You will recall that the 2023 tour was overwhelmingly cold and damp. The weather, which was dry during playing hours throughout, and warm and sunny in parts, was only one contrasting aspect of 2024. In what was undoubtedly a vintage tour, the contrasts were there in many other ways too.

In fact, things did not start well, when an injury to Sam Kennedy the weekend beforehand ruled him out for the duration. In addition, Freddie Bucknell was suffering with intermittent back trouble and could not bowl at all in some matches, so our already rather variable attack seemed thin at times. However, those that were left stepped forward magnificently to fill the gaps, and we were generally as successful on the field as we were socially off it.