lemonbella | I would like to apologise....

Firstly, I would like to apologise to the five Sussex supporters who were sat in front of me for all the screaming and yelling I did in their ears.

Secondly, I would like to apologise to the well intentioned Kent fan sat beside me, who with Kent needing 4 runs off four balls in the semi-final, uttered the Fate-tempting phrase "we can do it from here". I'm sorry I turned on you and told you I would personally eject you from the ground if you ever said that again. However, I would have done and you needed to be warned. You should know better than that.

I had an utterly fantastic day, helped in no small amount by the fact that Kent won. It appears that my terrible, awful cricket karma of the past two years momentarily left me as the day was packed with superb happenings.

Don't get me wrong, this in no way makes up for the hysterical wicket-keeper related depression which descended this time last year, but it is more than worthy repayment for the destruction of the Special Weekend of Specialness, the missing of Geraint's century, and the withdrawal of Sangakkara from Sangakarra week.

1)Kent Won!

They not only won, but won against the odds in a thrilling manner, fielding exceptionally, with everyone contributing. In future, though, I would prefer it if they didn't save the winning until the final damn ball. Of both damn matches.

2) Matt Prior was rubbish and was heckled by his own fans. They even have a heckling song.

3) Lanky the Giraffe was a wonder to behold, constantly dancing to a little tune in his own head.

4) Lasith Malinga is a tiny person and looked confused when a woman from Sky with a clipboard asked him questions. Geraint had to come over and help.

5) Charles Colvile spent the day stalking Geraint and a large proportion of the afternoon leaning against the dugout and possibly asking him out for a drink.

6) Charles Colvile took the Kent side to the beach and let them play on the dogems. Although we're still awaiting video confirmation, we're fairly certain he bought them all ice cream too.

7) Charles Colvile referring to Geraint as "The Enforcer". That's his nickname from now on.

8) The Darren Stevens thing was confirmed as a both a batting and a bowling thing.

9) Ryan McClaren was utterly stupendous and when interviewed was not as disappointing as most sportsmen.

10) Kent trained directly in front of us, which meant we could experience exactly how bad Geraint is at football even though he wears his hat backwards.

11) There was a Good Child with a Good Parent sat near us. They are few and far between nowadays and therefore should be celebrated.

12) There was a fantastic picture of Ian Bell in the members' lounge, for once looking more than 14 years old.

13) Edgbaston has telescopic floodlights which appear excitingly over the top of the stands.

14) I resigned from being a Kent fan several times and vowed never to attend a game of cricket ever again because it was just too stressful.

15) Edgbaston is much bigger when you circle it anticlockwise than when you circle it clockwise.

16) Kent were excellent at celebrating and Geraint was the happiest I've seen in a long time. He even got to leap excitedly onto several bowlers.

17) On the way home we passed a row of policemen on crowd control duty discussing how the umpire should have referred Rob Key's wicket to the third umpire.