But Jelavic was not to be denied with his next attempt, the striker brushing off the challenge of Mulgrew to latch on to Weiss's quickly taken free-kick and sliding a shot past Forster, the ball rebounding off the right-hand post but spinning back over the line.

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In the traditional view of teleportation a spinning ball will de-materialize at one end of the table and exactly the same ball will re-materialize at the other end.

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Long drives just a fraction off skitter through the turns and into the Bermuda rough, which is not long enough to prevent advancing the ball but is certainly long enough to create low-spinning fliers and play havoc with distance control.

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It also offers plenty of opportunities to bone up on your knowledge of wickets (the three upright sticks the bowler has to hit with the ball to dismiss the batsman), googlies (unpredictably spinning balls), slip-fielding positions (fielders positioned close to the batsman) and ducks (batsmen that get out without scoring).

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They threatened the increasingly anxious Spurs defence with every set-piece, and the second goal arrived when a loose ball was not cleared and Johnson was the fastest to react, spinning on the edge of the six-yard box to poach his fourth league goal of the season.

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England roared back down the other end and threatened to score, but after spinning the ball out wide to the right, winger David Strettle was held up over the line -- forcing a decision from the video referee, which went in Wales' favor.

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