Scot responds in style after trailing Kurt Maflin overnightFirst maximum break at the Crucible since 2012John Higgins became only the 11th player to score a 147 break at the Crucible to keep alive his hopes of reaching the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championship.
The world No 5, who trailed Norway’s Kurt Maflin 5-3 overnight, made a strong start to Thursday’s morning session of his best-of-25-frame, second-round match and reduced the deficit to one. Maflin, the world No 43, responded with the next frame before moving 7-4 ahead after a break of 97.