Just how wholesome can Kane Williamson get?

He's fielding in a ground in the northernmost reaches of Colombo, as New Zealand warm up for their Test series in Sri Lanka, which begins next week. His bowlers aren't having a lot of luck on a surface that seems to have completely neutered quicks. It's hot. It's humid. It had rained earlier.

These aren't necessarily the ideal circumstances in which Williamson may have liked to spend his 29th birthday (a long day of batting might have been more to his liking). But his day, was, nevertheless enlivened by a smattering of fans that had come to watch the game, at Katunayake. Having learned that it was the visiting captain's birthday, a group of spectators brought a cake to the periphery of the ground, and beckoned Williamson over.

As soon as it was time for drinks which allowed a break in play, Williamson was seen happily trotting over to the fans, and to their joy, taking a bite out of the cake as a fan fed him, before the New Zealand captain took a piece of cake into his own hand and fed the man in return. Williamson gave high fives, posed for a video or two, and returned to the field as his teammates were getting ready to take their positions again.

The recent World Cup won Williamson and New Zealand many admirers across the planet over the past few weeks. In Sri Lanka, though, New Zealand have long been a well-liked team. Their captain can only have won over more hearts on the island, as he indulged a few fans who had sought to indulge him.