In the third over, Michael Vaughan played Neil Killeen behind square on the off side and set off for a run.
His balance was over to the off side, his head was nowhere near the ball, so he played the ball miles away from his body.
The tailender gradually began to play with some confidence, cutting Jacques Kallis delightfully to the cover-point boundary, and then dishing out two more off-side boundaries off the slow bowler Paul Harris.
Always a player who relied more on a good eye and quick feet than the coaching manual, his most fruitful source of runs was square on the off-side and off his legs.
Ponting made a fast start as usual, with two typically fluent drives through the off-side early in his innings off Tsotsobe.
Marc Keller then hit the side-netting after beating the Liverpool off-side trap.
With Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara tending to post fielders in his scoring areas on the leg-side, he showed some remarkably inventive hitting through the off-side.
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The two looked eerily similar, especially in the final year, and on the far right-hand-side the pink line representing the 1929 Dow fell steeply off the side of the graph.
But before he could take his breather, he had work to do, and he struck nine fours, favouring the off-side with some beautifully-timed shots, and one tremendous six off Dale Steyn's slower ball.
However, runs were not easy to come by for obdurate left-handers Katich and Hussey, given that all but one of the fielders were placed on the off-side and seamers Ishant Sharma and Zaheer made the batsmen reach for the ball wide of the off-stump.
With her other foot dangling off the side, Felix pedals as fast as she can.
These are all ideas floating around off the side of the desks of bond holders and Euro-thinkers.
The road soon became a track carved into the hillside, with extraordinary drops off the side into oblivion.
Former Reds winger Darren Rogers had a touchdown disallowed for off-side three minutes later after chasing Aaron Raper's kick.
Sylvain Ebanks-Blake then doubled that lead on eight minutes after beating the off-side trap to finish in the corner.
He blew his nose, loud as a foghorn, and tossed the wadded tissue off the side of the building.
Swansea could even have taken the lead moments later but Pratley was flagged off-side as he forced home Sinclair's cross-shot.
The entire England defence was caught off-side and Sexton tapped the resulting penalty and committed the defence before sending Bowe striding over.
He stayed to carve Thissara Perera over the off-side for two boundaries, before being bowled round his legs by the same bowler.
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.
Instead, he indulged in a series of bold shots through the off-side, many of which resulted in boundaries, and made a spirited 34.
At least one small white coffin belonging to a child sat atop a larger coffin, a baby's pastel outfit hanging off the side.
I'd ridden a wind current down to the observation deck and spotted Uberman sitting on the ledge with his legs dangling off the side.
Benfica's two wide men, Di Maria and the Brazilian youngster Ramires, carved out an early opportunity for Saviola, but he had strayed narrowly off-side.
He had wanted to get a closer look at the sea when he slipped off the side of the jetty and disappeared beneath the water.
Peter Siddle was driven pleasantly through the off-side for four by Strauss, a shot which saw the 50-run stand raised well within the first hour.
He said doctors were particularly encouraged by Giffords' bringing her left leg, which was dangling off the side of the bed, up onto the bed.
England captain Kevin Pietersen bowled the spin-seam combination of Graeme Swann and James Anderson to heavily-packed off-side fields, which initially reduced India to trading in singles.
Midway through the second half Caerphilly were punished for off-side and Mitchell took advantage by sending over a penalty to give Vale a slender, one-point lead.
That seemed very possible when Clarke attempted to loft Fidel Edwards over the off-side field but ended up cutting him straight to Sulieman Benn at third man.
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