Botha was given two let-offs - at slip and short leg off successive balls from Wright and Rayner - before raising a fourth consecutive stand of 50 or more.
And the hosts' fine fielding exhibition reached another level one run later when Mahela Jayawardene took a blinding one-handed chance at slip off Chris Read to gift Upul Chandana his 100th one-day scalp.
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In helpful conditions for the bowlers, Chanderpaul arrived at the crease after Lancashire had lost Tom Smith to a catch at the wicket and Paul Horton to another at second slip off Balcombe - and immediately saw Mark Chilton edge behind.
Ervine edged to second slip off the all-rounder and, despite Stuart Law failing to clutch the catch, Paul Horton snapped up the rebound.
But after seeing the Shrews slip out of the play-off places with last weekend's 1-0 defeat at Bournemouth, Holt said that results are more important than who is scoring the goals.
And Sussex nerves were starting to fray when Rory Hamilton-Brown drove the first ball after tea to point and Luke Wright was taken low down at slip driving hard outside off-stump at Plunkett.
Samuels gloved to slip and Ramdin was bowled off-stump.
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But as Wasps began to find their momentum, so Newcastle started to slip off tackles while the sin-binning of Oakes for a stamp on Lawrence Dallaglio's ankle did not help their cause.
But crucially they failed to produce anything from them, and they were made to pay when Paul Deacon's nimble footwork saw him slip through the Huddersfield defence and off-load to Finnigan, who touched down by the posts.
It did not affect South Africa's momentum, however, and Boucher had a century there for the taking when he tried to slog-sweep Sehwag's off-spin and top-edged a catch to slip.
Bopara and Broad put on a spirited 45-run stand but Broad, who was dropped by Sehwag at slip off Harbhajan went for one slog too many and hit Sehwag to Gambhir at long-on.
Yuvraj was dropped on five by Mahela Jayawardene at slip but was eventually bowled off an inside-edge attempting to defend.
But, in the Division Two play-off final at Wembley, they famously let a 2-0 lead slip against Manchester City, and went on to lose on penalties.
After the captain returned to the cockpit, the co-pilot quickly persuaded him to leave again, Mr. Antolino said, allowing the off-duty pilot to slip into the cockpit and lock the door.
Villa keeper Friedel almost let Duff's deflected shot slip in and Cuellar smuggled Viduka's goal-bound shot off the line as Newcastle pressed for an early breakthrough.
However, the innings ended in a hurry when Asif edged Pratap Singh to Laxman at second slip and Shoaib holed out to Yuvraj Singh at long-on off Pathan.
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By then, the 39-year-old Sanath Jayasuriya had been caught at second slip off Sidebottom, before Tillakaratne Dilshan was superbly held at deep square leg by a diving Luke Wright off Bresnan.
Unfortunately, Eric Williams let the fact slip to a friend, who in turn told an off-duty police officer - and Morris was instantly elevated from being "a person of interest" to a strong suspect.
But the persistent Anderson, who managed to find swing on a regular basis, caught the edge outside off-stump and Strauss pouched safely at first slip.
One delivery pitched in the footmarks well wide of off-stump and had to be collected by Smith at first slip.
There was a fair amount of good fortune, and several shots came off the edge through the slip and gully area, but the left-handers dug in to produce an admirable partnership.
Having seen his team slip to 7-2, Gayle breezed into the 20's with a six off Stuart Broad before Andrew Strauss introduced Graeme Swann in only the ninth over, still in the first Powerplay.
Stevens, who was dropped at slip by Alastair Cook off Kaneria, hit seven fours and a six in his 91-ball effort to ram home Kent's advantage.
But Williamson (1-2) later found himself among the New Zealand wicket-takers as the Black Caps polished off an overwhelming victory which included six slip catches, Taylor pouching four of them.
Ponting, who had already edged between the slips and gully, prodded defensively at Anderson and Paul Collingwood pulled off a superb one-handed catch high to his right at third slip.
However, it's highly unlikely that the Slovenians will slip up against the minnows and Northern Ireland now look set to miss out on a play-off spot.
New Zealand's second innings got off to a shaky start with Tim McIntosh caught by Tendulkar at slip for a third-ball duck and the home side limped to 75-3.
Zaheer was caught behind trying to carve him through the off-side and Sreesanth went two balls later when he guided a catch to second slip.
First to go was Bell, who was spilled by Collingwood at second slip before nicking one behind and four balls later Fleming left one which nipped back and dislodged his off-bail.
Hamilton saw the title slip through his fingers at Interlagos last season when he ran off the road trying to pass his then McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso on the first lap.
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