The only real problem with the 2025 FAS Supermajority is that by the time it took place most people had forgotten what the name meant - and those who could remember envied those who couldn't. In cricketing terms the tour had a fairly familiar feel to it, with the only novel element being our first match at a new ground, the exhorbitantly-priced Adlestrop, against a new opposition, Will Siebert's Exeter Exiles (who should have been an old opposition but didn't go close to fielding a team previously). Otherwise, there was a comfortable familiarity to the four day tour as we managed comfortable wins against Bibury, Slaughters United and Fladbury, and were just a ball away from beating Temple Grafton (as was the case against the Exiles too). The only blip was when an exhausted FAS side capitulated to the Marines on the final day of the tour - although the fact that none of us had played more than three matches over as many days isn't really a great excuse for our lethargy.

The post-match vibe after the Marines game was, curiously, matched at an uncharacteristically chilled end-of-tour dinner, where Pete Watkins's performance showed his softer side as he went for a set of more introspective songs - peak audience participation was not with Oasis or Guns 'n' Roses bangers but Pink Floyd's See Emily Play. We also formalised the policy, effectively forced upon us last year by rain, of unifying the two parts of the tour as one by deferring the awards to the Kent leg. Still, with only one more fixture expected in September, many of the runners and riders have self-identified themselves via the tour averages:

• Best batter: While James Houlder (natch) and Dave Kittow are both averaging 80+ and Jamie Dare and Jim Streeter made 100+ runs, only on batter has done both: Will Crossley with 161 runs at 80.50, including the tour high score of 87* against the Exiles.
• Best bowler: Very much business as usual here, with stalwarts Harry Houlder, Jamie Dare, Joe White, Daniel Mortlock and James Wyatt all taking 5+ wickets at an average of less than 16. While Harry topped the wicket tally with 7 wickets at 9.86 he went for more than 7 an over; whereas Jamie's 5 wickets at 8.60 came at an economy rate of 3.49 and Joe was even more economical, allowing just 2.50 runs an over.
• Best all-rounder: This is pretty much the intersection set of the above categories, with only three real contenders: Will Crossley, with 161 runs at 80.50 and 4 wickets at 13.25; Jamie Dare, with 108 runs at 54.00 and 5 wickets at 8.60; and Harry Houlder, with 55 runs at 27.50 and 7 wickets at 9.86.
• Best wicket-keeper: Chris Barras managed 4 catches and 2 stumpings, his 6 dismissals being more than all the other tour 'keepers combined. Yawn.
• Best fielder: Statistically, Jim Streeter leads the way with 3 catches, with six others on 2; of those the stand-outs were Jamies Houlder, with two ultra-sharp grabs at gully, and Wyatt, similarly sharp in front of the wicket and Daniel Mortlock, with two diving efforts against the Exiles.

While the award for most improved young player is again tricky due to the twin requirements of "young" and "improved", we did actually have some excellent new young players on tour in the form of the Sampford Arundel gang introduced by DK. Oscar Milton and Crossleys Charlie, Ed and Will between them played 13 games, scored 229 runs, took 7 wickets and held 2 catches, finally bolstering our seam bowling stocks which had, with the exception of Jamie Dare, been getting noticably slower every year.

The Kent leg of the 2025 Supermajority will take place on the weekend of September 13 and 14, with one fixture scheduled at present.