• Mike Hussey and Brad Haddin, together at the resumption, have produced some impressive stands thus far in the series - but were parted in the fourth over when a flat-footed flash outside off stump by Haddin gave James Anderson his first wicket of the match.

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  • The Sri Lankan reply started promisingly, Upul Tharanga and Chamara Kapugedera putting on 37 in the first five overs before the latter had his middle stump uprooted by Mohammad Sami.

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  • Nathan McCullum, brother of Brendon, made just seven off 11 balls before seeing his leg stump uprooted by Gul, who again took two wickets in two balls as James Franklin was bowled playing across the line and Kyle Mills was caught by Shahzaib off a leading edge.

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  • Denly seldom looked troubled by the Somerset attack and it came as a surprise when he had his off stump knocked back by Jones.

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  • To make matters worse for Kent, James Hockley then had his off stump pegged back by Kruger, as the home side lunched uneasily on 96-5.

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  • We have dug a few stumps possibly for slight indulgences but when the stump was out by the roots, we had to be rewarded and often we would feel like digging out another.

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  • Tim Southee cut loose as Australia closed in on victory, smashing Clark for two sixes, but the match came to an end as Chris Martin's middle stump was uprooted by Johnson to complete his man-of-the-match display.

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  • According to several historians, since Cobb's death in 1961, three pieces of writing by journalist Al Stump an article in True Magazine and two biographies have most shaped Cobb's image in American culture.

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  • The Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act, sponsored by Representative Bob Stump (R-Ariz.), would introduce, among other provisions, a cost-of-living increase for service-connected disability compensation and would expand eligiblity for compensation and survivors' benefits.

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  • The Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act, sponsored by Representative Bob Stump (Republican-Arizona), would introduce, among other provisions, a cost-of-living increase for service-connected disability compensation and would expand eligiblity for compensation and survivors' benefits.

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  • But three balls later he was gone, for 55, to a disappointingly tame nibble outside the off-stump, neatly caught low by Brad Haddin, although replays showed bowler Ben Hilfenhaus had over-stepped by several inches.

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  • One delivery pitched in the footmarks well wide of off-stump and had to be collected by Smith at first slip.

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  • He sat on the stump like a little person, fascinated by what was happening beyond the woodpile on the opposite side of the clearing.

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  • Phil typically gets rousted out of the Gobbler's Knob tree stump about 7:15 a.m. by an entourage wearing top hats and tuxedos.

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  • The result has been a negative message designed to raise doubts about whether Mr. Romney is trustworthy and stump speeches where the president takes on his opponent by name.

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  • There was little other resistance and Streak wrapped up the victory by uprooting Jamie Grove's leg-stump.

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  • On the stump, he defended his proposal to ban assault weapons by pointing out that you don't need an Uzi to hunt deer.

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  • Brett Lee responded to Rahul Dravid's nonchalant straight push for four by removing the batsman when a leg-stump half-volley was lifted invitingly towards short midwicket.

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  • Siddique, the 21-year-old left-hander, was eventually removed by Jacques Kallis, playing loosely outside off-stump to edge to wicketkeeper Mark Boucher.

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  • The Kallis delivery that got him out, pitched outside off-stump and seaming slightly away, could perhaps have been left by someone who had been at the crease longer.

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  • He nodded towards the pain inflicted by storm Sandy and then moved on to the stump speech that anyone who has attended more than one rally knows so well - the five-point plan, the anecdote about the US flag rescued from the space shuttle Challenger disaster, the dully-delivered homilies about the need for change.

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  • But, first, Steyn removed the veteran opener and then Ntini's return saw Dilshan surprised by some extra bounce and he chopped onto his leg stump.

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  • Koertzen correctly declined that one, for there was no inside edge onto the pad, but Ponting - despite clouting one delivery over mid-on for four - never really settled and might have been bowled by an off-break which fizzed directly over middle stump.

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  • "The system works - Daryl Harper didn't turn his stump mic up, " he said, referring to a key decision made by the Australian on Friday.

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  • In Johnson's previous over, Kallis was given out by umpire Billy Bowden but Kallis asked for a referral and was reprieved by television umpire Asad Rauf because the ball pitched marginally outside leg stump.

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  • But Sharma's dismissal - harshly adjudged lbw to Ben Hilfenhaus (4-57) by umpire Ian Gould to a ball that would have missed leg stump - left the match on a knife-edge with India on 205-9.

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  • But, the very next ball, England's talismanic all-rounder was also heading back to the pavilion, the victim of a poor decision by Tiffin when trapped by a Zaheer delivery that pitched outside the line of leg-stump.

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  • Edwards jumped into his traditional stump speech, urging Americans to work for a nation that isn't divided by wealth.

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  • The monolines know that, by threatening to break apart, they may force Wall Street banks to stump up the cash to keep them whole.

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  • He was adjudged to have offered no shot to Tendulkar's googly by umpire Nadeem Ghauri but TV replays suggested the ball was missing off stump.

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