Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

Isn't it funny, Lauren, that you've hit an L on the head for me because those moments where you suddenly realize that you love something that you didn't necessarily realize before, that you loved it.

I mean, for me, cricket, part of that, a big part of it, Colin Milburn was the opening batsman for Northamptonshire in the 60s.

And I suppose in many ways he was way ahead of his time.

He was way behind his time in many ways because he was huge.

But as an opening batsman, he could hit.

the top level bowlers out of the ground.

And I remember him getting a century for Northamptonshire before lunch and then getting a second century between lunch and tea.

And I remember putting flags on my car announcing the fact that Colin Milburn had got a double hundred before tea for Northamptonshire.

Very briefly, Harmony, because we're running out of time, a few other stories that have caught the headlines.

Saif Zaib has joined Hampshire from Northamptonshire on a multi-year deal, despite having a year left on his current deal at the county ground.

And Jimmy Anderson again, Sir Jimmy, has admitted to being sad and shocked at leaving Lancashire, but also said it'll be nice at some point if someone will let me retire.

Well, Jimmy, that person is you.

It frustrates me a bit if I'm straight with you, because if you look on the pitch, Somerset nearly won the county championship, but they haven't got 100 franchise.

I think Northamptonshire won the blast last year.

So the game on the field, is relatively equal in terms of playing performance.

Off the field, we've got very different infrastructures.

You shouldn't be playing the hundreds.

You go, well, actually, if...

Derbyshire, Worcestershire, Northamptonshire invest their receipts from the 100 wisely.

Hopefully that means that they've got much more financially sustainable businesses.

Handscomb, the most runs in the Shield last year.

McSweeney, who has had a prolific England season playing for Northamptonshire under the leadership of Darren Lehmann there, and did have a brief taste of test cricket a couple of summers ago when the degree of difficulty was never higher up against Bumrah on most lively-

Yeah, that's right

... surfaces in those first three test matches.

But, uh, and he, he, he ...

Uh, he and I put on, I think, 94 against Northamptonshire, of which I got about five.

Uh, and, and but his contest with Curtly Ambrose that day was just unmissable, 'cause Ambrose hated Jones 'cause he made him take his sweatbands off one day at a one-day international.

And so d- you know, Ambrose was always gunning for Jones.

...

Steelbacks fans when it happens, but I think it's nice and good for the town when it happens.

Um, but it's just-

Yeah

No, I don't think so

Um, so it, it's weird.

Like, I w- I would say that first and foremost, I am a Cobblers fan, and then second- I mean, this is moving on to different sports, but secondly then I'm a Warrington Wolves fan in the Rugby League, then I'm probably a, a, a cricket fan with the Steelbacks, and then a Saints fan.

But I'm a Cobblers fan more than, like, double any feeling that I have for any of those other teams.

He's gone and got 100 in Australia, right? So-

Scored, scored a mountain of runs for Northamptonshire and-

Yeah

... county championship as well.