nobody really gives a wet slap about the rest of it.

You offer me the Ashes or the County Championship, and I'll take the Championship every time. OK, I'm not a representative sample, as I don't really support England, but the point is that I can remember England winning the Ashes several times in my lifetime. I've never seen Lancashire win anything but one-day trophies. I want the Championship. Even if my first thought on hearing we'd signed Dominic Cork was "but do I want it that much?"