From a players' point of view there were four significant features of Sunday's victory against Somerset.

Vital contributions from Goodwin, Kirtley and Wright were obvious but the atmosphere created by the crowd contributed covertly to the success.

The buzz around the ground as the match built to a crescendo was electrifying and exciting, not something that could always be said about Hove. The win was a much needed morale-boost for both players and supporters and showed the potential we have as a one-day team, if we could only find some consistency.

If Murray's knock signalled a return to form then we may be halfway there. He is such a vital part of the batting line-up in both forms of the game and on Sunday he was, again, a pleasure to watch.

His hard work in the nets in recent weeks appears to have paid off. "Muzz will score runs today," Mark Davis commented to me whilst we watched from the players' balcony as he and Wardy patiently and skilfully saw off the new ball threat posed by Andrew Caddick. "See how he's not fussed when he plays and misses, he's just thinking about the next ball."

It is Steve Waugh who, perhaps, has been the greatest exponent of this vital batting skill in recent years.

One of the most challenging jobs of the captain in one-day cricket is knowing when to bowl your different array of bowlers. Each may have different attributes which might be more appropriate at any given stage.

Thus, Mohammad Akram's quicker pace might be more potent against a new batsman, Mark Davis's accurate off-spin may be most effective in tying down a batsman who is well set and James Kirtley's skidding trajectory is usually most appropriate at the end of the innings when batsmen will find it hard to get under his balls (as it were) to hit them out of the ground.

Chris Adams should take credit for balancing the bowling attack well on Sunday. He brought on Mohammad at a crucial time when a couple of wickets had fallen and he responded with two very tight overs and the run rate went up to more than six an over.

He also saved Kirtley for what, he knew, would be a vital last few overs. Indeed it proved to be. James's last over was reminiscent of the over he bowled against Somerset in 1999 in the game at Taunton that effectively sealed the second division title for us.

Then, with Somerset needing seven to win on a belter of a wicket, James speared in six perfect Yorkers. With six needed of the last ball, Jason Kerr, the Somerset batsmen, stepped away to leg and the left the ball, which went on to bowl him middle stump!

But the hardest decision for the captain on Sunday must have been when to bowl Luke Wright. As the situation became more tense, it was clear that Luke may have to finish his quota of overs near the end of the game. It was a situation some captains would have shied away from, preferring to use a more experienced bowler.

Grizz backed Luke, however, and his composure at the end was quite something for a 19-year-old. He was not fazed when he was struck a mighty blow over long on by Keith Parsons in the penultimate over which switched the initiative back Somerset's way.

He continued to bowl full, fast and straight and had his revenge a few balls later when Parson's middle stump was up rooted.

This vital wicket meant it was Andrew Caddick (still a formidable bowler but never much of a threat with the bat) who faced Kirtley's spearing yorkers.