After seeing his side go down by eight runs to one-day kings Gloucestershire Gladiators in the Norwich Union National League, Somerset Coach Kevin Shine told me: "I'm very disappointed that we lost. We bowled and fielded well to restrict them to 219, but then batted disappointingly. This was a game that we would have hoped to have won."

The coach went on: "in any game there are often a couple of turning points, and I think for us one was the catch that dismissed Peter Bowler when he was going well, and the other was when Keith Parsons was run out, just as he was getting into his stride."

Looking ahead to next weeks' match he said, "we're now in the wrong half of the table, and need to be aware of this. We just have to pick ourselves up and get ready for Nottinghamshire Outlaws."

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