When we had the ball we struggled to get any tempo as they managed to slow our ball down consistently.
The CPR numbers give a hint as to whether a ball will bounce higher or lower on a specific surface, and how much friction there is to either slow the ball or allow it to skid on.
The overworked Connacht defence had not been helped by the sin-binning of back-row Colm Rigney in the 32nd minute, after he tried once too often to slow Blues ball at the breakdown.
Poland levelled with their first meaningful attack as Jelen beat the offside trap, raced clear and produced a shot of such power that Taylor could only slow the ball down on its way into the net.
"We need to step up, make the big hits, slow down their ball and start poaching, " said Delve, 25, whose side lost 43-17 in Bloemfontein last week.
Hazard lost patience when the ball boy, 17-year-old Charlie Morgan, was slow to hand the ball back to him after it had gone out for a goal-kick.
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They did not build on their dominant scrum and England went back to old habits where the ball was slow.
Murphy scored from second on an infield hit after shortstop Daniel Descalso could not handle Wright's slow roller and the ball rolled free.
The one ploy remaining was the short ball, and Stuart Broad was entrusted with that, but the soft ball, slow pitch and dominance of the batsmen soon put an end to that, hook shots played down with rolled wrists and great control.
Both Sheens and skipper Darren Lockyer were critical of Australian referee Tony Archer for allowing a slow play-the-ball which reduced the game as a spectacle.
However, Blues keeper Ben Foster smartly got a hand to the ball to crucially slow down the Nigerian's left-foot shot before a sliding Ridgewell cleared off the goal-line.
Having taken 75 frustrating minutes to take the final two wickets and secure a first innings advantage of 121, England then made slow progress against the new ball.
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Ian Bell and Matt Prior got them off to a tentative start as they were happy to play the ball around a slow outfield for ones and twos and protect their wickets, while failing to take advantage of the powerplays.
Zaluska produced a fine finger-tip save to deny Fleck and, from the corner, David Weir was too slow to pounce on the loose ball eight yards from goal.
Cervelli was slow and a little nonchalant in retrieving the ball, then scrambled back in time to tag Victorino as both players dived headfirst.
The reason: All four of the top American hopes possess serves and groundstrokes which are strong enough to be weapons on any surface, and the slow, high bounce on clay brings the ball into their hitting zone with sufficient time for them to set up their shots.
On 25, he chose to dance down the wicket to the slow bowler and got into a tangle as the ball drifted under his bat and clipped the leg stump.
The German right-back's low cross was volleyed first time by Vennegoor of Hesselink and goalkeeper Janos Balogh was slow to get down to his left as the ball trickled into the net.
Marshall got down to beat the ball away but, with the home defence slow to react, Sutton lunged in to shoot home from eight yards.
Hampshire's relief did not last for long as De Bruyn, despite a slow start, piled on more runs with an 89-ball half-century.
It crumbled, an incinerated ball of metal and fire, in the slowest of slow motions.
The slow pitch and sluggish outfield helped Bangladesh's fightback with the ball but they helped themselves as well.
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On a slow, turning pitch, the Nottinghamshire batsmen struggled to time the ball for much of their innings and were thankful to Voges for helping them to a half-decent total.
Some soccer teams wet the field before a match to make the ball roll faster, while baseball teams grow out grass to slow ground balls.
With the low, slow pitches at home, Indian batsmen are naturals at going forward to play the ball off the front foot, hitting confidently through the line, even if they're not particularly over-pitched, with the hands characteristically low down.
The size of the ball, on the other hand, has been increased by 2mm in a bid to slow the game and improve it as a spectacle.
Miami began the game by pounding the ball into the paint, which eventually opened up the perimeter, where the Knicks were slow in getting to Miami's shooters.
The forwards are going in slow motion, the defense gives them acres of space, the midfielders have an eternity to pass the ball.
In this case, the video shows the 747 in a steep (significantly steeper than the climb of most passenger aircraft taking off from civilian airports), slow climb, then the climb stops and the aircraft rolls over on its wing and crashes in a fiery ball on impact.
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