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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India managed to post a decent total by scoring 56 from their last five overs, including fours from the last three balls of the innings from Harbhajan Singh.
Short-term, the six-time All-Star's absence will be felt most in the post, where the Knicks lack scoring options.
Dave Penney's Darlington side dominated the second half with Keltie coming close to scoring when he hit the post, before Perkins conjured a dramatic equaliser out of nothing.
Bellamy's persistence earned a corner on the left and Collins got across his marker to turn home Ramsey's near-post cross, the Aston Villa defender scoring his second international goal.
Roger Johnson was desperately unlucky not to open the scoring with a powerful far-post header from Hamill's fine free-kick.
They did come closest to scoring when Cristiano Ronaldo struck a post, but there was little to suggest an upsurge from their patchy form during qualifying.
After 11 minutes, Charlie Mulgrew almost opened the scoring with an inswinging corner to the near post, but Cerny made the save.
Steve Jones then hit the post for the home side with Bournemouth's Warren Feeney scoring the decisive and winning penalty.
Carroll, 23, prodded in at the far post at the start of the second half to open the scoring in the Premier League game.
Carragher hit the post but Liverpool saw off QPR 1-0 at Anfield with Philippe Coutinho scoring the only goal.
It was another Everton midfielder, Carsley, who came closest to scoring in the first half when his powerful shot crashed against the post.
McVeigh opened the scoring when he side-footed the ball home at the far post following Iwan Roberts' excellent low cross from the right.
Loose-head prop Lloyd opened the scoring after six minutes before Leeds full-back Leigh Hinton hit the post with a penalty.
Predictably, therefore, it was Chelsea who came closest to opening the scoring when a Lampard set-piece was glanced on to his own post by Phil Jagielka.
Scholes, who came out of retirement this season at the age of 37, opened the scoring in the seventh mimute with a close-range header at the back post.
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For a team that led the AL in pitching and scoring, it was a complete performance that produced its seventh straight win in this post-season.
West Ham looked promising in the early stages but they could not carve out many clear openings and the closest they came to scoring was through Ba's angled drive that rebounded to safety off the near post.
Randolph has also upped his scoring in the playoffs using both his left and right hands to score in the low post.
Taking advantage of the NHL's post-lockout rules changes, which for one season led to a league-wide spike in scoring, Jagr set a Rangers record with 123 points in 2005-06.
Two goals in two minutes turned the tie, Hulk -- a multi-million signing from Portuguese club Porto -- scoring a brilliant opener from range before Sergei Semak turned home a cross at the back post.
Novo was inches away from scoring again when he cut in from the left and struck a low shot against the post and Beasley also came close with a powerful effort that was blocked by Smith.
Twice in the first 20 minutes Messi ran at the Nigeria defence and provided scoring opportunities for Higuain, but the first the Real Madrid striker put past the near post from three yards out and then saw his angled drive from further out blocked by Enyeama.
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