There's no doubt that the outcome of yesterday's match was deeply disappointing. At the halfway stage it looked as if we had given ourselves a great chance of winning our first match in the competition for three years. Oli Wilkin showed us the way with some powerful hitting early on in our reply and had he lasted just a couple more overs, I'm sure we would have won. Unfortunately, nothing can replace hard-earned experience and our younger players lacked the "nous" to close out the game in conditions which were never entirely straightforward and where our seasoned opponent was able to exploit the mental pressure which only a low-scoring game can produce.
I have started to assemble some photographs of the day, helped greatly by Ahsan Qadir, our ever-reliable 12th man. The album will be completed over the coming days. The match report and scorecard are already available and can be found by using the links on the right hand side of the page.
Till next year ....