Ian Bell and Matt Prior got them off to a tentative start as they were happy to play the ball around a slow outfield for ones and twos and protect their wickets, while failing to take advantage of the powerplays.
However, Blues keeper Ben Foster smartly got a hand to the ball to crucially slow down the Nigerian's left-foot shot before a sliding Ridgewell cleared off the goal-line.
If the side winning the ball can quickly organise a counter-attack and if the side losing the ball are slow to re-organise their defence, then there is a good chance that the move will end in a clear goalscoring opportunity.
Both Sheens and skipper Darren Lockyer were critical of Australian referee Tony Archer for allowing a slow play-the-ball which reduced the game as a spectacle.
Cervelli was slow and a little nonchalant in retrieving the ball, then scrambled back in time to tag Victorino as both players dived headfirst.
The CPR numbers give a hint as to whether a ball will bounce higher or lower on a specific surface, and how much friction there is to either slow the ball or allow it to skid on.
On 25, he chose to dance down the wicket to the slow bowler and got into a tangle as the ball drifted under his bat and clipped the leg stump.
Poland levelled with their first meaningful attack as Jelen beat the offside trap, raced clear and produced a shot of such power that Taylor could only slow the ball down on its way into the net.
Hampshire's relief did not last for long as De Bruyn, despite a slow start, piled on more runs with an 89-ball half-century.
On a slow, turning pitch, the Nottinghamshire batsmen struggled to time the ball for much of their innings and were thankful to Voges for helping them to a half-decent total.
Having taken 75 frustrating minutes to take the final two wickets and secure a first innings advantage of 121, England then made slow progress against the new ball.
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Some soccer teams wet the field before a match to make the ball roll faster, while baseball teams grow out grass to slow ground balls.
Hazard lost patience when the ball boy, 17-year-old Charlie Morgan, was slow to hand the ball back to him after it had gone out for a goal-kick.
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The size of the ball, on the other hand, has been increased by 2mm in a bid to slow the game and improve it as a spectacle.
In this case, the video shows the 747 in a steep (significantly steeper than the climb of most passenger aircraft taking off from civilian airports), slow climb, then the climb stops and the aircraft rolls over on its wing and crashes in a fiery ball on impact.
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Saracens seemed determined to kick the leather off the ball, and a lengthy period of aerial ping-pong drew a response of jeers, whistles and slow handclaps from their own supporters.
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