Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.

This week, Mark and Hector are joined by one of the most comforting voices in the game and a stalwart of Northamptonshire CCC.

Having joined BBC Radio Northampton in the 1980s, Andrew Radd became the club's official archivist last year and was presented with the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians' (ACS) statistician of the year award.

Having authored a number of books about Northants and its personalities, Andrew takes us through his love story with the club and how he came about working in cricket on a number of levels.

Also on the episode, Hector previews England's recently released World Cup squad, Churchy discusses the absurd amount of franchise cricket running concurrently, and the pair announce their new prize up for grabs, thanks to our friends at Newbery Cricket.

Churchy's Sermon is all about 'the first'.

A huge thank you to Andrew Radd for joining us on this week's episode and providing a fascinating insight into his world - hopefully we will all cross paths this coming season.

Another big thank you goes to our friends at Newbery Cricket, who are offering up a pair of Newbery 360 Shoes for the lucky winner of our weekly competition, and as always to Surrey County Cricket Club for allowing us to record at the Kia Oval.

You can check out the premium equipment that Newbery has to offer here: https://newbery.co.uk/

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