WORCESTERSHIRE head coach Alan Richardson was not about to hide his disappointment following the 10-wicket defeat to Glamorgan in Cardiff last week.

The hosts romped to the win with almost two full days to spare, only requiring 80 runs to win on Saturday in their second innings. 

The writing had been on the wall for The Pears on the opening day after they were skittled for 109 runs inside 41 overs and they were always chasing the game and never recovered.

"I think disappointing is a pretty accurate word to be fair, with the result, and no one likes losing a game, and with the performance," said Richardson.

"I think throughout the season we have put in elements of performances to give ourselves chances, whereas I felt with this game we have never given ourselves that opportunity. 

"I think they bowled really well, and fair play to Glamorgan for doing that. They put us under quite a bit of pressure, but you would hope that we would absorb that, get through that and give ourselves a chance. 

"It was a toss where, if we had won it, we would have had a bowl as well. I don’t think the wicket has changed drastically over the course of the game, although it was a bit beneficial to bowl first up on that first morning. 

"They put us under a lot of pressure, and we didn’t handle it as well as we would have liked, and we have to learn from that."

Worcestershire had Glamorgan six-down in their reply to give them some hope they could get back into the game but 86 from all-rounder Michael Neser guided Glamorgan to a lead of 149 runs. 

And Richardson was criticial of his bowling unit when in a position to wrestle back control before Neser's superb knock. 

"The way we bowled in that first period before tea (on the first day) was really disappointing," he added.

"When you are only defending just over 100 in that first innings, it is really important that you hit your straps, and we blatantly didn’t as a unit for that period.

"I thought Joe Leach bowled exceptionally well, but he didn’t get the support that he needed at the start.

"We dragged it back but always felt we were behind in the game, and fair play to Michael Neser. He played an invaluable knock when we had them six down and only just ahead of us.

"We can look at all facets of the game. The game judges you pretty well.  If you don’t bat, bowl or field well enough, there is a chance you are going to lose a game of cricket, and we will be disappointed with that. 

"All three facets we haven’t done well enough for long periods of time."

But Richardson did pick out two players for some praise, in particular for Adam Finch, who picked up his maiden first-class five-for in the Glamorgan first innings. 

"Pleased for Adam. He has put a lot of work in, he went away in the winter and has come back and bowled well in the Seconds," added Richardson.

"He bowled well in patches at Durham, so he has deserved his chance to play, and for the majority of that first innings he bowled beautifully and deserved his five wickets."