But Zander de Bruyn was 36 not out when shadows across the pitch ended play five overs early.
With only six Malawian players on the pitch, play resumed and striker Sipho Mumbi scored the winner for Zambia.
"Honestly I did not think in the morning that the pitch would play that badly, " stand-in skipper Mahela Jayawardene said.
"It is not a good pitch to play on at all but Hyde came here and gave us a good game, " he said.
There appears to be a straight choice between Graham Onions and Monty Panesar and this will come down to how England believe the pitch will play.
"I just hope to God that I can get in there myself, with 11 players on the pitch and to play would be fantastic, " he added.
Each pitch, kick, play, serve and swing became a separate story.
I'm responsible for the behaviour of my team on the pitch and the way we play football.
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An outstanding fielder is concentrating every play, every pitch.
At 60 for 5 you could have been excused for thinking Australia were batting on a minefield but the truth is the pitch didn't really play a sinister part in any of our dismissals.
The Sobers record was broken when Lara hooked Chris Lewis (0-140 from 33 overs) for four, prompting a pitch invasion - but when play resumed, he did not last much longer before being caught behind off Andy Caddick.
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After his goalscoring exploits last season, Bellion has featured slightly less frequently this term, thanks to Blanc's squad-rotation system, but he is content with life on the Garonne river and feels his maturity off the pitch is reflected by his play on it.
You can play anywhere on the pitch as long as your skills are up to the standard they need to be.
It was a mere 15 minutes after Grays had announced that the pitch had been passed fit to play - but the referee's primary concern was a safety issue, with regard to potentially dangerously icy conditions later in the afternoon.
However, one leading football executive who had unsuccessfully tried to persuade Beckham to join his team said that the midfielder still had a strong role to play on and off the pitch.
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Both teams had their share of possession in the closing stages, with play flowing up and down the pitch.
I'm trying to rotate the squad as much as possible to give every play an equal time on the pitch.
The best way to do that is to train hard, play hard and live right off the pitch.
Yet Moratti has dismissed suggestions that Inter play better when Martins is on the pitch and the 30-year-old Vieri in the stands.
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Though the Galaxy have a ways to climb on the pitch in 2012 to reach their championship level of play from a season ago, their recent deals with Herbalife and Time Warner Cable should financially fortify the franchise for the next decade.
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He was doing well to get those players onto the pitch, ad they still have another four games to play.
If the Yankees do play Thursday, Girardi said he'd pitch scheduled starter Phil Hughes, and skip Wednesday's planned starter, Ivan Nova.
Neil Harris volleyed Millwall ahead but West Ham equalised with three minutes to play as Junior Stanislas' finish prompted mass pitch invasions.
The punishment was issued after fans threw fireworks and missiles onto the pitch, while one supporter also entered the field of play.
At the conference's Games Design Challenge, three game designers competed to pitch an idea for a game that allowed people to play with animals.
When Jack Ma , a Chinese-born Internet entrepreneur, came to Silicon Valley in 1999 to pitch his new venture--an e-commerce play dubbed Alibaba --investing in China was still a dubious proposition.
Superimposing logos or other advertisements on to the centre-circle and penalty areas of the pitch will, for example, not be allowed while play is under way, and superimposing logos on to players or spectators is forbidden altogether, as is the use of the air-space above the pitch (so no more floating deodorants).
As well as Essien, central midfielders Claude Makelele at Chelsea, Esteban Cambiasso at Inter and now Xabi Alonso play a vital role for Mourinho tactically on the pitch.
There are two ways to play different notes (that is, to vary the pitch of notes) on a brass instrument.
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