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  • Thisara Perera 9, one of the two changes in the team for the match, was caught by Watson at deep third-man off Johnson.

    Ajantha Mendis spins Sri Lanka to T20 series victory over Australia 2011

  • Accounts of experiencing a supportive presence in extreme situations — sometimes called the "third-man phenomenon" — are common in mountaineering ­literature.

    Ghostly Companions 2009

  • The theories for explaining the third-man ­experience vary widely.

    Ghostly Companions 2009

  • Geiger's book is a highly readable, often gripping, ­collection of survival stories, alongside a survey of theories that attempt to explain the third-man phenomenon.

    Ghostly Companions 2009

  • Mr. Messner, the mountaineer, leans toward the idea that the third-man phenomenon is a survival strategy hard-wired into the brain.

    Ghostly Companions 2009

  • Harbhajan carried on batting in an attacking way and hit Glenn McGrath straight down the ground over long-off for a boundary and follwed that up with a four to third-man.

    Cricket: 1st Test. End of 5th Day's Play. Chirayu 2004

  • Harbhajan carried on batting in an attacking way and hit Glenn McGrath straight down the ground over long-off for a boundary and follwed that up with a four to third-man.

    Archive 2004-10-01 Chirayu 2004

  • Like watching the ball seam-up hitting the good-length spot, taking the outside edge, flying towards the slip cordon, a fling in the air, a stretch of the arm, the ball touching the finger-tips and passing through towards the third-man fence.

    Cricket: 3rd Test - End of 3rd Day's Play Chirayu 2004

  • Like watching the ball seam-up hitting the good-length spot, taking the outside edge, flying towards the slip cordon, a fling in the air, a stretch of the arm, the ball touching the finger-tips and passing through towards the third-man fence.

    Archive 2004-10-01 Chirayu 2004

  • He can do much better and be a superior third-man complement to ace Mike

    covering baseball for USA TODAY Online.Movers and shakers in the AL 1999

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