Michael Clarke had time to pull Merv Dillon to mid on before the home side were saved by a further cloudburst.
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Similarly, Congress should prohibit taxpayers from taking the MID on home equity loans, since they do not promote home ownership in most cases.
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Tripathi moved to his maiden Championship half century in 85 balls, but when he smashed Smith to Garry Park at mid on it sparked a collapse that saw the hosts lose seven wickets for 62 runs either side of a 40-minute rain delay.
The latter was his final scoring stroke as an attempt to whip the next delivery through square leg saw him caught by substitute fielder Theo Doropoulos, who had earlier dropped him on 11 at mid-on.
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Cook and Bell were still together when the 200 came up in the 39th over and Cook whipped a length delivery on off-stump through mid-on to move to 99, reaching 100 from 122 balls.
Cook thought he was out on 46, lofting a catch to mid-on off Michael Beer.
Fletcher, playing in only his third Twenty20 international, should have been dismissed when he skied Johnson high into the air but Mike Hussey failed to get a hand on the ball as he fell backwards at mid-on.
He was dropped on nine, and was inches away from giving mid-on a catch on 19.
Fielding at mid-on to the right-handed Kieswetter, and mid-off to the left-handed Michael Lumb, he proceeded to drop three catches in the first five overs, only one of which was at all difficult.
West Indies enjoyed a good morning session as Chanderpaul and Runako Morton extended their fourth wicket partnership to 128 before Morton, on 67, gave a catch to Stuart Clark at mid-on off leg-spinner Stuart MacGill.
He had Kevin Pietersen lbw for three with a low full toss on middle stump and persuaded Mustard to hit a high catch to mid-on.
Still intent on the big shots, Gibbs departed in the next over, top-edging to mid-on having come down the wicket again.
And after reaching a pedestrian 21 from five overs, David Warner - fresh from his ferocious 89 from 43 balls on debut in Melbourne on Sunday - eventually succumbed in the fifth over when he was bowled attempting to swipe Dale Steyn over mid-on.
On 87, he cut the first ball of a Bresnan over for four, drove the next past mid-off for another boundary, worked a couple off the next ball, and still had time in the same over to drive the Yorkshire bowler over mid-on to reach a century that was warmly applauded.
The left-hander drove Zaheer Khan straight to mid-on before setting off for a ludicrous run.
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He struck five fours and one six off the same bowler over deep mid-on.
But the shot was mistimed and resulted in the easiest of catches to Bicknell at mid-on.
Boje claimed the wicket as Gallian hit him straight down Rob White's throat at mid-on.
Kallis reached three figures after the drinks break with an exhilarating six over wide mid-on off Dan Vettori.
Fellow opener O'Brien made 24 before his drive off Collymore was well caught by Anyon at wide mid-on.
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Sussex's run chase began poorly with Chris Nash caught at mid-on and Yardy getting a faint edge pushing forward.
It needed a direct hit from mid-on by Uthappa to break the resistance, Wright leaving to a standing ovation.
After a watchful start, the stocky Trinidadian smashed Bresnan over mid-on for four and Swann for six over midwicket.
He reached a third Test century when he drove his 197th delivery from Dwayne Bravo through mid-on for an eighth boundary.
Only once did he show signs of impatience, charging down the pitch against Mushfiqur Rahman and scuffing the ball to mid-on.
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The Lancashire all-rounder produced speeds approaching 90mph despite the placid surface and was rewarded again when Lendl Simmons recklessly top-edged to mid-on.
But when he holed out to mid-on, it was the first of three wickets in one over for the former Bangladesh captain.
Solanki and Darren Maddy made decent enough progress, picking up sixes each before the latter was pouched at mid-on off Irfan Pathan.
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