Derval Green has survived a hurricane and is now back to thrill Horspath with his whirlwind style of cricket.
The 37-year-old Jamaican international all-rounder proved a big hit during his first season at the Recreation Ground in 2025.
His debut campaign was highlighted by a brilliant unbeaten 141 off 91 balls at home to Wokingham with an incredible 13 sixes - a Home Counties Premier Cricket League club record score for Horspath.
But just over a month after returning to the Caribbean island his whole life changed.
Hurricane Melissa made landfall near New Hope on October 28 and Green found himself in the eye of the storm.
Speaking in the Horspath clubroom after a recent training session, he recalls: "Going back home I relaxed for a bit and then immediately Hurricane Melissa put me in a different mode. The thought process was more like survival mode.
"Everything changed with family, friends and in the community. Everything was different. That was something to hold on to in terms of learning that life is something that we have to treasure.
"It was a massive experience of my life as a person."
The tropical cyclone, registered as a Category 5 hurricane, saw a highest reported wind of 131mph before the station which recorded it was destroyed.
It wreaked catastrophic devastation across Jamaica. At least 45 people were killed, 13 were missing and 96 others were injured with damage estimated to be at least $12.2 billion.
Green, whose house had its windows and a door blown out, continues: "The week before it should have come it was slowing down. From that perspective we knew it was something more than normal because the hurricane was slowing down over warm water.
"In terms of preparation some people were not taking it that seriously and some did but when it came it was something else in terms of wind. I had never seen anything like that before.
"It was devastating. People lost their lives and lost their homes and their businesses. A lot of people had to start life all over again
"Nobody could have gone outside with what was happening. The wind would pick you up and throw you elsewhere. It was that dangerous.
"It lasted for one and a half hours in total. If it had gone on for a day there would have been nothing left. Afterwards there was a lot of rain.
"For as far as I could see there were trees down and houses blown away and completely destroyed. There was a lot of water and trees across roads. It was completely chaotic.
"We only got power two days before I came back over here. We had no power for four months."
When Horspath heard of how Green, his family and community had been affected, the club's members rallied round and raised £950 to help those who had lost their homes.
Green said: "That was good on behalf of the club and the community. It was greatly appreciated by my family.
"With something as devastating as that it is going to take years for things to get back close to normal. A lot persons have no electricity and there are homes with no roofs.
"Businesses, shops and schools in the community have not reopened because they don't have a roof."
Cricket was another victim of Hurricane Melissa with the 50-over local competition Green's Westmoreland team were taking part in postponed until further notice.
"We played the finals in February," he said. "I didn't do that badly. I think in the semi-finals I got three or four wickets and didn't make any runs. In the final I took three wicket and made 70 something but we finished runners-up."
Now his focus is on Horspath and he has already made an impact with quickfire knocks of 53 and 44 plus figures of 3-44 and 2-44 with his medium-fast bowling in wins over Wargrave and Datchet following an opening day defeat at Ickenham.
"Our first game didn't go to plan in terms of what we would have liked," he says. "It is the nature of the game. Nothing is set in stone. Obviously as players we have to turn up and be ready every week and put your hand up.
"The first game was a wake up for us in terms of understanding the opposition came up from a lower league but they are not just here to take part in this league. They obviously want to win it. We were in the same position last year."
With skipper Amin Rafiq recovering from a back injury, Green has also stepped up to lead the side.
"From our perspective we want to get better as a group," he adds. "That is our aim. It is about us finding a way to do things and win knowing we have not had our 1st XI. Obviously our captain has not played as yet.
"We have been missing key players and it's good to know we can win without our best 11 and it's good to see people from the 2nd team putting their hands up. In terms of selection it should be interesting when everyone is available."
At the same time, he plays down any thoughts of personal goals.
"I don't set targets because I don't limit myself and refuse to do so," he says. "I turn up to do the best I can for the team.
"It is always good to contribute and my job is obviously to put my hand up and play my part in the team with bat or ball in hand. I've always enjoyed a challenge."
Having survived a hurricane there can be little doubting that about the Horspath all-rounder.