Former Reds winger Darren Rogers had a touchdown disallowed for off-side three minutes later after chasing Aaron Raper's kick.
Sylvain Ebanks-Blake then doubled that lead on eight minutes after beating the off-side trap to finish in the corner.
Swansea could even have taken the lead moments later but Pratley was flagged off-side as he forced home Sinclair's cross-shot.
Ponting made a fast start as usual, with two typically fluent drives through the off-side early in his innings off Tsotsobe.
The entire England defence was caught off-side and Sexton tapped the resulting penalty and committed the defence before sending Bowe striding over.
He stayed to carve Thissara Perera over the off-side for two boundaries, before being bowled round his legs by the same bowler.
Zaheer was caught behind trying to carve him through the off-side and Sreesanth went two balls later when he guided a catch to second slip.
Marc Keller then hit the side-netting after beating the Liverpool off-side trap.
Instead, he indulged in a series of bold shots through the off-side, many of which resulted in boundaries, and made a spirited 34.
Benfica's two wide men, Di Maria and the Brazilian youngster Ramires, carved out an early opportunity for Saviola, but he had strayed narrowly off-side.
Peter Siddle was driven pleasantly through the off-side for four by Strauss, a shot which saw the 50-run stand raised well within the first hour.
With Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara tending to post fielders in his scoring areas on the leg-side, he showed some remarkably inventive hitting through the off-side.
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England captain Kevin Pietersen bowled the spin-seam combination of Graeme Swann and James Anderson to heavily-packed off-side fields, which initially reduced India to trading in singles.
Midway through the second half Caerphilly were punished for off-side and Mitchell took advantage by sending over a penalty to give Vale a slender, one-point lead.
That seemed very possible when Clarke attempted to loft Fidel Edwards over the off-side field but ended up cutting him straight to Sulieman Benn at third man.
Afridi was in defiant mood following his 52 runs in the Sharjah Cup final win against South Africa last week, playing some exquisite strokes on the off-side.
It was a strange innings from Pietersen, in which he hit three boundaries, the first a neat leg-glance from his first ball, the other two driven nicely on the off-side.
Playmaker Andrey Arshavin added the second goal with four minutes remaining with a cheeky back-heel, although the Russian certainly appeared to be in an off-side position when scoring.
Two balls later and Imrul Kayes looped a drive at another disguised delivery into the off-side, where Steve Finn swooped to his right to pouch the dipping ball.
But after Ramdin started as the main aggressor with some confident pull shots, Nash too began to exploit the attacking fields to help himself to some off-side boundaries.
The tailender gradually began to play with some confidence, cutting Jacques Kallis delightfully to the cover-point boundary, and then dishing out two more off-side boundaries off the slow bowler Paul Harris.
Ganguly, who retires after Nagpur, bludgeoned Clarke over long-on for six and Laxman cashed in with four sweetly struck off-side boundaries, the last of which brought up his 50.
Wickets eventually came England's way at the other end, Clarke and Steve Smith hitting catches into the off-side, before Mike Hussey became the third Australian to fall in the batting powerplay.
Stuart Broad had a series of catchers surrounding the off-side and he forced an error from Prince, who drove loosely but was dropped by a diving Alastair Cook in the gully.
This was demonstrated when they conceded a penalty at the scrum which Flood kicked over from just inside his own half, and they compounded it by being caught off-side at the restart.
Always a player who relied more on a good eye and quick feet than the coaching manual, his most fruitful source of runs was square on the off-side and off his legs.
But before he could take his breather, he had work to do, and he struck nine fours, favouring the off-side with some beautifully-timed shots, and one tremendous six off Dale Steyn's slower ball.
Soon after lunch, Ponting, who probably needed to play the key innings if Australia were to chase down a tough target, attempted to force Ravi Rampaul through the off-side but chopped on to his stumps.
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Ireland butchered England at the first scrum and soon took the lead as Sexton - back in place of Ronan O'Gara at fly-half - popped over a penalty after the visitors were off-side at a line-out.
Gautam Gambhir had played the occasional bold stroke backing away to hit through the off-side, but just when it looked as though his side would quietly record a 10-wicket win he skewed to backward point, leaving 36 needed from 43 balls.
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