Hilfenhaus and Siddle were back on, there was a bit of reverse swing for them and the first sign of danger came when Pietersen, on 66, survived an lbw appeal off Hilfenhaus that should have been upheld by umpire Billy Doctrove.
With a bit of work, Teusink reverse engineered the communication protocol that Logitech device used to send commands to the PC, and eventually adapted it to the more modern R400 Logitech controller.
And in a warmer world the sort of cold conditions that used to allow the ice to thicken and reinforce itself are that bit less common, so opportunities to reverse the trend are rare.