"When he (Morne Steyn) cracked that ball I was pretty happy, " said the captain.

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But fourteen days ago a near disaster was averted when the huge mast was in danger of crashing down as the ball supporting the mast cracked.

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But from Bale's resulting corner, Vokes made himself a hero as he cracked home the loose ball after fellow teenager substitute Ched Evans had made a nuisance of himself in the box.

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Rooney laid the ball back to Oxlade-Chamberlain, who cracked a shot along the ground that nestled into the bottom right corner of the goal.

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He shared an opening stand of 136 with Graeme Smith (65) and cracked four sixes in his run-a-ball 140.

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Munro's diagonal ball was teed up for Morais via touches by David Proctor and Imrie, and the Portuguese cracked a sweet volley inside the post from the edge of the box.

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