Pietersen switched the ball inside to du Preez, who was tap tackled by Jason Robinson but able to slip the ball to Smith who romped over.
The striker, on in place of Forrest, spread play wide to Samaras before racing forward to receive the Greek's return pass and slip the ball past Costil.
Instead, he chose to run it across his own penalty area and lost control with a heavy touch, allowing Ireland to slip the ball into an empty net.
Even goalkeeper Tim Howard hesitated on his line for just long enough on the deciding goal to allow Oscar Boniek Garcia to slip the ball under him onto Bengtson's sprinting feet.
Charlie Hodgson came on to replace Peel and this produced instant dividends as he set up Rory Lamont to charge straight at the Clermont line, spin through a challenge and slip the ball to McAlister to go over in the corner.
Arsenal grabbed a controversial equalizer in the 52nd minute when Cesc Fabregas latched on to Andrey Arshavin's pass to slip the ball through Jaaskelainen's legs but there had appeared to be an earlier foul when William Gallas appeared to catch Mark Davies on the ankle.
But the Quins winger let the ball slip out from underneath him, presenting Simpson with the easiest of scores.
The 21-year-old, whose father, Andy, is defense coach for the Lions, saw the ball slip out of his hands as he went to pass.
It took until 42 minutes for the deadlock to be broken, when Malawian goalkeeper Navigator Dzinkambani let a bouncing ball slip out of his fans and onto the head of Mayo.
His effort should have been gathered easily by Keller, but somehow he let the ball slip from his grasp and could only look on in despair as it trickled into the back of the net.
It got worse for the Dons four minutes into the second half, when Langfield smothered McDonald's attempt at a cross but let the ball slip from his grasp for the Australian striker to fire into the empty net.
He played back to a good-length ball and edged to Mark Wagh at first slip after a 170-ball innings which contained 12 fours and two sixes.
But City's one-man advantage told in the end as Ireland latched onto Robinho's through-ball to slip it past the on-rushing Given, leaving Newcastle second from bottom.
And the Portuguese winger duly stepped up and struck a blistering free-kick that dipped and swerved in front of Thomas Sorensen, who allowed the ball to slip through his grasp.
Derry suffered a nervous moment four minutes from time when Ken Oman allowed an innocuous ball to slip under his boot but keeper Forde reacted quickly to clear to safety.
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Naqaash then ended an opening stand of 48 when Durham's prolific Tasmanian Michael di Venuto edged his first ball to second slip.
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New Zealand's second innings got off to a shaky start with Tim McIntosh caught by Tendulkar at slip for a third-ball duck and the home side limped to 75-3.
The seamer found the ideal line and length outside off stump, rooting Cook to his crease as his bat fended the ball to second slip and bringing the under-fire Collingwood to the crease.
The midfielder then rolled the ball to Welshman Davies who unleashed a fierce effort which, while powerful, was straight at Carson, only for him to allow the ball to inexplicably slip through his hands.
Maddy trapped Chris Rogers lbw to end a stand of 47 and saw Steve Stubbings edge a wide ball low to first slip.
Warwickshire lost pinchhitter Neil Carter early in their chase, brilliantly caught by Mullaney diving backwards from slip off Sajid Mahmood just a ball after dropping Trott off Hogg.
On a slow pitch, Rayner then got going by bowling Michael Lumb as he played back before he had John Crawley taken at slip, nibbling at his arm ball.
Carberry followed for 40 when edged a ball from Harbhajan to slip and John Crawley followed when he was bowled through the gate for his second duck of the match - his first pair since the Test at Perth on England's 1994-5 Ashes tour.
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Kaneria counted Chris Rogers, caught behind for 46, and Ryan Campbell, caught at slip for a run-a-ball 49, as valuable scalps.
He decided to leap in front of Strauss, who had the catch covered at first slip, but could only deflect the ball to the third man boundary.
Resuming on 70, the 35-year-old reached his century before lunch and eventually fell for 160 after edging a superb Iain O'Brien ball to Ross Taylor at slip.
Newman looked to dominate an attack led by England's Chris Tremlett, who saw the left-hander continually steer the ball through or over the slip cordon and down to the boundary.
Hameed, 32, had a point to prove as the tour party's reserve batsman after Pakistan's collapses in both Tests, but he edged Chris Russell's third ball to Solanki at first slip.
Dhoni followed for two runs after a mix-up with Laxman's runner Suresh Raina, and Harbhajan Singh was caught by Ponting at slip from a well-directed short ball from Bollinger for the same score.
The last man epitomised the general New Zealand frailty against an accurate swinging ball, edging to second slip to put England in good heart for the very different proposition that is Friday's Twenty20 extravaganza.
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