Team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris revealed that Ponting had a repeat X-ray after the fourth Test that showed evidence that the fracture of his fifth finger had moved during the course of the Melbourne Test.
Trott lasted only six balls, dragging an innocuous delivery from Johnson into his stumps, and with 98-0 suddenly becoming 99-2 there were fears that the match might be following a similar course to the Perth Test.
It is embarrassing for the game and, from England's perspective, it was a critical moment in the course of this Test match.
They were tied at 6-under 207, more evidence that the Copperhead course is perhaps the most complete test in Florida.
The best-known measure is, of course, the Scholastic Aptitude Test, taken by college-bound seniors only but widely used as a proxy for school performance despite its proprietor's continuous protestations that it was not designed for that purpose.
This year the field will face an extra test in that the course, the only one on the Grand Slam roster to be used every year, has had a facelift.
But of course, the real test will be how good the Batman movies are.
Last week's flooding rains will test the course's recent drainage upgrades, but in general, Sawgrass plays shorter than its official 7, 215 yards because the fairways are firm and fast.
For now the correlation between test results and course performance is .45 (roughly the same as between SAT scores and college GPA).
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Consider what happened at San Jose State after the university last fall ran a test course in electrical engineering paid for by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Of course, the most important test lies ahead, when a successful march through the postseason will almost certainly require greater support than Rose received during last year against Miami.
This was a test of sorts, be-cause this, of course, is what the wise do: they test the unwise to make them less so.
The Twenty Ten course architects designed the final three holes almost specifically for this showpiece to test tired bodies and tired minds - but Ross Fisher's superb birdie on the par three 17th was matchplay at its best.
In January, Ballesteros expressed his optimism after receiving the test results from his first course of chemotherapy.
Groundbreaking is scheduled for October (a design turnaround time that is Olympic-sprint quick) with construction to be completed two years later and a big-time test tournament mandated on the course in 2015.
It would test her resolve and change the course of her life.
Russell Phillips, Celtic Manor's facilities and construction chief, has made it clear that the course is ready now and should be holding test events soon.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration agrees, of course, which is why it recently launched the first real-world test of vehicle-to-vehicle communication near Ann Arbor, Mich.
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The most exciting development, of course, is the 2012 Ford Focus Electric, which I really want to test drive.
Turning back to China, Liberation Army Daily and the Beijing News report that China successfully carried out a land-based, mid-course missile interception test at an undisclosed location within its borders, but says the test did not target any country.
For some anti-testers, of course, that is the whole point of a test ban.
However, for this taxable year, real estate professionals should be aware that they must also test the income was derived from the ordinary course of that business.
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Dettori revealed in October that he will be ending his fulltime role at the Godolphin stable next year, and last month news broke about his positive test during a race meeting at the Longchamps course in Paris.
New reactors can be made even safer, of course, but the bottom line is that Fukushima passed the test.
Of course the markets may just decide to bypass Spain and really test the resolve of the ECB and EZ and leave little Spain and attack Italy.
Of course, exploiting a hole is also the only way to test that it has been fixed, so those outside the inner circle will be forced to rely on the software vendor's say-so when they get fixes and patches.
Westwood admitted that the steep slopes on the Twenty Ten course and possibility of playing 36 holes a day would test his fitness, but added that he was confident of staying the pace.
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If the weather cooperates - and by that I mean no rain - and we can control the course and have it play firm, fast and be a fair test then we'll all be happy.
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But he remains on course to be the first man ever to hit three triple centuries in Test cricket.
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