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Now as mentioned in the preamble there’s a business of cricket going on today (I believe that’s the appropriate collective noun.. a parliament? A murder?).
The first Test of the Australian summer is underway and the home side continue to have the wood on visitors Pakistan. Scott Heinrich was our man on the tools there, where I believe stumps has just taken place:
Related: Australia v Pakistan: first Test, day three – as it happened
It’s a first win of the season for the Phoenix, and a first A-League win for coach Ufuk Talay in his debut season. It got tight at the end, but the NZ-based side did enough to hang on for the three points, even if Mauk’s late goal denied them a first clean sheet of the season.
It was a flat looking Brisbane Roar, especially coming off that rousing 4-3 win over table-toppers Melbourne City last weekend. It is a tough place to travel, Wellington, and maybe the Queensland side had it’s own mini comedown after Das Wunder von Redcliffe, where four second-half goals saw them shock the A-League league leaders.
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