Possible Clues:

• In weakened state, like tide gone out
• Down below a bat flutters
• In a poor state
• A Fabian admitted to defending a Liberal on the way out
• Declining seriously
• Bat and bowl badly, round end of June, after start of Ashes � that makes one depressed
• A lot worried about American Channel swimmer in a weak state
• Dispirited
• Way down
• Depressed, as the economy