Nottinghamshire all-rounder Steven Mullaney discusses the defeat to Lancashire at Old Trafford and says James Taylor is in pretty good spirits ahead of his operation, in his third Post column.
Last week was turbulent; this one has been just plain disappointing for Notts.
Obviously we started the season with the immeasurable blow of losing James Taylor from the squad, although he will always be a part of the club.
We recovered from that brilliantly to beat Surrey to give us high hopes going to my old club Lancashire on Sunday.
It's safe to say it didn't work out how we hoped at Old Trafford, losing by eight wickets. Credit to Lancs, but we know we weren't good enough.
As a batting unit, we've had to look at ourselves. We were about 80 to 100 short in the first innings and then we've left them too little to do in the second innings.
If they need 150 to 200 to win the game, rather than 80 odd, we feel we could have got a result. The batters know there's some soft dismissals in there and we've had a chat about that.
We know we've got to be better next up against Yorkshire and I'm convinced we can hit those standards against a very strong team.
We've got a phenomenal batting unit that will only be made stronger by the return of Alex Hales. The bowling was certainly more of a positive, specifically that of Jake Ball.
People are talking about him as an England player. I don't think he's ready for that. I know he's ready.
He's a great lad and he's got all the attributes to have a fantastic career. The chance to bowl alongside Stuart Broad this week will have done him further good.
Stuart came in and made a good contribution. He's the world's best Test bowler for a reason.
Soon after the game I gave Titch (Taylor) a call and I'm pleased that he was in pretty good spirits.
He's still waiting on his planned op, but he's hoping to get home soon having been in hospital for the best part of two weeks or more. I'm sure time back in a familiar environment will do him good.
Finally, the main talking point in cricket this week has been about batting helmets after Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott had to change theirs to comply with new regulations.
It's a really tough topic with strong arguments from both sides. It all stems from the death of Phil Hughes and the key point to make is that safety is paramount.
I think the onus is on the manufacturers to come up with a helmet the individual player is comfortable with by working with them.
No one wants to be out there feeling uncomfortable when the ball is flying at you. I was batting with an approved helmet before Phil was so tragically killed and I get along fine with it.
I think I'm right in saying all the Notts lads were bar Will Gidman, who changed as soon as the regulations came in.
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