At another point, Riener ran in tight circles, slipping, out of control, which brought to mind images of livestock scrambling pitifully on the slick, slimy floors of industrial farms.
He scored on a nifty backhand after he making an even better backward move through the right circle to slip the puck between Bure's legs.
He moved into the slot, received Ferraro's pass from the left circle, and slipped his second shot just inside the right post.
Hull's big goal was a one-time wrist shot from the bottom of the left circle that slipped through Nabokov's pads.
"When they put up one of those great sandstone blocks in the outer circle, it slipped when it was being put in its hole, fell over and broke in half.
By the end the semi circle of slips that characterised the first two days had been replaced by men on the drive at short extra cover and short midwicket as Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad hammered away with their cutters – but o no avail.
11.14pm GMT 114th over: England 326-5 (Prior 0, Pietersen 56) Wagner, or Waggy as BJ Watling is calling him, is on to replace Southee, He gets one to swing back in as Pietersen reaches to cover drive and the batsman inside edges it into his pads, causing the circle of slips, or one of them, to eff and jeff like fury.
The red and black solid circles show "slip-deficient" and "sufficiently slipping" grid points, respectively.
All attention was focussed on Marnie, who walked in circles, cutely slipping all over the polished floor.
But Miliband's personal net approval ratings will cause alarm in Labour circles, having slipped five to -31 over the past two weeks, while Cameron's now stands at a less alarming -18.
