Stephenson was encouraged by the way the pink ball - which is really a dyed white ball - stood up to the punishment.
Leeds' Mark Viduka - one of eight British-based players in Frank Farina's starting line-up - held the ball up brilliantly before delivering an overhead pass into the path of the breaking Bresciano who volleyed home.
It stemmed from us not keeping the ball up front, them counter-attacking, a loose ball going up in the air and falling kindly, and a good finish.
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Like Ponting, Pietersen is at his most vulnerable when he is not dictating proceedings and has looked particularly ill-at-ease with the short ball in the warm-up games.
Sport is kicking a ball of wrapped-up rags around a stony field.
Hateley came reasonably close with two free-kicks and his interception and through-ball set up Sutton, but the striker took too long to shoot.
"They were really on me so I really had to get the ball up - it was ugly but it flew straight and that's all that matters, " he said.
The Republic lost on aggregate to an extra-time goal when France's Thierry Henry handled the ball in the build-up.
When the "Princie" came up for bid a couple of days later, a model in a pink designer-ball gown held up the stone for one final glimpse in the saleroom.
As half-time approached, Steven MacLean held the ball up well and set up Mackie, whose 25-yard shot fizzed narrowly wide of Combe's post.
Berbatov's touch and movement - the Bulgarian was always happy to drop deep and pick up the ball - had always drawn the attention in a distinctly ordinary opening 45 minutes.
You do not have to be standing still over the ball when playing a shot, so striking the ball with a run-up is okay.
The Republic of Ireland lost out on a place in South Africa when former Arsenal striker Henry handled the ball in the build-up to the decisive extra-time goal which earned France a 1-1 draw on the night and an aggregate 2-1 win in last year's play-offs.
It was not to be as Razzaq and Moin supervised the run chase over the closing overs, with Razzaq ending the match in style by on-driving for four to bring up a 52-ball fifty.
The left-hander, who began his Test career with 49 against Australia in Johannesburg four years ago, went one better when he clipped MacGill away through the leg-side for three to bring up a 106-ball half century.
New York's identity, which underwent a significant change this season when the team moved to small-ball, might call for younger, more up-tempo personnel that excels at creating ample space on the court.
He is an all-round striker - he can hold the ball up well, he is strong and he has a good touch - but the thing that stands out is his finishing.
It will eliminate the walk-it-up style and the boring high-ball screen and the same old offense with the current 35-second clock.
Despite Staunton's triumph over her Sweeney Todd co-star, Ball picked up the prize on her behalf, revealing he "had the best time playing Ernie to her Eric".
Kallis also scored his 49 at a run-a-ball before being cleaned up by Abdur Razzak, while de Villiers and Morkel produced some late fireworks, hitting seven sixes and five fours between them.
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Lewis then chipped in with a 52-ball 50 before Robert Croft wrapped up the innings by grabbing the last two wickets to take his tally of first-class scalps for Glamorgan to 991.
He also hit Jones for a 56-yard touchdown pass, where the wide-open receiver fell down catching the ball at the 8-yard line, got up and evaded one defender before sprinting into the end zone.
India were soon celebrating again as the next delivery resulted in a mix-up which saw Ashraful's 69-ball innings brought to an end by Yuvraj Singh's throw as he was run out for 35.
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Another Jamie Robinson break just before half-time should have given Czekaj his second try of the night, only for Shane Williams - restored to the Ospreys starting line-up - to prevent his opponent grounding the ball.
But the home side dominated possession putting together spells of neat and patient build-up play which just lacked an incisive final ball - perhaps an indication why Rovers season will finish in mid-table obscurity rather than the play-offs places.
The visitors could have been more than 2-0 up by the interval - Carson patting the ball down after a shot from Luka Modric only for the ball to luckily skid away, forcing Kranjcar too wide to shoot.
Pitching for the Brooklyn Dodgers in a National League playoff against the rival New York Giants, Branca, who had just come in to relieve starter Don Newcombe with two men on base and the Dodgers holding a 4-2 lead, served up a ninth-inning home run ball to Bobby Thomson.
One, for incontinence, was a ball-like device used to prop up tissue around the urethra.
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