31.  Greatbatch was trapped leg before wicket facing his third ball.

32.  He had not added to his overnight two when fast bowler Paul Reiffel despatched him with his third ball of the morning.

33.  Healy also stumped skipper Andy Flower and Warne terminated the innings with the third ball of his final over by bowling last man Charlie Lock.

34.  An apparently winning hat-trick combination is completed by a pair of panties embroidered with the image of a goal-keeper catching a third ball.

35.  Anwar cut the third ball to backward square leg for four and then took a single off the next to leave the scores tied.

36.  But the third ball was edged by Vaughan to first slip where the normally safe hands of Jayasuriya floored the routine chance.

37.  Essex never overcame the shock of losing Graham Gooch to the third ball of the match, caught behind off Chris Lewis for a single.

38.  England hit back in copybook fashion as Andrew Hudson departed, an lbw victim to Dominic Cork, in the third ball of their first innings.

39.  Then, in the third ball, opener Saeed Anwar miscued fast bowler Pramodya Wickremasinghe and offered a simple catch to the bowler.

40.  Then the dreadfully out-of-touch Adams departed third ball for one, chipping back a tame return catch to the jubilant Watkinson.