Canberra cricketer Jono Dean could hardly believe it - getting dismissed for the score which will be forever be synonymous with his former Adelaide Strikers teammate, Phillip Hughes.
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The entire ACT cricket community on Saturday paid its respects to Hughes, with players wearing black armbands and observing a minute's silence in his honour.
Several grounds, including Kingston Oval, Deakin, Forestry and Freebody Oval were painted with the numbers 408 and 63 signifying Hughes' Test cap and the score he made in his final game.
Players walked around the painted numbers as they walked out to bat, while junior players retired when they reached 63.
The same will happen in the women's grade competition on Sunday.
At Kingston Oval, a South Australian cap sent by former Eastlake bowler and SA player Nick Winter sat in the middle of the ground surrounded by cricket bats for 90 minutes before the start of play.
Dean formed a friendship with Hughes during their time together at the Strikers last summer and posted a photo on social media of Hughes holding his son Nixon.
Dean struggled to contain his emotions during the 63 seconds of silence and pre-game ceremony at Stirling Oval in the match against Tuggeranong, but showed great resilience to reach his half-century.
His innings came to an end when he skied a catch to Tom Thornton, Dean only realising he finished on 63 when he glanced at the scorecard.
Weston Creek Molonglo captain Michael Delaney said the team had supported Dean during this difficult time.
"Jono's obviously been a bit emotional and rightly so, he knows the guy quite well and it's been a hard few days for him and all the boys got around him," Delaney said.
"He was his usual self, he was professional, he did all the right things and did really well today.
"It was a strange week and a really emotional week, but you've got to get back to normality as quickly as possible, pay our respects and then try and go about our business as we usually would today."
Eastlake cricket club president Phil Winter gave a speech before the start of the first-grade game between Eastlake and ANU at Kingston Oval.
"The effect that it's had around the country and the international cricket community has been quite moving and I think it's got the cricket family together," Winter said.
"Our boys probably just needed to reflect on the mateship around Canberra and the fact that life's short and appreciate their mates and families.
"It was nice to come to the ground to see the groundsman had spontaneously marked a 408 and 63 on all our Eastlake grounds."
While games in Canberra went ahead, games in Sydney and Adelaide were called off.
ACT Comets spinner Shane Devoy, who plays for Easts in the Sydney grade competition, was at Stirling Oval to watch his former Tuggeranong teammates.
"It was probably the right decision [to call games off in Sydney and Adelaide] as there were a lot of people close to Phillip who were under significant pressure to do what we loved this weekend," Devoy said.
"Just having that time for each club to get together and to get around each other is the right outcome in this instance."
Under-13 Grammar batsmen Felix Ford and Oliver Phillips both retired at 63 not out in their division one game against Daramalan College at the Grammar junior fields.
Felix's mum Simonetta Astolfi said it was nice moment as players from both teams paid their respects to Hughes during the game.
"Felix carried his bat from last week and was determined to go on and reach 63 today," Astolfi said.
"The players were talking about it a lot, the mood was pretty sombre.
"But by the end of the day, the kids were energised and playing for a purpose."
