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Kevin Pietersen was controversially given out despite Hot Spot showing no mark. Source:Channel 9
We had become accustomed to the idea Hot Spot was so sensitive that a tip-toeing mosquito would leave a mark on a flailing bat.
So when meaty edges at Old Trafford that were discernible to hard of hearing Martians – let alone Snicko – left no mark on the blade, there was a strong suspicion something was afoot.
The unsubstantiated allegation whispered in the press room was that some kind of liquid solution had been applied to edges – a reasonable assumption given the number of creams and lotions present in the change rooms of the modern metrosexual cricketer.
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If, as alleged, an adhesive tape had been used instead? The only shock would be that a "I use Anti Hot Spot Tape" advertisement was not also applied by players who use their equipment as expensive billboards.
Relieved to hear of the allegations of Hot Spot skullduggery will be the beleaguered third umpires. Having apparently turned umpires' mistakes into raging howlers through misuse of the DRS, the men in the box had - at least seemingly - made Mr Magoo look like an Olympic archer.
Now, with an investigation expected to take place, it will be the players who find themselves in a very hot spot.
But, other than proving that hearing really is believing, the allegations of Hot Spot fraud are unsurprising on two fronts.
Cricket has a long history of cheating – or, at the very least, of players pushing the margins beyond the so-called 'spirit of cricket' to get the best possible advantage.
Despite no Hot Spot mark, Snicko clearly picked up sound as Pietersen swung at the ball. Source: Channel 9
Ball tampering, match-fixing, catches falsely claimed, batsmen standing their ground when they knew the catch had been taken. It has been going on for more than a century, the only difference being modern technology identifies, and shames, more cheats.
Now, perhaps even those cheating the technology itself.
You only have to go back to the wonderful 2005 Ashes series, and recall how sweet England's victory was. Well, actually 'sweets', given the hosts later admitting using a "magic mint" to get the ball swinging and reversing.
The Hot Spot allegations also come as relations between the teams in this Ashes series grow tense. Stuart Broad's decision to stand his ground at Trent Bridge was not a legitimate cause of ill-feeling, given most Australian batsman only walk if the hotel lift is broken.
But England's stalling tactics in the field at Old Trafford, their use of a referral against David Warner to waste time with rain looming on the fourth day and the smug manner in which they rain-danced their way to a series clinching draw has clearly grated on the tourists.
Shane Warne, once a member of a brilliant, but not always deeply admired Australian team, wrote of the English in the United Kingdom's Daily Telegraph: "There were a few moments at Old Trafford when I thought, 'Hang on, who do you think you are?'"
The inevitable finger-pointing over the Hot Spot investigation will, no doubt, cause more resentment and division.
By the Australian summer, when a not particularly well-loved England team arrive for the return bout, they will need all the silicon tape on the planet to absorb the heat.
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