals of the World Snooker Championship for a fifth time after a 13-8 win over Stuart Bingham at the Crucible.

I was completely gone at 8-5 and Stuart helped me a little bit.’ It will be the first time the Welsh legend and the Ace have met at the Crucible, or in fact in any of the three Triple Crown events, with their last meeting of much significance coming in the last 16 of the 2020 Scottish Open, which Trump won. The former world number one adds the scalp of Bingham to Anthony McGill and Hossein Vafaei who he saw off in the first two rounds.

The 32-year-old distracted Ben Williams then moved a ball to pretend to give himself an easier shot – to the amusement of the Crucible crowd.

Judd Trump provided a moment of levity at the World Snooker Championship as he played a joke on the referee in the middle of his quarter-final. Trump, whose nicknames include the Ace and the Juddernaut, is known as one of the game’s entertainers, but he had spoken before the tournament about having lost his enjoyment of snooker. Snooker star Judd Trump sees the funny side as he plays joke on referee

The 32-year-old distracted Ben Williams then moved a ball to pretend to give himself an easier shot – to the amusement of the Crucible crowd.

Judd Trump provided a moment of levity at the World Snooker Championship as he played a joke on the referee in the middle of his quarter-final. Trump, whose nicknames include the Ace and the Juddernaut, is known as one of the game’s entertainers, but he had spoken before the tournament about having lost his enjoyment of snooker. Snooker star Judd Trump sees the funny side as he plays joke on referee

The commentator said it was like "something out of a sitcom" as the crowd were left in stitches.

Trump returned to his chair with a huge smile on his face. With the referee distracted, Trump quickly moved the pink and took his next shot before Williams had even the chance to turn around. He found himself stuck behind the pink with no obvious route to pot the brown, his next ball.

Judd Trump is doing his best to enjoy his struggle to find top form, taking inspiration from four-time world champion Mark Selby as he battles to keep his ...

I’m so excited to still be in the event. Trump says he has always admired the fighting qualities of last year’s world champion and is proud that he has managed to replicate some of his fighting spirit so far in Sheffield. ‘I was completely gone at 8-5, Stuart helped me a little bit.