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Sport in brief with Jamie J: December 4, 2022

MEN’S FOOTBALL:

Ayr maintained their one point lead in the Scottish Championship after two goals from Josh Mullin earned them a 2-0 win over Raith Rovers and second-placed Dundee squeezed past Inverness Caley 1-0.

Greenock Morton were held 1-1 by Arbroath, Queens Park thumped bottom club Hamilton 4-0 to move third and Partick Thistle goalie Jamie Sneddon headed an injury time equaliser to grab them a 1-1 draw at Cove Rangers.

MEN’S CRICKET:

Nathan Lyons took 6-128 as the West Indies were bowled out for 333 in their second innings, and Australia won the first test by 164 runs in Perth.

Their two-match series concludes with a day-night game at Adelaide beginning on Thursday.

Australia are rated the world’s best test match team with Marnus Labuschagne, who scored 204 and 104 not out in this test, second to Joe Root in the batting rankings.

MEN’S FOOTBALL:

The New Saints steamrollered Aberystwyth 11-0 to remain seven points clear in the Cymru League with second-placed Connah’s Quay winning 2-1 at bottom club Broughton in the Flintshire derby.

Penybont lost 2-1 at Haverfordwest, 10-man Bala edged out Flint Town 1-0, Cardiff Met won by the same score in Pontypridd and Newtown continued their recent good form with a 3-2 win at Caernarfon.  

MEN’S BOXING:

On the undercard of the Fury Chisora world title bout another British heavyweight, Daniel Dubois took three counts and suffered a knee injury before knocking out South African Kevin Larena in the third round to defend his “regular” WBA title.

In Arizona, Mexican Juan Francisco Estrada beat Nicaraguan Roman Gonzalez on points to claim the vacant WBC super-flyweight title.

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