For the Woodens, the final blow was the collapse of the family pig farm.
Giles, though, struck the final blow when Masters was caught by Nick Knight at gully.
In contrast, the result is one final blow in what has been a desperate week for Notts County.
When those hopes proved unfounded, he looked to his re-election, believing a second consecutive victory might deliver the final blow, he said.
Randiv picked up two wickets and Lasith Malinga delivered the final blow with a yorker to last man Clint McKay in the final over.
The final blow was last year's announcement by Steven Chu, America's Nobel physics laureate turned energy secretary, that he was cancelling funding for research into hydrogen-powered vehicles generally.
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It was Spain's trademark style, and the team played accordingly, using either a small, dead-eye striker like David Villa or the fleet-footed Fernando Torres up front to deliver the final blow.
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Two decades later, the old, multi-ethnic character of Salonika took a final, devastating blow.
But the two coaches subsequently revealed that they had been informed by the fourth official that the clock had been stopped in error and that the referee would blow the final whistle earlier than the official timing indicated.
Nadal won both his singles matches when Spain beat defending champions the USA 4-1 in Madrid in October to reach the final, so his absence will be a big blow to their chances of winning the tournament for the third time since 2000.
At tea, with both McKenzie and Sean Ervine set and just 103 needed to win, a Hampshire win was again the most likely result, but Samit Patel struck a big blow in the second over of the final session when he had Ervine lbw for 26.
Needing to win at Trent Bridge in their final group game to guarantee qualification, Dominic Cork's 4-18 helped blow Notts away for just 145 before Michael Lumb and Jimmy Adams shared an unbroken opening stand to lead Hampshire to a 10-wicket win and a guaranteed home quarter-final.
His famed dolphin "kick" could blow away his opposition in a matter of a few mighty beats in the final lap of his races.
It is advantage United - who suffered a scare late on when Rio Ferdinand went off after suffering a blow to the ribs - but the narrow lead still leaves the semi-final in the balance ahead of next week's return game.
Davies's absence will be a blow to the Scarlets as they visit last season's Magners League Grand Final runners-up on Friday as Nigel Davies's men bid to cement their place in the league's top four as they close in on a play-off place.
The blow could yet rule Corry out of next week's Heineken Cup quarter-final clash with Stade Francais, although Tigers coach Pat Howard does not think it is a season-ending injury.
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