• He picked up two quick boundaries, both off Kallis, but then attempted something a bit too inventive off the same bowler - trying to play a ball outside off-stump through the on-side.

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  • But it was the briefest of honeymoons for Cook, lasting only until the last ball of the eighth over, when he played a half-hearted force off the back foot to a ball well wide of off-stump - and to the delight of the bowler Hilfenhaus, Michael Hussey dived expertly in the gully to take a fine one-handed catch.

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  • McGeady stepped inside Byrne and, just when it looked like he would look to lay it off, the midfielder drove the ball low in-off the near post.

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  • Gambhir's partnership with night-watchman Mishra had reached 98 when Mishra was caught off the bowling of Mohammad Mahmudullah, trying to loft a ball over mid-off.

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  • Katich - whose innings of 34 came from 140 balls - drove one delivery confidently over mid-off for four but was sucked into pushing at a top-spinner outside off-stump next ball.

    BBC: Australian pair dent Indian hopes

  • The onslaught prompted a rethink from Strauss, who threw the ball to off-spinner Tredwell to join Swann in the attack.

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  • The moment of transition, with the side losing the ball caught off-guard, is the point when space is most easily found.

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  • Adams then pushes the ball to mid-off and attempts a suicidal run.

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  • LeVert's main contributions this season have been at the defensive end, and Albrecht's job is usually to take some of the ball-handling pressure off Burke.

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  • Gilchrist held on brilliantly when Yuvraj Singh chased a ball outside off-stump in Johnson's second over, and the left-armer angled one in to win a leg-before verdict against Robin Uthappa.

    BBC: Johnson left the Indians reeling with a devastating burst

  • Alastair Cook again seemed out of sorts and was feeling for the ball outside off-stump, a hesitant prod fizzing off the inside edge through a large gap between bat and pad to uproot his leg stump.

    BBC: Pietersen century rescues England

  • 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.

    BBC: Aussies shackled by patient India

  • Once Broad had removed Chris Gayle early on - lbw to a ball that straightened off the wicket - England had an obvious initiative.

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  • Michael Clarke was confident enough to drive his first ball wide of mid-off for four but he was not good enough to read Sharma's slower ball and holed out at extra cover.

    BBC: Australian pair dent Indian hopes

  • The Kiwis could not cope with the swinging ball and Aaron Redmond was first to fall when he tried to flick through mid-wicket, missed the swinging ball and had his off-stump taken out.

    BBC: Kiwis reeling after Anderson haul

  • As Hamilton pressed for an equaliser Smith did well to block Mark McLaughlin's close-range volley from Lyle's free-kick and, as half-time approached, Shaun Hutchinson cleared the ball off the goal-line after Lyle had chipped the keeper.

    BBC: Hamilton Accies 0-3 Motherwell

  • The move backfired in spectacular fashion as Harris was sent off just two minutes into the second-half after an off-the-ball clash with Aron Gunnarsson.

    BBC: Coventry 2-1 Millwall

  • Then James Perch, restored to the Forest line-up after an ankle injury, nicked the ball off a goal-bound Peter Lovenkrands, who then tumbled to the floor.

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  • Suppiah, already past 1, 000 runs in his best-ever season, lost nothing by comparison and had hit 16 fours and a six in his 178-ball innings when he lost his off-stump to Chapple.

    BBC: Trescothick ton threatens Lancs

  • But Jelavic was not to be denied with his next attempt, the striker brushing off the challenge of Mulgrew to latch on to Weiss's quickly taken free-kick and sliding a shot past Forster, the ball rebounding off the right-hand post but spinning back over the line.

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  • Ankiel was credited with a ground-rule double leading off the seventh on a ball down the third-base line that appeared to glance off an usher's leg before hitting a railing.

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  • From Henry's lay-off, Halford flicked the ball in the air and volleyed through a sea of players, but James pushed the ball wide and Ebanks-Blake smashed the rebound off target.

    BBC: Wolves 0-1 Portsmouth

  • Albert Watson headed in from a Philip Carson free-kick on 36 minutes but O'Neill was sent-off for an off-the-ball clash with Eamon Doherty after 42.

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  • Federico Pucciariello and Matt McCullough were yellow-carded after an off-the-ball clash and Kieron Dawson was sin-binned minutes later as Ulster were reduced to 13 men.

    BBC: Munster 11-37 Ulster

  • Stephen Jones put in a try-saving tackle on his rival fly-half but the ball rebounded off the Scarlets man into touch and the Ospreys had a five-metre attacking line-out.

    BBC: Scarlets 14-21 Ospreys

  • He almost mistimed Steve Harmison's third ball to mid-on and wafted airily outside off-stump on several occasions, but when he made contact the ball whistled away to the boundary.

    BBC: Lord's Test ends in low-key draw

  • Brown's 66th-minute dismissal for an off-the-ball clash with Rangers' Kyle Lafferty was the main flashpoint in an absorbing contest that featured an injury-time winner by the Ibrox side's Maurice Edu.

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  • On 87, he cut the first ball of a Bresnan over for four, drove the next past mid-off for another boundary, worked a couple off the next ball, and still had time in the same over to drive the Yorkshire bowler over mid-on to reach a century that was warmly applauded.

    BBC: Tamim century gives Bangladesh hope of avoiding defeat

  • The left-midfielder took the ball off Dimitar Berbatov after the visitors failed to clear a corner and drilled in a deflected 20-yard shot for his first Spurs goal.

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