At Euro 2012, for instance, England benefited from a missed call when John Terry didn't quite clear a ball off the line in time against Ukraine.

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Torre said his decision to examine a big expansion came after Jeff Nelson missed a call at second base in the second game of last year's AL championship series.

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Tigers manager Jim Leyland saw pitcher Armando Galarraga lose a perfect game after first-base umpire Jim Joyce missed a call in 2011, yet Leyland took his sweet time (21.8 seconds) walking over to Joyce after the play.

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Smith got called for a technical foul with 2:09 remaining for arguing a non-call against Deng on a missed drive.

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Time-wasting calls this year include a woman who reported a cat had crept into her house and a call from a commuter who had missed his last train home.

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On the current voyage the Adonia had to spend an extra day in Barbados to await delayed supplies and it missed one scheduled call in Brazil because of a local police strike which might have made it risky for passengers to go ashore.

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Incoming call notifications and a Live Tile will notify you of missed conversations.

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If the call is missed, it's routed into a voice mail system that users can check on the Web, or via their phone.

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However, Johnson was delighted to be able to call on Deacon, who missed the summer tour of Australasia and the November Tests because of a back injury.

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But holding an Open Call is just a way of us making sure that there isn't anyone that we might have missed.

BBC: Last Updated: Wednesday January 11 2006 09:25 GMT