Salvage teams were forced to wait until Saturday morning for a higher spring tide in the estuary.

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The pitch, which seemed to spring to life on the third morning, was in slumber mode again - but Australia's batsmen were not prepared to take risks when their second innings began shortly before lunch.

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Five partners of Draper Fisher Jurvetson gathered in their small, glassed-in conference room to hear a new business pitch at 8:30 one morning last spring.

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But one morning, when the remains of spring and all of summer had gone, when they were sitting in warm September sunshine in their small garden, she told him.

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And on semi-finals weekend they have every right to expect a touch of spring and a little sun - but this morning the Tykes I saw were wrapped up in all sorts of scarves, hats, coats and other miscellaneous winter clothing.

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