Article: Murphy and Davis turn up the heat at Crucible.

Byline: PETER FERGUSON

SHAUN MURPHY'S defence of his world snooker title was pretty hot stuff yesterday, but not even his most fervent supporters expected the fire brigade to turn up and clear out the overheating Crucible.

Murphy, a born-again Christian, was in the process of dropping a frame to Steve Davis when the alarm went off in the Sheffield theatre, leaving the six-times champion plenty of time to ponder divine intervention.

For new sponsors 888.com, it suddenly became 999 as, on the adjacent table, Mark Selby was interrupted during a secondf rame break against Mark Williams that stood at 26 when cues were downed.

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