Everyone in our dressing room was thoroughly disappointed after losing against Hampshire on Sunday.

We had wickets in hand and should have won the game. Maybe the batters should have communicated a bit more out in the middle and we should have looked to take a few more risks.

I think we went 13 overs when we didn’t hit a boundary. Saying that, it wasn’t an easy pitch and it was tough out there in the middle and hard for us watching in the pavilion.

We had a couple of days off this week but were in on Wednesday and the first chance to talk about what happened and how we can correct it in the future.

We left Taunton last week, relieved not to lose in the championship because there was a chance it might go that way on the final afternoon.

It was a strange game in many ways. The batsmen always look forward to going there but it was an indifferent wicket there this time.

It was green on the first day and both sides were undecided about what to do. Jarre won the toss and put them in but when they were 101-1 we had our backs to the wall. He was looking for a partnership breaker and threw the ball to me and it started to swing from the start.

I had Marcus Trescothick leg before and then picked up two in one over. I then got another which was pleasing. The only disappointing thing was missing out on my first five-for in championship cricket.

Getting them out for 205 put us in a great position and we wanted to bat well, get a big lead and be able to dominate the game. But Murali Kartik took 10 wickets in the match and did brilliantly against us in both innings.

I rate him as the best slow left-arm spinner in the world. He is a canny operator and it was smart bowling.

It was hard to decide how to play him on the last day but Jonesy and Tredders did well helping us to save the game, mopping up a lot of balls and it would have done both guys’ confidence a power of good.

Jarre’s led the side while Keysy is nursing his broken finger and both have their own ways of doing the job.

Jarre is a very aggressive captain – always looking for catches to go everywhere – and a little more ‘old school’.

Rob is also quite aggressive as a skipper but the dressing room is noisier when he is around.

Essex are at Canterbury this week in the Championship and having four out of our last six at home is massive. We haven’t done brilliantly in the four-day game this season but we want everyone behind the team to keep backing us.

We want to win every game but, realistically, two out of those four would be great.

Essex are a good all-round side and Ravi Bopara will play after being left out of the England squad for the First Test against Pakistan. He scored two hundreds last week and is in great form.