Anderson gave his all once again, but the ball quickly lost its shine on the abrasive surface.
But once the new ball had lost its edge, batting was easy - as it had been throughout the match.
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The Irish visitors adopted a more conservative approach throughout the half, but were denied a try by the video referee after sight of the ball was lost, with Steve Borthwick obscuring the view of it on the goal-line.
They consistently regained the ball whenever they lost possession and kept the Dons pinned back.
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However, Phillips and Charl Willoughby (3-81) mopped up the tail with the second new ball as Durham lost their last three wickets for nine runs.
"We didn't lose because of somebody not shooting the ball, we lost because of the way we didn't match the energy in the first half, " Nets interim coach P.
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.
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Southerland lost the ball off the dribble and Triche mishandled an inbounds pass.
New Zealand scored their fourth try on 62 minutes when Harris lost the ball in a crunching tackle on halfway.
But United were back on level terms barely seven minutes later when Villa defender Richard Dunne lost the ball to Berbatov.
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However, Hansson lost the ball under pressure from Villa, who calmly scored with an angled shot from just inside the area.
Boston's last chance ended when Pierce lost the ball out of bounds as he was receiving a pass with 7.1 seconds left.
"In so many games we've created more than enough opportunities to win but lost the ball at the final phase, " he told BBC Sport.
It appeared to be having an effect although when Liam Palmer lost the ball Blackpool broke again and put the game beyond Wednesday's reach in an instant.
They lost the ball a staggering 34 times and the steadying hand of Wilkinson should prevent the lack of direction that was evident in the first encounter.
The hosts lost the ball in midfield and Munster countered superbly, with Howlett showing his paces as he raced onto Denis Hurley's pin-point kick through to score.
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However, Habana gathered his own clever chip down the left to score two minutes later when Gonzalo Olongo lost the ball in the tackle and the Boks pounced on the counter attack.
But the real body blow for West Indies was the loss of Nash, whose four-and-a-quarter-hour innings ended disappointingly when he offered no stroke to a ball from Bollinger and lost his off stump.
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Koumas, who manager John Toshack had identified as his main playmaker now Ryan Giggs has retired, lost the ball inside his own half, giving striker Kevin Kuranyi a clear run at the retreating Wales defence.
Scotland took the lead on a rare break when defender Holmar Eyjolfsson lost the ball in his own penalty area and Murphy hammered the ball into the net from the right-hand side of the penalty box.
Zamalek then hardly lost the ball for the rest of the first half, apart from a nervous few moments on 24 minutes when Mazembe striker Lofo found himself unmarked in the Zamalek penalty area, but saw his shot well saved by Abdelwahed.
Pascali again lost a long ball, this time from Stephen Craigan, to leave Murphy clear on goal, but Bell dived to his left to push away the Scotland Under-21 striker's effort.
Wigan went close through Terry Newton, who lost control of the ball as he reached for the touchdown.
Dempsey then threatened to score again before flanker Shane Jennings lost control of the ball as he went over.
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