CHEPSTOW'S Adrian Dale, pictured, has admitted Glamorgan are deeply disappointed with the manner of their defeat in the Twenty20 semi-finals.
Eventual winners Leicestershire outplayed Glamorgan in every department at Edgbaston on Saturday, and Dale says Glamorgan let themselves down.
He told the Argus: "They got off to a really good start and we were slow out of the traps, which you can't really afford in this version of the game.
"We did well to peg them back in the latter part of the innings and we felt it was an achievable target. "But we were just unable to remove their key men and Darren Maddy in particular played brilliantly.
"Some of our key players just didn't fire and that cost us because there was not one moment in the match that we were not on the back-foot.
"We had targeted getting our reverse sweeping right and playing the spin bowlers cannily and we did that superbly, but other areas where we normally thrive we got wrong.
"We seemed to misjudge the seam bowling, particularly some of the skiddier bowling from the likes of Cleary and Maddy and we were always just too far behind."
Dale, 35, faces an uncertain future, not yet offered a contract by Glamorgan but he insists his only concern is to see the side secure a trophy.
"We must pick ourselves up and get the right results in the the National League because we are still in a great position to win that," he said.
Skipper Robert Croft insisted Glamorgan had still enjoyed a successful Twenty20 campaign.
"We have no divine right to win and just because the bookies rated our chances and made us favourites doesn't mean we can just turn up and win," he said.
"We have to keep a level head because our aim in the Twenty20 was to qualify after being so poor last season.
"Our aims did not necessarily include winning the Tweny20, we wanted to improve our form and do ourselves justice and I think we did that this year."
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