Gareth Roberts fizzed just about their only meaningful strike well wide in first-half injury time.
Cipriani went well wide with a long-range penalty attempt, but the resulting 22m drop-out proved a turning-point.
One delivery pitched in the footmarks well wide of off-stump and had to be collected by Smith at first slip.
Spain now says the deficit for 2012 will be 5.8% of GDP, well wide of the agreed target of 4.4%.
Ksanavicius fired into the side-netting, while Clarkson sliced well wide as both sides squandered good openings shortly before the break.
George McCartney soon wasted a good opportunity for the Hammers, lashing into the side-netting, before Etherington fired a free-kick well wide.
Lafferty sent a weak header well wide just before the break but the Rangers striker was proving a handful for the Slovenia defence.
United created two half chances in the opening twenty two minutes but headers from Daly and Kenneth were well wide of the target.
And moments later Stephen Ward missed the easiest chance of the afternoon, heading well wide from six yards after another excellent Hamill centre.
Substitute Gavin Rae had a sight of goal in the 89th minute but the Dundee midfielder's 20-yard shot flew well wide of the target.
Australian captain Stirling Mortlock had a chance to snatch victory with a 47-meter penalty with two minutes left, but the ball drifted well wide.
Falkirk ended the half on top, with Enoch Showunmi flashing a drive well wide from the edge of the box after a neat turn.
James Grady raced to the edge of the box, turned past his marker Stuart Golabek and broke inside, but his curling shot went well wide.
The remaining fayre was attritional stuff, England doing their utmost to slow the over rate and bowl what they could well wide of the off-stump.
It took 22 minutes for City to even manage an attempt on goal, and even that was an ugly effort well wide by Bernardo Corradi.
On the half-hour mark United defender Garry Kenneth lashed a 35-yard shot well wide of goal as the hosts looked to pierce the Hibs rearguard.
Shaping to play a premeditated sweep to Hauritz, the batsman was given a ball well wide of off-stump - and he should have aborted the shot.
As an indication of the difficulty the players would have coping with the swirling wind at Knowsley Road, Eastmond's convertion kick drifted well wide of the posts.
Federer saved three set points with gutsy play, but on the fourth Roddick had only to put away a comfortable backhand volley, only to put it well wide.
England finally produced a chance from open play three minutes from time - but from Aluko's cross right-back Alex Scott volleyed well wide from only six yards out.
The visitors had the game's first opening when Bobby Zamora found space on the left and, ignoring well-placed team-mates to his right, curled a shot well wide of the post.
Bayern had a great opportunity to break the deadlock seconds after half-time when Robben's right-wing cross presented Thomas Mueller with a free header, which he contrived to glance well wide.
Rob Lee then fired a free-kick well wide of the target as the Rams looked to bounce back, but lacking any creativity they never really looked like troubling the Blades.
For all their possession, Chelsea barely forced a save from Mark Schwarzer in the first half - the Australian easily gathered two Drogba efforts, while Salomon Kalou dragged a shot well wide.
The first chance came for the Lanarkshire side when Law was put through on goal by Michael Higdon, but he could only sweep a left-foot effort well wide from around eight yards.
Gareth Wardlaw missed a great chance to level in the 45th minute when the ball fell invitingly for the former Cowdenbeath striker six yards out following Hegarty's cross, but he sliced well wide.
Valencia did not put enough purchase on an attempted lob, while Scholes wastefully - and somewhat uncharacteristically - volleyed well wide after he had been picked out completely unmarked 16 yards from goal.
They pinned Argentina in their half and although the visitors were handed the chance to open the scoring on a rare foray into enemy territory, Rodriguez was well wide with a long-range penalty.
The setback seemed to shake Van der Vaart, who stepped up for a third time with the pressure building and aimed for the top-left corner again, only to see his effort fly well wide.
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