Australian Jamie Cox could not conceal his delight at ending 18 barren years at Somerset by picking up the C&G Trophy following their 41-run defeat of Leicestershire.

The Tasmanian said: "Everyone keeps telling us about the era when we last won a trophy.

"The names of Botham, Richards, Garner will never be forgotten, but hopefully people will start remembering the names of Parsons, Turner, Blackwell, Dutch.

"We were really conscious to try and create our own history today. We had a chance to do it in 1999 but messed it up for a number of reasons. Keith Parsons (60 not out, man of the match) played one of the innings of his life.

"It's the proudest day of my cricketing life, I've got no hesitation in saying that. I've played in finals at home in Sheffield Shield and it was a great moment playing for my home state.

"But to do it as captain of your adopted club is something I'll never forget. I'll treasure this for the rest of my days.

"I'll never have a better day in cricket than this. Now we've been here, now we've won, it's such a good monkey to have off your back.

"To realise how to do it, how to win, how to come to these big days and just cope with the nerves, the uncertainties of what's going to happen on the day... we coped beautifully with that."

Leicestershire captain Vince Wells said: "Probably the extras were the big thing. We gave away 23 more than they did.

"Realistically we thought it was a 240-250 pitch. We thought we could chase 80 off 10 overs but to do that you need wickets in hand."

Leicestershire gave away 34 extras against Somerset's 11 and conceded 15 wides, eight in the fourth over of the match by Scott Boswell.

Was it nerves? "I think it probably was," added Wells.

"We feel sorry for him; he's bowled beautifully for us and got four for 44 against Lancashire (in the semi-final).

"Unfortunately it didn't come out for him today. I'm sure everyone felt for him."

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