While players actually got out on the course on Saturday and Sunday, they were left frustrated as balls blew off their tees and disappeared off putting greens after being placed.
The issue of bat safety has gotten more attention in recent years as balls have turned into bullets coming off some metal bats, causing injuries and even a few deaths.
Perhaps counterintuitively, and you'll have to forget O'Brien's heroics for a minute, Australia's statistics show that often the side going for and even connecting with the big shots is not the winner: it is actually more effective simply to score off as many balls as possible.
With a cricket ball in his hand he seems intent on bowling as many short balls as he can to help intimidate you in the contest.
For lesser appointments the Committees want an "effective veto" and an assurance that ministers will not blithely ignore a thumbs down from a committee, as Ed Balls did when, as Children's Secretary he went ahead with the appointment of Maggie Atkinson as Children's Commissioner despite an attempted veto by his select committee.
Another delegate said she was "extremely disappointed" by Mr Balls' answer and two activists shouted "shame on you" as Mr Balls returned to the issue in a later answer.
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He shared 42 in as many balls with Gibbs before failing to control Flintoff's bouncer and top-edging a hook to mid-wicket.
Especially people you actually know -- it's awkward and borderline weird-as-balls to pretend not to see someone 6 inches away from you.
As tar balls floated ashore onto the Panhandle's white sands during the weekend, some anglers blamed their bad fishing luck on the oil.
Balance equipment such as Bosu balls, which look like exercise balls cut in half, "Indo Boards or DynaDiscs are all good tools, " Mr. Dean says.
Some experts say overuse injuries, such as those to the shoulder or elbow resulting from pitching too often, present at least as much of a concern as batted balls.
Lendl Simmons and William Perkins put on 43 in five overs, Daren Ganga hit a rapid 23 and Denesh Ramdin made 39 from as many balls in Trinidad's 150-9.
It was not long before Tendulkar took the lead again, however, blasting Afridi over cover, backward of and in front of point for three boundaries in as many balls.
Brendon McCullum, with 42 off as many balls, got the hosts to within 48 and the finishing touches were applied by Jamie How (28) and Taylor, with an unbeaten 24.
But are the cuts causing the slowdown, as Ed Balls believes, or are both of these developments a symptom of the global financial crisis and its aftermath, as the Chancellor believes?
Mr Brown's energy secretary, Mr Miliband is almost as close to the former prime minister as Mr Balls, but he has cleaner hands and more cordial relations with the remaining Blairites.
But it was the introduction of Shaw which proved to be a turning point as she claimed two wickets in as many balls in her first over to leave the White Ferns reeling on 49-3.
While its graphics are even less sophisticated than the Wii's, it's even smaller and cheaper than Nintendo's product and the controllers are closer replicas of their real-world counterparts, such as bowling balls, tennis rackets, and boxing gloves.
Tepper, who Trader Monthly Magazine recognized as a Top 100 trader about the time he first showed up on the FORBES billionaire list in 2005, had built a reputation as a balls to wall investor, who when he believes in a idea tunes out pundits who scream otherwise.
As well as Mr Balls' proposed VAT cut, "in an attempt to put pressure on the chancellor ahead of next month's Budget, he also sets out an alternative menu of options which he thinks might appeal to some Conservative and Lib Dem backbenchers", says BBC political correspondent Iain Watson.
But Duminy smashed an unbeaten 99 off just 52 balls as the Cobras won by five wickets with two balls remaining.
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Ed Foster scored 155 off just 170 balls as the London Road team reached 280 against Walmley.
Gilchrist made his ton from just 73 balls as Australia set the opposition a target of 329 after making 328-4.
To try to stay entertained, some kids used those as makeshift bowling balls.
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Earlier, Matt Prior stroked 118 from 130 balls as England reached 644, their highest Test total on Australian soil.
Elton Chigumbura weighed in with five sixes in his unbeaten 61 off 33 balls as the home side totalled 323-7.
But Michael Clarke used the short boundaries to crash 42 from 28 balls as Australia recovered from a slow start.
Think of Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio or Lou Gehrig bats and balls as Hamptons real estate or blue chip stocks.
He gives his coaches a choice: Teach children under the ITF-designed progression, or use softer balls as they see fit.
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