But the wind was blowing in, hanging the ball up in the air just long enough for Baxter to extend with his left arm and grab it with his glove.

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Villanova had a hard enough time hanging onto the ball against Louisville's dynamic defense.

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Batsmen's techniques evolved to counter batpad catches, either by playing forward with the pad or hanging back on the crease and waiting for the ball to come to them.

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And the smoke from the show's pyrotechnics was still hanging around when Pittsburgh running back Willie Parker got the ball on his team's 25 yard line.

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Tippett then smacks the ball with such force that I half expect to see only a spectral puff of smoke hanging over his tee.

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But he lasted just two overs on Tuesday, hanging his bat outside off-stump almost in practice at a cut shot - and edging the ball behind.

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