Somerset skipper Jekon Edness said he couldn’t fault his side’s effort following their narrow defeat to St George’s and insisted his players would be even more determined when the Classic heads to the West End next year.Edness’ team almost pulled off an unthinkable win after recovering from their first innings capitulation that saw them all out for 97, setting the champions 148 to win in their second innings yesterday.Teenagers Joshua Gilbert and Kamau Leverock both produced impressive displays with both bat and ball, along with seasoned campaigners Kevin Hurdle and Janeiro Tucker.The captain himself solidified the middle section of his side’s innings as they went about laying a defendable total for their rivals to chase down.In the end, however, they fell agonisingly short, although many never felt they were in the match following the opening day’s horror show.Gracious in defeat, Edness saluted the champions for their victory, and heaped praise on his own side for turning this year’s Classic into such an entertaining encounter.“It was exciting to go out there as the captain; my brain was going non-stop for the past two days and even in the hotel I was trying to figure out how the day would go and what I would do in certain circumstances. Overall I enjoyed the moment,” said the wicket-keeper. “I’d like to thank my team for being behind me and supporting me through every decision I made.“The result in the end was excellent for the game, and although we lost, I have to congratulate St. George’s for their win.“The two days were physically and mentally exhausting, but it was an honour to lead these guys out regardless of the added pressure of being captain.“We battled for two days with (St George’s); they fought for the Cup as much as we did and I have to salute them. We will see what happens between now and next year, but we will be back.”Taking charge of his debut Cup Match on hostile territory was no easy task for Edness, who blamed his team’s opening day’s collapse on overzealous batting.“It was difficult out there, to come up here and get the Cup from them was always going to be a difficult mission,” he said. “Today we failed but we will leave here with our heads held high.“We could have gone defensive and blocked the game up but we went for the win, which in turn gave them a chance. This year it didn’t fall our way but hopefully next year it does.“The first innings we tried to go out a little too aggressive, we tried to score too fast and in the end we were throwing away our wickets.“We would have played better but our batsmen didn’t give themselves a chance and in the end that was the difference.“Our 97 runs was the result of us trying to go too hard too fast and it proved costly.”