Thomas Odoyo upped the scoring rate with 35 from 38 balls before he was clean bowled by Tait.
Youvraj and Dhoni could only sit helplessly on the boundary edge as Jadeja struggled to keep up with the scoring rate.
South Africa were 101-0 at lunch and Smith, upon passing 50, hit a flurry of boundaries to ramp up the scoring rate.
Frustration started to kick in as the England pair went 10 overs without a boundary and the scoring rate dropped below four an over.
Lara came out to join Ramnaresh Sarwan and they were soon putting away bad balls which came their way to accelerate the scoring rate.
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Kumble, meanwhile, was impressed by the way his team restricted England to a scoring rate of less than three runs an over, despite having lost the toss.
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Dwayne Bravo did his best to lift the scoring rate, with one astonishing forcing shot off the back foot against Dimitri Mascarenhas flying straight over long-off for six.
Tendulkar maintained a steady scoring rate, whipping Morkel wristily through the leg-side for successive boundaries, while Sehwag reached his 19th Test century in suitably fine style, carving Parnell to the point boundary.
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I've worked on my game for the last three to four years, tried to up my scoring rate and hopefully there are a lot more runs to come in the years ahead.
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Harbhajan also chipped in with three for 43 off 23 overs, bowling 23 consecutive overs at a scoring rate of less than two an over, although he was certainly fortunate with Taylor's dismissal.
Paul Collingwood drove loosely to gully and the departure of Bell, who got an inside edge that left his off-stump out of the ground in the first over after tea, saw the scoring rate dip alarmingly.
Only 54 runs were scored from 80 balls as first Prior (33 off 37) top-edged into the covers, then Bell was lbw trying to push Botha for a single after his scoring rate had dipped to below a run a ball.
The six powerplay overs produced 65 runs for England and although Botha returned to briefly calm the scoring rate, he was frustrated when Kieswetter, on 29, lofted to deep mid-wicket where JP Duminy settled under the ball only to fumble the chance.
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Despite mischievous comments from South Africa skipper Graeme Smith in the slip cordon that the pitch may have started to deteriorate, there were really no gremlins at all, but when the scoring rate dipped below one per over England's target seemed rather distant.
But Tredwell (59) upped the scoring rate in tandem with number eight Parnell, who helped him add 151 before clattering a return catch to Robert Croft, who sparked a collapse in which Kent lost their last four wickets in nine balls without addition.
But Weston and Shah maintained a healthy scoring rate of almost three and a half per over through the morning session, although the latter enjoyed a slice of good fortune when a top-edged hook off Friend was misjudged by Nkala at fine leg.
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They were robbed of one player capable of scoring at the required rate when opener Cox was a third-ball casualty, caught behind off the bowling of Carl Greenidge.
Porterfield and Niall O'Brien barely gave the unpredictable Sri Lankan bowlers a sniff early on and, although they were scoring below the required rate, their principle aim would have been to negotiate the opening overs unscathed.
The pitch made expansive shots difficult, and Sussex kept the scoring at a respectable rate, collecting the wicket of dangerous opener David Warner in the eighth over courtesy of a superb diving stop and direct hit from Dwayne Smith at backward point.
But he galvanised England on his return, scoring 67 points, although his place-kicking success rate was about 60%.
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