The decline of the Gatorade drinks break

Some photos from my personal archives demonstrate how the presence of the Gatorade has evolved, and ultimately deteriorated, at the drinks break of Test matches during the Australian summer. (And probably how the standards of mobile phone photography have improved.)

In 2004:

From the #archives, the Gatorade bottle at the #SCG Test v India in 2004. #Cricket

A photo posted by Rick Eyre (@rickeyre) on Jan 1, 2015 at 5:58pm PST

In 2013:

Let this be the last time we see these Gatorade bottles this Test summer.

A photo posted by Rick Eyre (@rickeyre) on Jan 1, 2013 at 4:35pm PST

And from 2015:

The first Gatorade product placement of the Test match. #Cricket

A photo posted by Rick Eyre (@rickeyre) on Jan 1, 2015 at 4:34pm PST