Ka taƙaita labarin:  Yunkurin Jimmy White na yin wasa a Gasar Snooker ta Duniya a karo na farko tun 2006 ya ƙare a ranar Litinin lokacin da ya fadi ya ci nasara da Matthew Selt. White ya ci James Wattana a wasan sa na farko a ranar Asabar kuma yana bukatar karin nasara biyu don isa babban taron a Crucible. Amma ba zai zama don 'The Whirlwind' ba kamar yadda ya rasa 10-8 zuwa duniya No. 30 Selt a cikin wani gwagwarmaya mai tsanani a ranar Litinin da dare. Yunkurin da Jimmy White ya yi na neman shiga gasar tseren Snooker ta duniya a Crucible ya kare a ranar Litinin. Matthew Selt ya yi tsayayya daga 7-2 zuwa kasa don doke White 10-8 a cikin cancantar a Sheffield. White, mai shekaru 52 da haihuwa wanda ya rasa dukkan wasannin karshe na gasar cin kofin duniya guda shida da ya buga, ya yi kyau don cin nasara bayan ya jagoranci 7-2 bayan zaman budewa da safe. Amma Selt ya dawo cikin daren daren kuma ya sake dawowa takwas daga cikin hotuna tara masu zuwa don shiga cikin 'yan wasan karshe na ranar Laraba. An kuma fitar da zakaran gasar zakarun duniya sau shida Steve Davis, mai shekara 57, yayin da ya fadi zuwa rashin nasara 10-1 da Kurt Maflin. Gwarzon zakaran duniya sau shida Steve Davis ya sha kashi mai tsanani daga hannun Kurt Maflin a wasansa na neman shiga gasar.
Jimmy White ya sha kashi 10-8 a hannun Matthew Selt a gasar cin kofin duniya. Whirlwind sun yi nasara 7-2 bayan zaman safiya. Amma Selt ya cire hotuna takwas daga cikin hotuna tara na maraice don ya wuce. Gwarzon zakaran duniya sau shida Steve Davis ya sha kashi 10-1 a hannun Kurt Maflin.