Shortly after the close of play at Taunton , during which Steffan Jones took his first class wicket tally past the fifty mark he said: "This time next month my ambition is to be part of the England team on the tour to Zimbabwe. Next year my ambition is to play for England in the World Cup and bowl the final over to help England to win. I think that these ambitions are realistic."

He told me "I'm very pleased to get my fifty wickets this year. It's a good weight off my shoulders now that I have passed that milestone. My next target is to get to sixty this season.Already I have taken ten more wickets than last season."

I asked him what he attributed his success this season. He said: "I think my success is due to more specific fitness training which has made me a yard quicker than last season. I'm much fitter now so I'm bowling more overs, and I've learnt a lot from our coach Kevin Shine."

"During the winter I'll be working on more aspects of my fitness so that next season I'll take ten more wickets than in 2001," he concluded.

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