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With the pad shoved several yards down the pitch, umpires could be counted on to turn down the bowling team's leg-before-wicket appeals since the ball was so far in front of the stumps that it would be practically impossible to judge definitively whether it would have hit.
Dunne, who had already been booked, was lucky to remain on the pitch after hauling down Ramsey inside the area, and Van Persie, himself fortunate to escape punishment for an apparent elbow on Carlos Cuellar, made no mistake from the spot.
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Uthappa stormed down the pitch to swat Dewald Nel high into the back row of the mid-wicket stand.
But thrusting bat and pad together down the pitch was fraught with danger.
Both teams had their share of possession in the closing stages, with play flowing up and down the pitch.
Only once did he show signs of impatience, charging down the pitch against Mushfiqur Rahman and scuffing the ball to mid-on.
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Down at pitch level the Kings' early fury appeared to subside somewhat as the Lions finally established some control up front.
The drop-out went all the way down the pitch and rolled agonisingly over the deadball line providing the ideal attacking platform for Wasps.
He chose the latter, danced down the pitch to a turning delivery that he got nowhere near and was easily stumped by Kamran Akmal.
Astle, who was stumped after charging down the pitch to off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, said he was disappointed he did not carry New Zealand past the follow-on target of 301.
Amla picked up six with a deft upper cut off Ben Hilfenhaus, but Neil McKenzie fell in the first over from James Hopes, also trying to advance down the pitch.
He then eclipsed that by skipping down the pitch to hoik the next ball for six over mid-wicket as 20 came from the over, Swann conceding 37 from his opening four.
Eoin Morgan began his innings with a reverse sweep for four and Collingwood strode down the pitch to hit another massive six off Morkel, before top-edging a skier that Boucher accepted safely.
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Matt Prior took a step down the pitch and lofted Zaheer Khan straight back over his head for six but the left-armer soon had the last word when Prior top edged to mid-on.
The only blots on Sreesanth's performance were two warnings for running down the pitch, but he avoided the third which would have resulted in a ban from bowling in the remainder of the innings.
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Haddin's response was to come down the pitch and confront Benn and things turned more unsavoury when Johnson came in from the side to push the West Indian, forcing umpire Billy Bowden to step in.
The Perpignan right winger hacked a loose ball 70m down the pitch and seemed certain to score, but Geraghty's outstretched boot somehow cleared the ball from under Plante as he prepared to apply the necessary downward pressure.
Morkel's first two overs went for 24 and Charl Langeveldt fared little better as Kieswetter stepped down the pitch to thump him over extra cover for a mighty six before moving across to sweep from off stump for four.
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Kamran Akmal (30) was the spinner's first victim of the day when Haddin claimed the stumping as the batsman advanced down the pitch, and next ball Mohammad Aamer was surprised by the bounce and gloved to Simon Katich at short leg.
Hussey moved down the pitch to flick a Duminy full toss for a one-bounce four in the 34th over, only the eighth of the innings, but when drinks were taken at the end of the over, the requirement was 144 from 16 - nine per over.
Uthappa showed signs of frustration when he charged down the pitch to skew one off a thick edge, and came close to being run out when he took a second run and Smith took a fraction too long to take the bails off, following a fine throw from the boundary by Watts.
There was time for two farcial run outs, Ajit Agarkar calling for a run into the covers but sent back when halfway down the pitch by Dinesh Karthik, Collingwood swooping to inflict his dismissal and Karthik equally quick to avoid the gaze of his partner as he made his way back to the pavilion.
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