STEVE DAVIS gave a BBC pundit a death stare live on TV after an awkward comment during coverage of the World Snooker Championship.

The legendary cue-wielder took to screens on Sunday ahead of Jak Jones’ final against Kyren Wilson.

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Outsider Jones shocked fans as he reached the showpiece event at the Crucible.

But things did not go to plan in the first session in Sheffield.

Jones put in a disastrous display as Wilson clinched a massive 7-1 lead.

And Jones will be hoping to pull back the score in the second session this evening.

Speaking before play began, Davis gave his thoughts on the tough mission facing Jones.

Standing alongside fellow ex-pro John Parrott, Davis explained that Wilson could yet slip up and allow his opponent a way back in.

But this caused a cheeky remark from Parrott, prompting a death stare from Davis.

He said: “We know full well in long-session matches, you can get frame after frame, blocks of frames won by players.

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“So, nowhere near over yet, but it’s an uphill struggle and obviously I think Jak Jones would love to win this session, at the very least 5-4.”

BBC presenter Parrott replied: “It has happened before, of course, in 1985.”

Davis proceeded to stare at him intensely, forcing Parrott to face the camera and pull a concerned expression.

The feed then returned to BBC host Hazel Irvine, who joked: “That went down like a lead balloon, didn’t it?”