OVER the last three weeks we have definitely put together some confident performances and we can build on that to move onwards and upwards.

Now we can use the forthcoming Twenty20 Cup as a springboard for the rest of the season.

The fans who have watched us in recent weeks have seen plenty of fireworks and they can expect even more during this competition.

The Twenty20 is something where the guys can let their hair down and enjoy themselves - I think that we can do very well in the competition this year.

We are a bit more advanced now than in previous seasons and know a lot more about Twenty20. The players are all more experienced at it and know exactly what to do - we just need to put that into practice now.

I have had one-on-ones with all of the players about the competition and we are mentally better prepared.

We are all looking forward to a good training session tomorrow so we'll be ready for the first game at Northamptonshire Steelbacks on Friday.

Also, all-rounder Roger Sillence is coming back from injury and should be fit for the Twenty20.

He is a crowd favourite, popular in the dressing room and a really exciting one-day player.

This type of cricket will suit Roger's style and it will be a big boost to have him back playing again.

In our LV County Championship Division One game against Warwickshire which ended today, the weather was the winner over the four days and it was disappointing to miss out on so much cricket.

Even though we probably let them off the hook when we had them at 80-4 in the first innings, we would not have had time to have done real damage because of the weather.

We had wanted to bowl them out for 250 max, so 340-odd was a little disappointing.

Warwickshire's Jim Troughton played well though for his 109 runs - he thrives on width and seems to have strengthened his game.

I was absolutely delighted for our opener Stephen Moore to score a hundred at Edgbaston.

Last year he went all season without getting a century although he had lots of scores between 50 and 100.

This year he has addressed that, scoring two consecutive hundreds in the county championship, and I am very pleased for him.

It was a gutsy innings as Warwickshire bowled well at him but he kept battling.

Stephen was the mainstay of our innings and we were able to build our total around his knock.

Meanwhile, Graeme Hick reaching 40,000 runs is testament to his powers of concentration and his batting ability.

He loves batting, loves scoring runs and rarely gives his wicket away.

In the early days, the likes of myself, Richard Illingworth, Phil Newport and Tim Curtis used to watch him and admire in awe as he belted bowlers around the park.

In his latter years, after a bit of a back problem, he changed his game to be more of an accumulator of runs but, however you look at it, it is an incredible achievement.