Ed Barnard: you don’t plan to have the perfect game, but we’ve had a few<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an incredible feeling.<\/strong> The cricket we have played all season but especially in the last six weeks has been amazing and it has been pretty special to be part of. The bowling is going to get a lot of plaudits and rightly so, Ethan, Woakesey and Olly have been brilliant and Manny has come in and given us just what we need. But we have done really well with the bat as well. We have played on a lot of bowler-friendly pitches this year and scored the runs we needed.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been very special to see it all come together in the last six weeks. You don\u2019t plan to have the perfect game but we have had two or three of them and it\u2019s been really special.<\/p>\n \u201cEthan has been incredible. We knew the quality he had when he signed but he has gone up four levels, never mind one level. He works as hard as anybody, I think everyone knows the hours he puts in – this morning he was first out there, bowling – and he is the nicest man in county cricket as well<\/strong>. He has been relentless in his quality and a great addition to the squad but the whole squad has delivered and I am so proud of them.\u201d<\/p>\n He also praised Sam Hain as, \u201cthe most underrated cricketer in the country,\u201d as well as his team\u2019s work ethic \u2013 that they came in to train on Sundays after they\u2019d notched up the two-day wins.<\/p>\n