It has cast a similar spell over most of Central and Eastern Europe.
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But it was Needham who claimed centre stage with his impressive spell of bowling which brought him six of the last seven wickets in a 21.2-over spell interrupted only by the lunch interval.
Kumble, bowling a marathon 67-over spell, was once again the only bright spark in a listless Indian bowling attack.
His efforts were briefly overshadowed by a hostile six-over spell from Flintoff, who finished with impressive figures of 2-16.
Left-armer Zaheer Khan then produced a superb five-over spell in which he collected two wickets and conceded only three runs.
But captain Key kept his pre-match promise to "give everyone a fair crack" by removing Woakes after a six-over spell.
Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting were early victims for Balaji in a four-over spell that saw just 10 runs scored.
Mark Jonkman then ripped the Scotland top order apart, taking five wickets in a 12 over spell as the Dutch threatened an unlikely recovery.
Greenidge took his second, while former Essex speedster Ricky Anderson took two in a fiery five-over spell that will have impressed his new club.
Martin Suji takes a wicket Suji took four for 11 in a single 10-over spell with the new ball as the home side were reduced to 47 for five.
Swann's 10-over spell was magnificent, and he extracted notable turn as well as deceptive loop and bounce to account for Cameron White, who was bowled off a thin inside edge.
Anderson then took out Tim Ambrose's off-stump and removed 17-year-old Ateeq Javid and Rikki Clarke in a three-over spell to complete his five-wicket haul and confirm his sharpness for the Ashes.
He took four of his wickets in a 20-over spell either side of the lunch interval and then returned to wrap up the home side's innings with the final wicket of Nathan Buck.
But with his last ball of a cursory two-over spell as England prepared to take the new ball, Paul Collingwood ousted Hussey for 33 with a ball that took a thick inside edge before bobbling on to his stumps off his pads.
Colvin sent down seven maidens in her full 10-over spell of 1-8, while Marsh removed Sajjida Shah and Sana Mir with successive deliveries on the way to her best one-day bowling figures before Edwards claimed two late wickets to finish with 2-2.
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Alistair Brown and Alex Hales both fell to Kirby, who produced some quick deliveries in a five-over opening spell of 2-15.
Temperatures in parts of the UK plunged to -11C (12F) overnight as forecasters warned of a bitterly cold spell and snow showers over the weekend.
By pushing up the offering price to its upper limit and by expanding the offering to allow more insiders to cash out, they broke the spell that momentum casts over investors.
Pathan, earlier unimpressive with the new ball, returned in the 44th over for a spell he will want to forget.
He said Mr. Chandila had agreed with bookmakers to concede 14 runs in the second over of his spell in that game.
Brive did reduce the deficit on 65 minutes when flanker Vosloo barged over after a spell of pressure but the home side were punished for an error from the kick-off.
Monty Panesar ran out Sourav Ganguly in the third over of India's reply and James Anderson took two wickets in an over in a spell of 3-14 from six overs.
Then, when the cat-calls continued, the extraordinary reality finally dawned on me: that the hypnotic spell which Sachin has cast over Indian cricket fans since first representing his country as a cherubic-faced 16-year-old had suddenly been broken.
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At the moment, this route through the Canadian archipelago is navigable at best for a brief summer spell. (Sovereignty over the passage is one of the Arctic's many unresolved issues: Canada claims it, but the United States says the waters are international.) In theory, a complete opening of the Northwest Passage can shave 2, 500 miles off a journey from Europe to Asia.
Hodgson has enjoyed a successful spell at Craven Cottage since taking over in 2007.
And Tim Murtagh's eight-over new-ball spell of 2-19 began to vindicate Udal's decision to declare 91 runs behind.
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