One thing was certain, the fast bowler will not be featuring in the one-day matches which follow the Test series.
The initial test identified the cancer patients with 85% accuracy, and although, when combined with a follow-up test, the overall result fell to 76%, the researchers were upbeat about its potential.
Pietersen was encouraged by his team's performance at The Oval, but admitted England lost their way in the series, having made the South Africans follow-on in the first Test at Lord's.
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The follow-up reveals that the first test was just a fluke or the result of a benign condition.
Australia's 2-1 defeat in March 2001, after winning the first Test and forcing India to follow-on in the second, is the only serious blot on Waugh's spell in charge.
He is still recuperating from shoulder surgery and was due to link up with the team for two Test matches, which are scheduled to follow the one-day series.
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With the Ashes to follow next summer, the next few months will be a true test of the England captain's resolve.
South African paceman Vernon Philander became the fastest man in 116 years to reach 50 Test wickets as New Zealand avoided the follow-on by just one run.
Then came one of Wright's most proud moments when India beat Australia 2-1 after losing the first Test by 10-wickets and being forced to follow-on in the second.
The team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine say larger trials with a long follow up are needed to judge how useful the test might be in everyday practice.
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In a follow-on test, 60 participants were given the same pitch books except some contained this footnote explaining that the school had ceased affirmative action.
This I did in this follow up battery test video which added Gameboy Color and the original GBA to the lineup.
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If the player fails a concussion test, he or she must follow a staggered series of follow-up tests often over several days before being cleared to return to activity.
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Once it is time to test your luck -- and possibly make your fortune -- follow the locals downtown to the original "Glitter Gulch", where the magic all began.
They've been pretty relentless and ruthless the way they've gone about it, making West Indies follow on in both Test matches.
In the 1890s, Ranjitsinhji became the first English player to follow a century on his home debut with one in his first Test abroad.
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Staff members made sure that all patients who made a sick visit the day before got a follow-up call within twenty-four hours, that every test ordered was reviewed, that every unexpected problem was addressed.
And we all follow the humble, heroic example of our first President, George Washington, who knew that a true test of patriotism is the willingness to freely and graciously pass the reins of power on to somebody else.
Lara saved the follow-on shortly after tea and in the same over became the fastest ever to gain 9, 000 career Test runs on his way to 115.
When the dust settles, it will be South Africa, who were made to follow on 346 behind in the closing stages of day three, who will take any psychological advantages into the second Test, starting at Headingley on Friday.
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