The next ball looped gently to slip, to present the kind of catch that "a child would take at midnight with no moon."

The ball looped well over the bar off his wise, grey head.

He simply poked his paddle at the ball-and the ball looped back in another of those high, amateurish returns.

A foul ball and a called ball later, Lemke looped a one-bounce single to left.

But consider that brief moment, at Edgbaston five months ago, as the ball was looping from the bat of Sreesanth towards Kevin Pietersen.

It is delighting to watch the balls moving over roller coaster, looping a loop and bouncing high to be caught by a basket.

Only thing was, McDowell missed his own glove from a distance of six inches, and the ball looped dangerously toward left field, with the tying run on third base.

The ball looped into left-center field for a two-run single, and the Mets had the lead for good.

Opener Darren Bicknell, on two, fended off a snorter but the ball looped up and allowed the bowler to take an easy return catch.

The ball thudded into the ground, looped over everyone, and nestled into the far corner.