Jon Lewis: Another Lord's final would be special
We've not been involved in a Lord's final since 2004 and I think there's only myself, Craig Spearman, Chris Taylor, Alex Gidman and Steve Adshead left at the club from that time.
I'm sure our fans are as keen as us to get back to Lord's, because every final is a special occasion and one to be enjoyed and remembered.
We'll take plenty of confidence into Sunday's game at Hove, especially as we did well in our two group games against Sussex.
We beat them in Bristol and made a good score (306-9) against them under the lights at Hove before it was abandoned because of rain.
I think they'll be very wary of us but, at the same time, we recognise that they are a very good one-day side.
I expect it to be a dry wicket, which will turn. The hot weather we've had this week will have helped in that respect, but I think Sussex will want dry conditions anyway to assist their spinners.
They tend to play a lot of spinners, although Piyush Chawla has apparently now left them after a very successful stint deputising for Yasir Arafat while he was with Pakistan in the Twenty20 World Cup.
Sussex will also be without Matt Prior as he prepares with England for the start of the Ashes series. But they still have a strong batting unit and some dangerous hitters in the likes of Luke Wright and Michael Yardy.
Semi-finals are all about putting the home team under pressure, so we'll be aiming to make a strong start to the game.
We feel very ready for the challenge. We topped our group, had an emphatic win over Notts in the quarter-finals and have played some really good 50-over cricket this season.
I think we've been quite smart in the power-plays and have good depth and balance to the team.
James Franklin has brought good balance to the team, as he is a quality bowler who is capable of batting at number six.
And our greater depth this season has been highlighted by the performances of players like Ian Saxelby and Vikram Banerjee.
It's easier to blood bowlers in the middle part of a game if your new-ball bowlers are performing well and I think that's been the case for us this year.
Kirbs (Steve Kirby), Frankie (James Franklin) and myself have been doing our job and that has taken pressure off the younger bowlers.
Away from Gloucestershire CCC, I'm excited about the start of the Ashes series in Cardiff this week.
I think it's shaping up as a very evenly balanced contest, but I reckon England could pip it if the top five batsmen can score enough runs.
If they do that, it will put added pressure on Australia and I believe England have the bowling power to dismiss them twice in a Test match.
A few of their batsmen, including Ricky Ponting and former Gloucestershire team- mate Marcus North, are struggling for form and it sounds like the England Lions bowlers performed well against Australia at Worcester on Wednesday.
As for Australia's bowling, I'll be interested to see how Mitchell Johnson performs.
I've played against Johnson and the key thing with him is whether he can get the ball to swing back into the right- hander. He tends to bowl pretty fast, but normally it is straight across the right-hander.
Brett Lee's doesn't have a great record in England and there's no doubt spin bowling is a worry for Australia following Shane Warne's retirement.
So I think Johnson and Stuart Clark could be key men for the Aussies and the England batsmen will need to play them well.
The Cardiff wicket will be conducive to spin and England will probably field two specialist slow bowlers.
If they don't, it will probably come down to whether Graham Onions or Steve Harmison plays – and 'Harmy' seems to be back in the frame after bowling well for the Lions.
I reckon England might fancy playing him if they want an extra pace-bowling option.
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