Stop press: an Australian has come up with an innovative way to help a batsman. No, it’s got nothing to do with Adam Gilchrist and his controversial squash ball and everything to do with sweet spots. Bigger is better, so they say, and the developers in question certainly believe this is the case, lovingly creating a huge sweet spot on their Smart Cricket Bat.

And there’s more to tickle your fancy – “Its innovative handle is equipped with electro-mechanical sensors and a vibration-absorbing synthetic material which converts shockwaves into heat and dampens vibration” - according to a report in The Daily Telegraph.