In these worrying times I've chosen one that makes me smile. A photo of my nephew Tom Martin batting with my brother George in 2014.

Tom was playing in his first adult match and as fate would have scored his first run while batting with George at the other end.

The family nature of cricket and what makes it unique in any sport is the age range of teams, especially down the leagues.

Tom had just turned 11, while George was 60 at the time. Fantastic.

Two of my happiest cricket memories are batting with my father in a charity game when he was in his mid 60's, and also batting with George when he made a comeback in 1998 after a long spell out of the game. We both made fifties in a century partnership in what was a great day for us both.

He was 45 at the time and I was 30, and I remember thinking "fair play to him at his age making a comeback. Now I've passed the 50 mark I appreciate that 45 isn't so old.."

I had been able to follow the fortunes of Tom closely as he lives  next door to me in Ardmore. The garden sees a variety of sports played throughout the year, with cricket, football, gaelic, hurling, golf, rugby, tennis and badminton all featuring at various times.

One Christmas, I bought my nephew Dean, Tom and his brothers John, CJ  and Matthew a bowling machine, as a joint present with the proviso that I got to face the first ball on it.

I should have realized with the mischievous grin on their faces that they were up to no good - we share the same gene pool after all!

So, after much conferring amongst them, instead of a gentle 50mph half volley coming my way, they cranked the speed dial up to its highest level and a short pitched 90mph bouncer left me flat on my backside, to their great hilarity. I can still hear their roars of laughter as I stared at the sky.

Luckily they didn't record the episode on their iphones, so at least my humiliation wasn't shared globally.

As the series goes on, I'll revert to showcasing some of my action photos, and also a few which got me into trouble.

But, like most people with plenty of time to think during this awful pandemic, I've come to realise just what is important and what isn't, and family is certainly number one.