THE MCC Museum at Lord’s is a magical place, brimming from wall-to-wall with priceless cricketing artefacts.

The Ashes urn is the star exhibit, while bats, balls, shirts and caps used and worn by everyone from WG Grace to Sir Donald Bradman to Brian Lara fill the display cases.

Just moments after lifting the Friends Provident Trophy, a champagne-covered Graham Napier has escaped from the pandemonium of the away dressing room.

He arrives in the museum to talk to the Echo, beaming from ear to ear and clutching a glass of bubbly.

While he waits for captain Mark Pettini and man-of-the-match Grant Flower to finish their press conference, the man who made history by smashing a world record 16 sixes in a breathtaking Twenty20 innings of 152 not out against Sussex in June, takes stock.

He may be cricket’s man of the moment, by Napier knows he still has plenty of work to do if he is to be considered one of the sport’s greats – considered worthy of an exhibit in the hallowed, almost mythical MCC Museum.

“To win a final at Lord’s is the high-point of anyone's career,” said the Colchester-born 28-year-old.

“After having been at three finals myself in my career and not being involved in two (in 1996 and 1997) and losing one (in the 2002 B&H Cup), this is the icing on the cake for me.

“This season keeps rolling on and success keeps coming, whether for myself or for the team. It has been brilliant.”

“Team-wise we are on a roll and we will not stop.”

With the Eagles four points clear at the top of NatWest Pro40 League Division Two and still chasing promotion in the LV County Championship, Napier is targeting more success this season.

“We’ve got six weeks to go and are the sort of team that will keep going as we are a momentum side,” he observed.

“We are not the sort of team that is a flash-in-the-pan and have proved that over the years with the Pro40 wins we have had (in 2005 and 2006) and we will keep the momentum going.

“In the Pro40 we need two wins to be promoted but that's not good enough for us – we want to win the title.”

Essex will return to action tomorrow when the Colchester Cricket Festival gets under way at Castle Park.

Mark Pettini’s side will take on Worcestershire in an LV County Championship clash (11am daily) before the Glamorgan Dragons arrive for a NatWest Pro40 Division Two showdown on Sunday (1.45pm).