The genius of Lara is in his ability to hit the ball to space.
The home side were also denied the chance to build up any sustained pressure as the Baggies used their passing ability to hold on to the ball and take the sting out of a United side who have now dropped 10 points so far this season.
Lin's ability to push the ball and distribute has brought new confidence to roster also-rans like Jared Jeffries and Steve Novak.
"Arsenal are one of the teams who scare me because they have the ability to take the ball and keep it, " admitted Wilkins.
The premium placed on the ability to sneak the ball past either edge of the bat also means more bowlers spin it in both directions.
"It may give you extra legs deep in the season, but you still have to have that God-given ability to hit the ball, " he said.
The U.S. women speak with awe of Japan's ability to make the ball stick to their feet as though their boots are coated with Crazy Glue.
He credits this machine for his ability to zing a ball from the outfield to home plate even if there's no time for any warmup throws.
United needed a creative player in the same mould as the suspended Paul Scholes, whose ability to spray the ball around and get forward from midfield was badly missed.
But the ability to hit the ball hard the other way is what matters, and if he can perfect that skill, Teixeira knows he won't ever have to say the word "bunt" again.
McGrath is not the quickest bowler in the game but his unerring accuracy and ability to move the ball both ways off the pitch has made him the most dangerous seamer of his generation.
But he certainly made their batsmen note his name in Nagpur where he bowled at a lively pace and troubled them with his ability to swing the ball and obtain movement off the seam.
The stuff we've seen in the first two weeks of the Premiership has been great - the ability to win the ball that much quicker at the breakdown - and the game has got faster, which is what you want to see as guys come into Test matches.
He certainly exposed a weakness in Philip Hughes, who was roughed up in both his brief innings - but with Andrew Flintoff back in the team, England have the firepower (remember as well how Stuart Broad dealt with Ramnaresh Sarwan at Chester-le-Street?) and they need James Anderson's ability to swing the ball.
His goal was a reward for his persistence as well as his intelligent running and ability to hold up the ball.
In midfield, Ferguson's ability to hold on the ball has been missed, with possession being surrendered far too cheaply in the games against Macedonia and Iceland.
In the past they have tended to treat these as part of its odd-ball culture and its ability to ride market reaction to what appear to be diversions from the core business.
He made his Test debut at the age of 22 against England in 2005 and caught the eye with his ability to reverse-swing the ball at speeds in excess of 90mph.
"Dembele originally joined Fulham as a forward, although his ability to drive forward with the ball and his eye for a pass saw him played in an attacking midfield role last season, a move that proved a huge success, " explained a statement on the club website.
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He has the uncanny ability to get his body into a position where he is able to hit the ball where there are no fieldsmen.
It was his equalizer on 30 minutes which caught the eye, his ability to hang in the air and generate an unfathomable amount of power to head the ball into the net remains a joy to behold.
It relies on his uncanny ability to quickly read the movements of the defensive ends and linebackers to decide whether to keep the ball and run it or pitch it to the trailing back.
Mr Browne, the Lib Dem foreign office minister, said the "ball was in the court" of the Conservatives and the ability to reach agreement went to the heart of the success of coalition policies.
They all placed two "guard dogs" to scare off the opposing strikers, but very few had the ability on the ball of Dunga and Mauro Silva.
He needs to be carefully nurtured and ideally found a new-ball partner of comparable ability.
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Their vast accomplishments were being diminished by droves of ball players who lacked the God-given talent, baseball instincts and natural ability to achieve greatness in a sport where failure occurs more often than not.
"The best thing to do in that situation is relax, back your ability and then go out there and play the ball, hit the ball and keep things simple, " Pietersen said.
Those confident in their needle-threading ability can drive to a narrow gap to the right of the bunkers, but the safer play is to pull your ball on to the adjoining sixth fairway.
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