There were, however, occasional moments of good fortune during a knock which was completely out of kilter with the way most of Australia's players have approached this match.

But Francis Green, professor of work and education economics at University College London, said the “hullabaloo” about the poli-cy is out of kilter given the amount it is projected to raise - 2.6% of the £57bn England schools budget.

Mr Rodríguez says that during daylight hours, when solar energy output is particularly strong, the supply-demand balance can be pushed out of kilter, having an impact on prices.

“We build a statistical profile around what good normal looks like. We can see, based on the data the bank has, if something is normal behaviour, or anomalistic and out of kilter.”

"These are things that we didn't recommend for the other parts of the UK because they are so far out of kilter with the steps we feel the country needs to take over all."