Lorries that thunder up the road from South Africa to Zimbabwe can spend three days waiting for clearance at the border.

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Two minutes later, the Bairns sealed all three points with a third when Cerny was culpable with a poor clearance straight to O'Brien.

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Doherty wrapped up victory with a 118 clearance and breaks of 59 and 59 to secure a second Malta Cup final place in three seasons.

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Clearance zones have fallen from 15 miles (24 kilometres) in the 1960s to two or three miles now.

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But Keane settled the match in injury time, striding onto Cerny's long clearance to drive under Gordon and send the crowd into raptures and keep Sunderland in the bottom three.

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