Just after the half-hour mark, the contest sprung to life with a frantic passage of play, Lampard's first-time ball releasing Drogba, whose slight hesitation allowed Gael Givet to produce a brilliant saving tackle.
Wright, who failed to time the ball as sweetly, nevertheless continued to add to the barrage of runs.
The boys watched a volleyball game on TV, and Taiga waved a flag enthusiastically each time the ball went out of bounds.
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When the window opened once more, this time the ball was there.
In January, the Brewers had announced that for the second time the ball club had sold one million tickets due to season ticket packages.
Philander really struggled to time the ball, and when he was run out for 23 in the penultimate over, the tailenders were left needing 27 off the final over.
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.
It is too late for tennis to do the same, but it could initiate rule changes that would extend the time the ball is in play and reward strategy and stroke play over raw power.
England badly needed a partnership and Matt Prior, though struggling to time the ball at first, added crucial runs with Paul Collingwood, who hit a six over mid-wicket as 23 came in the two batting powerplay overs.
As the clock ticked well into the fifth minute of injury time the ball was passed back to Evans and, with the last kick of the match, the New Zealander scudded a low drop-goal between the posts.
That left the fly-half with a tricky conversion to spare the Wallabies' blushes but not for the first time the ball drifted to the left of the posts as the delirious Murrayfield crowd threatened to lift the roof off the stadium.
De Villiers was again reprieved by Harper on an lbw appeal shortly afterwards, but this time the ball was clearing over the stumps and there could be few complaints, although luck remained on the batsman's side - the ball spun on to his stumps but rebounded without dislodging the bails.
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Nearly 100, 000 people whistled every time I got the ball and it was the only time in my career when things outside football influenced me.
Their line speed was better and took away our time on the ball.
But by time the first ball was sent down on the final day, they already looked badly out of sorts.
After the interval, Fulham moved their defensive line further up the pitch and benefited as United's time on the ball was greatly reduced.
By flooding midfield and denying players time on the ball, the opposition frustrates and forces them to resort to long-ball tactics, through desperation more than design.
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Fiorentina, given so much time on the ball and continually gifted possession as Rangers seemed allergic to the ball at times, patiently probed for an opening.
Viewers at home are able to see for the first time where the ball will come down and which player is in the best position to tackle it.
Dani was at the centre of the action and he finally found the net with his third header - this time glancing the ball home from Pep Guardiola's free-kick.
The instruction to the St Johnstone players from manager Derek McInnes must surely have been to play the match at a high tempo and deny the hosts time on the ball.
He spent almost as much time taking the ball on at Manchester's defenders as he did making acrobatic saves, notably pulling out two brilliant stops to block Paul Scholes and Denis Irwin.
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Sorensen's mistake ensured Blues did break the deadlock shortly after half-time, the ball squirming under his body at the near post after Heskey had shrugged off Martin Laursen and taken the ball wide of Mellberg.
Sporting's creative players were too often given too much time on the ball and continued to threaten, with Veloso striking another free-kick and Izmailov striking wide after Everton wasted several chances to clear the ball.
The home team did not allow Villa any time on the ball and O'Neill's outfit had nothing to show for their endeavours until Steve Sidwell dragged a low strike wide just before the half-hour mark.
The home team were finally starting to enjoy a little more time on the ball in attacking areas, although a narrow miss from Charles and a header over from substitute Byron Harrison gave a reminder of the away team's threat.
Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco is going to spend a lot of time handing the ball off to running back Ray Rice and watching him try to follow one of the NFL's last fullbacks (Vonta Leach) through the San Francisco defense.
Sam Vokes had the best chance to equalize for the hosts in injury time when the ball fell to him inside the penalty area with only goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar to beat, but he could only direct his shot over the crossbar.
Two minutes into stoppage time, Michael Ball, who had been one of City's best players, clipped in a cross from the left, which Evans managed to get his head to, but so did the unfortunate Califf, who sent the ball past keeper Lasse Heinze.
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