The Invincibles
No matter what level of sport you play, to go the whole season without losing a match is mightily impressive. Congratulations to Hinay Dassani and indeed all of the players who played alongside him during this fantastic campaign.

The details sound even more impressive once you unpack them a little more. All nine win/lose games were won. Only two games were drawn, and in both of them the Ts came out with the majority of the points. With just the one game being rained off that means 6 wins in the timed games.

In the final analysis, the 4s finished 39 points ahead of second-placed Acton (see here for the final table). You've got to feel a bit for Acton; they won 11 games and ended on 123 points. To put that in context, the 2s won Division 2 in 2017 with 104 points. You would normally expect to win the league with north of 120 points; not this year.

Openers lead the way
The foundations of the 4s' success were set by their opening batters. Both Colin Blunden and Uzzi Khan had impressive campaigns. Blunden edged it in terms of runs (317 at 35.2 versus 305 at 27.8), but it's the knowledge that the rest of the team will have a base on which to build that's so important.

Martin Fairn played an important enforcer role in the middle order. He ended up averaging just shy of 30, scoring at a fraction slower than a run-a-ball. Nihal Tomar also proved to be a calming influence - unless Mankaded, obviously; calmness went out of the window then - as a finisher, ending the season with an impressive average of 27.8

The 4s only saw one individual centurion; Nitin Parab chipping in with an impressive 110no (out of 165 when playing Richmond on 15 June). More evidence that the batting really was an all-round team effort.

Skipper leads the way with the ball
Many a wise soul has been heard to claim that it's batters who keep you up but it's bowlers who get you up. Why? As they stop opponents from getting runs on the board. A good bowling attack can basically suffocate rivals in to submission.

No side illustrated that more impressively than the 4s. Skipper Dassani finished with a mighty 38 wickets, taken at 14.1 a piece. That included two five wicket hauls, the best of which came against MTSSC on 31 August when he took 6-18.

The bowling was nonetheless far from a one man show. No less than three players took 15 wickets. Dave Jones was arguably the star there with an average of fractionally over 10. Crucially that included 6-30 in the top of the table clash against Acton on 3 August.

Chetan Ubale (15 wickets at 13.8) and Mr Yoghurt, Praween Siriwardene (15 wickets at 10.87) also played important roles in pinning opponents back. Special mention to for both Anthony Jones and Alex Waddell; two young cricketers with big futures ahead of them.

In short, the 4s swept everyone aside. The team spirit was excellent. The big question now is what will 2020 and life in Division 4 bring with it?