The stage was set for Pietersen to hit the winning runs, perhaps with a switch hit, but after one memorable whip through mid-wicket for four, he was out rather tamely, caught at short-leg off bat and pad.

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Although the ball brushed armguard rather than glove on the way to short leg via Hoggard's pad, umpire Dave Orchard gave the Yorkshireman out.

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Strauss, who had his problems against Paul Harris when the slow left-armer persisted from over the wicket into the rough, continued to try the leg glance and was caught off bat and pad by Smith, who eventually positioned himself behind square on the leg-side.

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Alastair Cook again seemed out of sorts and was feeling for the ball outside off-stump, a hesitant prod fizzing off the inside edge through a large gap between bat and pad to uproot his leg stump.

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Bell, who might have been lbw moving across his stumps first ball had there been an appeal, departed in similar fashion when instead of hitting the pad, the ball uprooted the leg-stump.

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About 10% of PAD patients have a severe form of leg pain, known as claudication.

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The 25-year-old Samaraweera, who had taken just five wickets in his previous nine Tests, began the slide when he had Kapali caught bat-pad by Jehan Mubarak at short-leg for 23.

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As well as leg-pads and gloves, a player these days will wear a helmet with face guard, thigh pad and protection for chest, arms and abdomen.

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To those will now be added bat-pad catches and clarification on whether the ball pitched in line with the stumps or hit the bat in leg-before decisions.

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