When it came to his deployment, a technical defect prevented his airplane from joining his flight.

Millions of airline passengers whose flights have been delayed because of technical defects are being urged to apply for compensation after one traveller's legal victory.

There could be subtle references to a batsman's technical defects, observations about his overall competence, or more wide-ranging inquiries about the health of his family.

Then, in a hitherto unprecedented sequence, he scored 0, 0, 8 and 0 in the next four innings, getting out to technical defects and uncharacteristically poor strokes.