1.   Lara started shakily, surviving a close leg before wicket appeal from fast bowler Danny Morrison when five.

2.   Manjerekar, the Bombay captain, yelled at Kulkarni after the umpire rejected a leg before wicket appeal against a Maharashtra batsman on Monday.

3.   Sharp turned down a first ball leg before wicket appeal by fast bowler Allan Donald against Sanjay Manjrekar and television replays showed the batsman was lucky to survive.

4.   The frustrating South African batting finally ended when Steve Waugh won a leg before wicket appeal against Symcox, denying McMillan his fourth test hundred.

5.   The only concern, apart from a couple of optimistic leg before wicket appeals, were edges found by both openers which bounced safely in front of slips.