The dreadful Sunday afternoon weather did us few favours – of which more anon – but we had the best possible Saturday with three wins from our sides. Of which more anon. But apart from catching up with the Dids seniors action, I also want to focus on something else quite prevalent in this set of games – the spirit of cricket. Often debated, rarely agreed upon, occasionally sighted, but central to the game we all love, we have seen several examples over this past week which I will highlight as we go.

We’ll start with the first example back on Wednesday, when Hale Barns came to take on our 1s in the group T20 match washed out a fortnight ago. You will have read all about the record-breaking evening that we had – Nick was typically modest when he told me that “led by a fantastic (and honours board worthy no less) 155* from Rob, [Dids] broke the competition record with 299-1. It was also great to set a competition partnership record with 255.” No mention of his own role in those amazing proceedings!

But the spirit of cricket mention is for Hale Barns. Bear in mind they had a point from th