The strange shocks were from strands of tendon snapping loose, rolling up inside his arm like broken rubber bands.

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An orange bulbous arm lifted a rubber chicken, and two yellow cameras quickly captured the chicken's dimensions and sent them to the computer.

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For instance, the Encore features a flat aluminum ring with a hinged, curved arm that stands a tablet up against a rubber lip on the other side of the ring, and it looks nice even when not in use.

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His replacement is left-arm seamer Phil Eaglestone, 26 - and the switch has now been rubber-stamped by the International Cricket Council.

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