I was at the game today. Durham outplayed us and fully deserved the win. But I think the game was lost in our first innings, when we had to take advantage of better batting conditions and secure a big lead, but failed to do so.
Our batting is not really good enough to make us strong contenders...
I used to operate the scoreboard at our local cricket club. On the day of the final I excused myself for a couple of hours and biked home to watch the match. Then I went back to see the end of the cricket and tell my mates about Nobby Stiles dancing around with the Cup with his toothless grin...