Pakistan forfeited a Test against England at The Oval - the first in Test cricket's history - on charges of ball tampering.
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Traditional red balls used for Test and first-class cricket can last 80 overs before being replaced.
It was always going to be a test flight - the first of two that have been planned to bring the shuttle programme back on track.
The Test looks beautifully poised going into the final day and if West Indies can produce 10 wicket-taking deliveries on Tuesday they could secure their first Test win in Adelaide since 1993 - and their first anywhere in Australia since 1997.
Testing 94 systems distributed across nine ships during an amphibious assault was an important part of the validation test -- and the first time an entire MEU has participated in such a test, Malagon said.
The Wales full-back limped out of the first Test 26-21 loss in Durban with a recurrence of a previous foot problem, but then hurt his hand in training.
One major step forward was taken last week on a motorway outside Barcelona - the first-ever test drive of a road train among other road users.
ENGADGET: Volvo's driverless road train in Spain is public mainly on the plain (video)
Victory in the third Test came after an India fightback secured a draw following a first-innings collapse in the first Test in Ahmedabad.
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Sreesanth took 2-56 from 18 overs in his first Test appearance - at the same ground where he made his one-day debut against Sri Lanka five months ago.
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Then came one of Wright's most proud moments when India beat Australia 2-1 after losing the first Test by 10-wickets and being forced to follow-on in the second.
Giteau's conversion made it 10-0 at the interval, James landing the hosts' first points on the resumption - and their first in 125 minutes of Test rugby - before giving way to Francois Steyn at fly-half after 55 minutes.
After the players had stood around for about 20 minutes listening to Neath-born soprano Katherine Jenkins sing the Welsh national anthem, the British and Australian anthems were also belted out and Mitchell Johnson finally got the 2009 Ashes - the first Test in the sport's long history to be staged in Cardiff - under way.
The 18-year-old Burgess scored a try on his debut as the Lions won the first Test 20-14.
Scott Fitzgerald got off his famous observation about the test of a first-rate mind.
Most of them passed the test first time - it covered common sense things like washing your hands before handling food.
Winfrey has launched several stars, first test-driven on her TV show and then signed by her production company, Harpo.
Twenty one years ago such questions were asked after the birth of Louise Brown, the world's first test-tube baby.
What is required is strong umpiring to keep everything under control and it is with some trepidation that I note that the two umpires on duty for the first Test - an Indian and a Sri Lankan - are virtually unknown.
For instance, O'Connell and Simon Shaw in the second row is a possible one, but I'm not sure we'll see Saturday's back row of Joe Worsley, Martyn Williams and Andy Powell in the first Test - it doesn't look right to me.
Katich ran out of partners when Tim Southee accounted for last man Clark, who hit four boundaries in his 18 off 12 balls, but had the satisfaction of becoming only the 10th Australian to carry his bat through a Test innings - and the first to do so for 10 years.
Working in close collaboration with gynecologist Patrick Steptoe, who died in 1988, Dr. Edwards overcame entrenched political and religious hostility, as well as the disapproval of many other scientists at the time, to pioneer the basic techniques of human embryology that led to the birth of the first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, in 1978.
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Misbah was in next - playing his first Test since January and with the extra burden of the captaincy - and he struggled throughout his 38-ball stay, making just nine before a fine catch from Amla at short leg ended his involvement.
Willem de Waal then kept his nerve to slot his kick from the right-hand touchline, ending the Lions' hopes of a 100% record in the non-Test matches and preventing them from regaining momentum after Saturday's 26-21 defeat in the first Test.
Scrum-half Morgan Parra makes his first Test start alongside Francois Trinh-Duc who replaces David Skrela at fly-half.
Muralitharan took a 10-wicket haul in the first Test, taking his career total to 430 - behind Shane Warne, Kapil Dev and Courtney Walsh's 519 in the all-time list.
However, this time around the tourists have three first-class matches - with South Australia and Australia A still to come - before the first Test begins in Brisbane on 25 November.
England will look back on an encouraging debut for Matt Prior, fine displays from most of their top-order batsmen and Panesar's Test best 6-129 in the Windies first innings.
That didn't take long -- just days after its first test fire, the Liberator, a 3D-printed pistol designed by Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson, has caught the attention of the federal government.
The 400-mile race was the first real test for NASCAR's new Gen-6 car on the intermediate tracks they're built to race.
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