Sidebottom saw Sinclair put down by a diving Cook at gully and Kevin Pietersen inexcusably dropped Taylor, who miscued a hook off Panesar.
But, after scoring 41 off 21 deliveries, he top-edged an attempted hook off Steyn to JP Duminy at square leg and the Tigers stuttered.
Replays confirmed a no-ball, and England looked well set to get through to stumps without any further drama - until Pietersen, on 36, top-edged a hook off Johnson.
In a partnership of left handers, Moeen survived more than one alarm, notably a top edge off Panesar which dropped between wicketkeeper and short leg, before he skied a hook off Arafat.
But Weston and Shah maintained a healthy scoring rate of almost three and a half per over through the morning session, although the latter enjoyed a slice of good fortune when a top-edged hook off Friend was misjudged by Nkala at fine leg.
Hook put off shoulder surgery in order to play in this game and he will be sorely missed later this month as Wales travel to New Zealand.
Steyn picked up his third wicket of the innings by bowling Monty Panesar, and the last shots of defiance were played by Broad, who hit two memorable hook shots off Kallis for four.
An interception try by the outstanding James Hook, picking off Smit's pass, and Stephen Jones' conversion gave Wales a 16-3 lead.
Gatland was wryly referring to Hook being picked off by Alexis Palisson in their Six Nations defeat to France last February, just one in a Welsh trend this season for handing tries to the opposition.
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But these reasons let everyone off the hook: they were innocent victims of unusual circumstances.
Forgotten, though, is how a single currency lets its member nations off the hook.
The locomotive moved up, the coupling slackened, and Fyodorov easily slipped it off the hook.
This report doesn't let him off the hook, but it impales others alongside him.
Question Two: If all the lenders go broke, will the borrowers get off the hook?
This kind of thinking (and worrying) has the potential to let managers off the hook.
But EU diplomats say none of this will let Turkey off the hook over Cyprus.
The VCs say it would stunt America's entrepreneurial drive, but they're off the hook for now.
That's why this week we're going to let you off the hook a little bit.
The Swiss, for their part, think they are off the hook, for the moment.
Step three is overcoming our tendency for using ambiguity as tool for staying off the hook.
Somehow a way would have to be found to get Germany off the hook.
At least for the moment, nevertheless, the prime minister has slipped off the hook.
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Jurors ultimately let Bell off the hook, after hearing that the helmet complied with federal safety regulations.
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The Department of Labor, which is rolling out 401(k) disclosure rules, is letting companies off the hook.
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That would leave quite a few details unresolved, but it would also get Congress off the hook.
Yet Villa responded and Carew burst through only to misdirect his cut-back and let Spurs off the hook.
This centralized bad bank would take the FDIC off the hook for a lot of banks' bad loans.
But what they detest is the idea that it might let feckless Italians and Portuguese off the hook.
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