Losing feeling says Dernbach
and is probably one of the best, if not the best, player I have ever played against,” Bell added.
“He scored a lot of runs around the world and is a big-match player, but then I look around our dressing room and think we have a lot of them ourselves.
“It is a massive occasion for us and it is a big day for the club and the fans. We prepared all week with no four-day cricket, so we feel ready ahead of a big game.
“We expect something similar in the final to the semi with Somerset. There are two very good teams with world class players.
“It could be a completely different surface to what we have played on at Edgbaston, so we might have to adapt but Jeetan is good enough for that. If it’s a green wicket with no spin he will adapt accordingly. He’s world class.
“We lost at Old Trafford in the first one-day game of the season but we have built into the competition nicely since.”
As ever at Lord’s the toss will be key, with six of the last eight finals won by the chasing team.
Warwickshire have history on their side having won the last two matches against Surrey in London, but Michael Di Venuto’s men claimed a 226-run victory at Edgbaston last month in the County Championship.
The two sides have also met in the final once before, with Surrey lifting the trophy in 1982 in large part thanks to an attack led by Sylvester Clarke that restricted Warwickshire to 158.
In the present day Warwickshire do not just have Bell but the bats of Jonathan Trott and the up-andcoming Sam Hain to rely on, with the trio having combined for 1,254 runs in the competition this year.
But Dernbach is confident that Surrey have the tools – and the skipper in Gareth Batty – to outfox the Bears.
“The captain knows what he will get from us,” Dernbach said. “He will take a lot from last season’s final into this year. He will be key.”