Just 24 hours after seeing his side triumph against Leicester in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy at Lord's, Somerset Coach Kevin Shine told me, "This was a dream realised for the team. The atmosphere in the dressing room was electric. We are very proud for the players and very proud of what they have done for the club."

The coach went on, "Everything that we have done with them in training at the club came into play out in the middle. There were tough times out there but they won through which was very pleasing. We hope that we can use this as a launch pad for more success."

When I asked about the celebrations afterwards, the Coach told me, "To be honest the boys were very, very tired. On Friday they were nervous and tense, on Saturday out on the field they played their hearts out, so by the middle of the evening they flagged."

What about the National League game against Warwickshire on Monday I asked. He told me, "It's going to be tough for them, but our job is to lift them for the tomorrow's game."

The coach told me that the team for the game at Taunton tomorrow was likely to be the same as that which beat Surrey Lions in the floodlit game a fortnight ago. "There will be no Caddick nor Trescothick," the coach said, "we wont see them again this season, which is a real shame, but there is nothing that we can do about it. We just have to dig deep, and go hard at the next two weeks."

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