Noimai somehow gained some hold and then trapped Dixon's long legs with a left leg back-heel.

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His back left leg and tail were amputated after he was tied to a railway line and then hit by a train.

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Haatchi, an Anatolian shepherd, had to have his back left leg and tail amputated after someone tied him to a railway line and he was hit by a train.

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But the young seamer had the nerve to send down a slower ball, and it completely deceived the left-hander to knock back leg-stump.

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Bridge will add to manager Avram Grant's defensive options after West Ham's only specialist left-back Herita Ilunga suffered a leg injury in the 1-1 draw with Everton on 28 December.

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The Vale boss is trying to seek cover for keeper Joe Anyon who is recovering from a broken leg, and he has no recognised left-back on his books.

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But West Brom's defensive problems got worse on the half hour mark when Marek Cech was caught on the knee by John Pantsil's trailing leg and the Slovakian had to be replaced by Nicky Shorey at left-back.

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Offspinners are less likely to pitch the ball way outside off stump and spin it back in, England's Graeme Swann notwithstanding, and leg-spinners and left-armers are less likely to pitch the ball outside the batsman's leg stump, rendering an LBW decision impossible.

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