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Plucky, unlucky and... wasteful?

Plucky, unlucky and... wasteful?

The All Whites defeat capped a bad morning, as Notes from Trent Bridge #5 will testify

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Dylan Cleaver
Jun 15, 2022
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Well, that was a deflating morning in front of the gogglebox.

Fresh off another New Zealand bowling capitulation in the face of fearless and brilliant English batting, we crossed to Doha where the All Whites were one game away from their third appearance at a Fifa World Cup finals.

By now you all know how it went.

New Zealand ha…

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