Even so, some agencies and their clients, find it difficult to get off the mark.
Vaughan took 15 balls to get off the mark before playing Fernando onto the leg-stump as England slumped to 17-3.
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Paul Weekes stood firm to remain unbeaten on 30, while keeper Michael Brown was yet to get off the mark after surviving 21 deliveries.
Kallis took nine balls to get off the mark but swept a four and a six off Giles, who conceded 14 in his opening over.
Miller, who netted 16 times for Albion last season as they won promotion back to the Premier League, took nine games to get off the mark in the top flight.
Opener McIntosh took 38 balls to get off the mark but once at the crease Flynn wasted little time in getting into his stride and by lunch he was two short of a half-century.
Surrey elected to bat, but Jonathan Batty's golden duck to Tremlett from the fourth ball of the match meant Ramprakash was at the crease earlier than expected, and needed 18 balls to get off the mark.
That brought Dravid to the crease against the team he played for in 2003 and the captain nonchalantly flicked Nel off his pads for four to get off the mark, and a similar stroke secured the winning runs.
The result left both nations on four points from two matches in Group C ahead of the day's other game, which saw 10-man Bahrain get off the mark with a 5-2 victory over India as Ismaeel Abdulatif scored four goals.
Trott, moved up the order to open to allow England to play five bowlers, took 33 balls to get off the mark and his reluctance to play any form of sweep to a spin-oriented attack saw the innings grind virtually to a halt.
The two-time champions bounced back from last week's defeat by South Africa to get off the mark in Group B, posting a total of 330-8 in 50 overs as Chris Gayle top-scored with 80 and Kieron Pollard smashed 60 off only 27 balls faced.
In the next over some loose ones from an ineffective Chris Martin allowed him to get off the mark with three boundaries in an over, featuring some classical drives, but Vaughan too was soon beaten after leaving a chasm between blade and leg guard.
"It's a great goal to get Becks off the mark in the Premier League and he'll feel good for it, " Baines told BBC Radio Merseyside.
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The teacher tried to get it off with a wash cloth, and it left a red mark on the side of his face.
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