Gilbert and Wilson level in thrilling semi-final

David Gilbert and Kyren Wilson are level at 8-8 after a thrilling second session in their World Championship semi-final.

Having resumed at 4-4 overnight the contest continued in the same vein as Thursday, with both players producing free-flowing attacking snooker.

Wilson took the opening frame with a break of 70 and enjoyed runs of 54 and 79 but he was unable to pull clear in a superb contest.

Gilbert, the 2019 semi-finalist, compiled a sublime 129 and also knocked in breaks of 92 and 106 in a match that has lived up to expectations between arguably the two form players of the tournament.

Their best-of-33 encounter resumes this evening at 19:00 BST.

With the pot success of both players currently at 91% or better it was another nip-and-tuck session.

But neither player shied away from going for their shots, with an outrageous plant from world number 12 Wilson, that saw him pot two reds, setting the tone.

Gilbert, who has dropped down the world rankings in recent times and now sits 31st, was just as exciting to watch and his two century breaks saw him receive richly deserved ovations from fans inside the Crucible.

It is also a measure of just how well Gilbert is performing that his nine breaks of over 100 account for almost 25% of the century breaks made at this year's tournament overall.

Stuart Bingham and Jak Jones are locked at 4-4 in the other semi-final, which gets back under way at 14:30 BST.