The tone of Nathan Sowter’s voice suggests he is perhaps being well mannered. Released by Middlesex after eight seasons on the finish of final summer time, the spinner has spent most of this one making a mockery of the county’s name, first in an outstanding Blast marketing campaign for Durham and now as a key cog within the Oval Invincibles facet that has powered into Sunday’s Hundred Final, the place, for Sowter, a return to Lord’s may very well be notably candy.

“I’ve still got a point to prove,” he tells Standard Sport. “I’ve got one more game and it brings things full circle. It’d be nice to walk off there on Sunday with a trophy and a winners’ medal. That’s the motivation now.”