Once play began Pietersen was his usual free-scoring self firing a 53-ball half-century inside the opening hour.
Instead of the traditional 9am or 10am opening hour, stores would open at 8am, then 6am, then midnight.
Bangladesh, resuming at 103-4, offered resistance only in the opening hour as overnight batsmen Ashraful and debutant Alok Kapali extended their fifth-wicket stand to 68.
At times the in-form pair displayed exquisite footwork and shot selection, although their approach in guiding India through the opening hour was primarily one of caution.
The opening hour proved frustrating for England, featuring two interruptions and just 7.1 overs of actual cricket, but the rain was actually beneficial to the bowlers as it added some spice to the wicket, providing both swing and a bit of extra pace.
Benfica boss Ronald Koeman felt his side deserved to go through after they survived the opening half hour.
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However, after a nervy opening half hour, Fulham comprehensively outplayed FC Vetra, who finished third in the A Lyga last season.
For the most part, Leinster laboured in the opening half hour but their first significant attack resulted in a try for Nacewa on 28 minutes.
Wallace put Ulster ahead on six minutes but the error-ridden opening half hour had plenty of evidence while both teams are struggling in this year's league.
The Spaniard traded fastest lap times with team-mate Sebastien Buemi in a quiet opening half hour and improved his lap time by over six seconds, but he still finished the session in 20th position, one place behind his team-mate.
The three-hour opening ceremony had an estimated global television audience of one billion people.
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On November 19th, Mr. Starr appeared before the House Judiciary Committee and gave a two-hour opening statement.
During the opening three-hour session, Baroness Ashton presented what has been described as a revised offer to Iran.
The London Stock Exchange this week advanced its opening by an hour to line up with continental Europe's.
Birmingham did not press forward too often in the opening half-hour but they were hardly under the cosh either.
However, a nearby fire was the biggest talking point of the opening half an hour, with visibility increasingly difficult as smoke bellowed over St Andrew's.
Scoring opportunities were few and far between in a drab opening half-hour as St Mirren appeared content to sit deep and hit Celtic on the break.
But when Jackson set up Argentina international Leonelli for the first of his treble, the floodgates opened - with Sarries reaching the four-try bonus-point mark within the opening half-hour.
The Old Trafford faithful were barely vocal in the opening half an hour with neither team doing little to threaten a goal, apart from a mistimed volley from Antonio Valencia.
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The (optimistic in my view) master plan figures for 2018 would lead (based on 189 seat jets operating at 80% capacity, with a 16 hour opening) to a plane landing every 48 minutes.
Fulham did improve after going behind, but they rarely looked like levelling and a Simon Davies miscue from a smart Damien Duff pull-back was their only sight of goal in the opening half-hour.
Heavy rain was the crucial factor in the first half, and though top scorer Eifion Williams forced a good early save from York keeper Alan Fettis, it was a rare opportunity in a dire opening half-hour.
The Latics were on top for the opening half-hour but were let down by that lack of cutting edge until Moses broke the deadlock in style for his first goal since joining from Crystal Palace in January.
As expected, Spurs dominated possession from the outset, although in the opening half-hour their best chances were two Younes Kaboul headers from corners, one smartly pushed aside by Ali Al Habsi, the other cleared off the line by James McCarthy.
Number eight Warburton galloped 40 yards to open the scoring inside the opening quarter of an hour.
There was indeed new information: that the presales had run out of stock within an hour of opening the facility.
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Already without suspended player-manager Hessenthaler, Kevin James and Mark Saunders, Gillingham lost goalkeeper Jason Brown within the opening quarter of an hour.
The Nikkei 225 stock average sank 0.7 per cent in the half-hour after opening on Monday, while the yen weakened slightly to about 94.25 to the dollar.
The 11-time grand slam champion was tested for the second match in a row before defeating France's world No. 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 7-6 (7-3) in Saturday's opening semifinal in one hour and 36 minutes.
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