Nottinghamshire beat Glamorgan to claim first Lord's one-day final win since 1989 Glamorgan did not even try to, not at both ends at any rate, and were content to contain through the medium pace of Jim Allenby. Their captain Mark Wallace might have tried Graham Wagg as an opening partner for Mike Hogan, but he is not renowned for his accuracy with the new ball. Simon Jones has bowled some great spells in his time, but again not with a new ball. Thus Notts escaped from the initial eight overs of powerplay with some bold footwork and without losing a wicket, and by plundering Allenby's fourth over for 15 Michael Lumb and Alex Hales managed to clock up 47 runs as well - a splendid start in the taxing circumstances. Even then Glamorgan had one last chance. It came as Jones approached the end of his eight-over spell, indeed the end of his career, apart from T20. A fine spell too, featuring a highly accurate line from the pavilion end, which exposed the technique of the England hopeful James Taylor when he was squared up and caught behind. "It was definitely his best spell of the year," Glamorgan's coach Matthew Mott said. He couldn't have marketed himself better than he did today. Opposite Jones, Glamorgan's excellent young off-spinner, Andrew Salter, had exerted pressure too by breaking the opening stand. People have read a psalter for centuries, but Lumb does not read spin at all well - and he will be opening England's batting with Hales in the World Twenty20 finals in Bangladesh next March if a change is not made soon. This final chance for Glamorgan came when Notts were 94 for four and David Hussey hammered Salter low to mid-off, where Gareth Rees could not hold on. Hussey went on to add 99 with Read, who admitted afterwards that as a batsman this season "I've been terrible." As Glamorgan's captain Mark Wallace said: "That was the partnership we needed to break. It wasn't an easy chance but if we'd got into their lower order we would've chased a lower score. Salter was switched to the pavilion end for an over, and it cost 18 runs. Swann swatted merrily for 29 off 19 balls and, although Broad was bowled first ball, it was the last ball of the Notts innings and 244 was more than enough as the ball started turning - the appropriate way to end this driest of seasons. "I wasn't expecting it to turn that much," said Patel, after producing two rippers that landed around leg and hit off-stump. "He seemed to really fire the ball in and get something out of it," admitted Wallace. Having reached 108 for three at halfway, Glamorgan dissolved and their powerplay was something of a misnomer: they lost their last five wickets in it for 13 runs. But the spirit with which they played suggested they might not have to wait another 51 years for their first cup final triumph. Next season will see an outbreak of sanity with the restoration of 50-over county cricket. There will be two divisions of nine each - selected by lot at the lunch interval yesterday - with quarter-finals to follow. It will be played in August too, in two main blocks so that players can focus on their specific skills, and if counties select two spinners then domestic cricket will begin to replicate one-day internationals once again, and England will have a much better chance of winning their first 50-over global trophy.