After Mitchell Johnson was well caught low in the gully by his former house-mate Brendan Nash, Australia skipper Ricky Ponting walked out at number nine, clearly still troubled by a tendon injury in his elbow.

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All promise much the same thing: a velvet rope to keep out the attitudinally unwashed, serendipitous interaction, quirky content and at least the illusion of egalitarian elbow-rubbing.

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Four out of five American households have at least one blue-and-yellow spray can for loosening the stubborn elbow joint under the kitchen sink or silencing the squeaky screen door.

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Four out of five American households have at least one blue-and-yellow spray can for lubricating the stubborn elbow joint under the kitchen sink or silencing the squeaky screen door.

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But given that South Africa had been bowled out for 83 in Nottingham, England were firm favourites at the halfway point - a position only strengthened by the elbow injury to the tourists' regular captain Graeme Smith.

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