Finals Day Ended in Heartbreak – But Nottinghamshire Have Become the Blueprint for County Cricket
23.07.26, 10:44 Updated 28.08.26, 14:58 6 Minute Read
Andy Moore
The disappointment of Finals Day will linger for a while at Trent Bridge. Nottinghamshire travelled to Edgbaston believing they had every chance of lifting another Vitality Blast trophy.
After another outstanding group campaign and an impressive quarter-final victory over Surrey, there was genuine optimism that Peter Moores' side could add another piece of silverware to a trophy cabinet that looks like the normal rather than the potential.
Instead, they fell short. In the immediate aftermath, that is all anyone connected with the club will have been thinking about. Elite sportsmen and women are not interested in being told how well they have done when the trophy is being handed to somebody else.
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