I mentioned last week how amazing I thought the Sussex supporters were in the light of our humiliation on the first day at Colwyn Bay.

I would just like to further that by saying that I was overwhelmed with the support we were given throughout the match.

Not only were we bought beers after that dreaded first day but again, after the third day, when we were really up against it we met a couple in the restaurant who bought us all drinks.

On the final morning there was a real sense of goodwill from the travelling army and Nick even managed a quick 'Sussex-by-the-sea', usually reserved for when we are dominating a game.

After Umer Rashid had scored his maiden first class century, some of the followers clubbed together to buy him a present to mark the occasion.

Whatever the present was it didn't help his map-reading for having arrived in north Wales, a good two hours after everyone else, having taken the kit van via Worcester and Cardiff, and announcing that he must have been to the 'wrong Wales', he took even longer to return to Brighton, going via Southampton this time! The supporters would have done as well to buy him a compass.

If a football team had just been as soundly beaten as we had been (about 6-1 in relative terms) we would have been booed off with the only words being unrepeatable in a family newspaper.

But cricket fans must be one of the most loyal collections of sports enthusiasts.

It probably stems from the fact that cricket lovers are in love with the game and not necessarily the team they support. Football fans follow the players first and foremost. They are put on a pedestal from which they can often fall.

In such a way if they do not live up to expectations then they are booed off the pitch. It makes me sick to see opposition stars being barracked on the pitch.

That kind of thing never happens in the cricket world, partly because the spectators are a much more civilised bunch, but also partly due to the fact that they come to watch the game and not the players.

Perhaps part of the reason that the Sussex supporters seemed to enjoy the match so much against Glamorgan, then, was that it featured some wonderful cricket. Obviously Steve James's knock was remarkable but it was no less brilliant than those of the Matthews, Elliot and Maynard, and our captain batted as well as he has for Sussex.

We emerged from the game with much credit and arrived in Nottingham fairly confident, especially after our thrilling win on Monday night.

Our last two day-night games have been resounding successes, both from a cricketing and a commercial point of view. Monday night had it all.

Tight bowling and fielding from the home team, followed by runs from our 'big guns', Adams and Bevan. Add to this a last ball finish to rank alongside any one-day finish at Hove, in terms of excitement, and you have the ingredients for the perfect one-day cricket match.

How heartening it was, therefore, to see a full house. I hope that we are allowed to stage all of our home one-day games under floodlights next year. It surely is the way forward for English cricket.