Back in the 1970s and 80s Subbuteo could probably be found in many boys' bedrooms, yet as computerised football games grew the magic of flicking those little plastic figures around a green pitch seemed to fade, and indeed its availability has been off and on for many years, until a re-launch at the 2012 London Toy Fair.
On a bracing morning in Titwood, Glasgow, Rahul Dravid, draped in three layers of clothing, chose to unleash his bowlers on a green-tinged pitch.
The pitch looked green and the ball both swung and seamed around, particularly in the morning session.
The appearance of some recent sunshine has produced plenty of tufts of green stuff on a pitch that had descended into a grey plain.
The pitch, less green than on the first day, had lost some of its pace and Sam Northeast and Joe Denly made a promising start to Kent's reply.
The difference, he claims, is that OrganoClick employs environmentally friendly catalysts and materials, a pitch also used by other green chemistry start ups.
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The fire, which covers an area the size of a football pitch, broke out in fermenting green waste on 30 November.
Much of Mr Latham's pitch derives from his own experience growing up poor in Green Valley, in Sydney's sprawling western suburbs.
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Of course, on the very next pitch, Mark Loretta crushed an Eddie Guardardo fastball over the green monster.
SeaCode's pitch is that it will still charge the same rates as developing-world firms (Green says Indian firms hide behind amazing markups) while offering clients freedom from killer flights to India, Israel and other faraway destinations to check in on projects.
Substitute Fuller had only been on the pitch for two minutes when he skipped past three Hammers defenders and fired his shot past goalkeeper Robert Green.
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