There was enough time for Clayton, whose only other major ranking final was the 2017 Players Championship Finals - to underline his maverick tendencies, a superb 112 finish was followed by some trademark counting errors but Noppert was too far behind as the Welshman took his place in Saturday's showdown. "We take all matters related to any form of racism or discriminatory behaviour seriously and expect all our partners to uphold our values," read a statement issued to PA. Namibia suffered an early blow in the chase when Hasan Ali brought a ball back to uproot Michael van Lingen's off stump, but Stephan Baard (29 from 29) went for some bold shots, the best of them a flicked six over square leg off Haris Rauf. The 30-year-old whistleblower, who has accused his former club of being "institutionally racist", will explain why the abuse he suffered led him to consider taking his own life.