Australia's Flat Battery of Seamers need Bump-Start in the Morning
Thursday, December 16, 2010 : The Ashes, TV & Radio, England, Tests
Australia have selected a Battery of 5 fast bowlers for this Test. So far in 12 overs they don’t look anymore sparky than they have done before. Why has this battery gone flat? I looked in my trusty Haynes manual to look for clues.
Modern test cricket puts big demands on a battery of fast bowlers. Sometimes a battery will fail with no warning, but usually the first sign of trouble is that the engine is reluctant to start (i.e. in Brisbane and Adelaide) and then the starter motor (Captain Ricky Ponting) will turn slowly to more and more strange field settings. This is then followed by a failure to start at all.
There are three main reasons for a battery to be flat. One is old age, in which case fitting a new battery will cure the problem, however that was what the selectors did after the first test.
The second is leaving the lights on (or bowling for days on end); generally a jump-start will put things right - although the life of the battery will be shorter following a complete discharge.
The third is a problem with the charging system, i.e. the coaches, selectors, general state of Australian cricket culture ; fitting a new battery won't cure that.
Australia’s bowlers will need a bump-start in the morning.
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