Jimmy White dumped out of snooker tournament after unusual foul – ‘Would you believe it?”

Jimmy White was dumped out of the Snooker Shoot Out after committing an unusual foul during his defeat to Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.The snooker legend fell on the wrong side of a 70-30 scoreline after an error-strewn performance, which saw him make a series of uncharacteristic mistakes.At one point, White accidentally knocked the blue ball into the middle pocket while attempting to play a safety shot. Later on, he brushed the cue ball while lining up a red and Un-Nooh took full advantage to secure victory. pundit Steven Hallworth was left shocked by the error and said: “Oh, would you believe it? He’s fouled again. He didn’t look very comfortable on the side of the table.

“You could see he was sort of a little bit shaky on the shot. What’s happened there? Jimmy, what have you done?”Main commentator Philip Studd added: “He’s spent his entire career feathering so close to the white. You’ve seen him inadvertently touch it so many times down the years.”Reflecting on his defeat after the match, White owned up to making ‘schoolboy errors’ but insisted he was not too downbeat about being knocked out.”Schoolboy errors all over the office,” he said. “I’ve tried to play safe, knocked the blue in. I’ve got in again and touched the white. You should never hit the blue, terrible shot. Then I’ve touched the white, what is going on? Devastation.”I am playing really well, that’s the annoying [thing]. That cost me there. That’s what it’s all about, great fun. I’m alright.”

White has been a household name for decades, having reached six World Championship finals between 1984 and 1994 without ever winning the event. He won the Masters in 1984 and the UK Championship in 1992 before moving onto the senior circuit.Since then, the 62-year-old has triumphed at four World Senior Championships, a record unmatched by any other player. There have been questions over when he will finally retire but he insisted in October that he had no plans to put his cue away.”I enjoy practicing, enjoy doing exhibitions, enjoy entertaining,” he said. “I still make 147s and, now and again, I have a little buzz where I can beat anybody.”I got [my card] on merit the last couple of years. Barry Hearn did say to me, what I’ve done for the game, as long as I keep playing in all of the events then I’ll keep getting the wildcard, but it’s nice to get it on merit.”