Glamorgan suffered a 39-run defeat at the hands of Derbyshire yesterday in the first ever day-night floodlit match to be held in Wales.
The Welsh County were bowled out for 172 in their second innings after being set 212 to chase with Nick Selman top scoring with 43.
However, Head Coach Robert Croft believes the main reasons for the loss lay in allowing Derbyshire off the hook in their first innings after Glamorgan had reduced the visitors to 157/7 and in Glamorgan’s first innings reply.
"Where we got in a difficult situation was the third session of day one, when the last three put on 131, and in our first innings batting when we gave up a couple of soft wickets,” said Croft.
"That was a very easy pitch to bowl spin on at the end, fair play, their spinners bowled nicely but I'd expect any spinner to bowl well on that towards the end.”
Croft also had reservations about the future of day-night Specsavers County Championship cricket and the pink ball and believes certain changes need to be made to make it a success.
"There are parts of (day-night cricket) that I've really enjoyed and parts it would take me a lot more convincing.
"The timings are one thing, there are certain periods when it's quite clear bat gets on top of ball or ball gets on top of bat when it starts swinging in the twilight zone. The ball goes very soft, there's a need to make sure it retains its hardness like the red Duke ball."
LISTEN// Robert Croft speaks to Nick Webb on day 4.