It has been a tough week for Glamorgan in more ways than one.

The Simon Jones saga was a curious thing which provoked all manner of reactions from inside and out of Wales.

For once I am actually going to sit on the fence on this one - some of former colleagues might say that has been a rarity since I finished playing! - because I am not really sure which side of it to jump.

I can see the arguments on both sides, why Glamorgan left Jones out and on the other hand why many people, notably my mate and fellow Sunday Telegraph writer, Mike Atherton, were so incensed that county should ever come before country.

Glamorgan had to make a decision, and a fairly hasty one by all accounts, because they had not planned for the scenario that Jones might be left out of the Test side.

They made it in the best interests of the team, both playing-wise and morale-wise.

That they then lost the match against Hampshire is immaterial because there is no knowing what effect Jones might have had.

But I suspect everyone heaved a sigh of relief when Tuesday morning came at Taunton and another game began with Jones back playing at last.

Maybe the whole episode did subconsciously affect the Glamorgan team - nobody will ever know the definite answer to that - but what I do know is that they played the match on the wrong pitch.

Why they played Shane Warne - probably the best spinner to have ever lived - on a worn pitch (the one used for Wednesday night's triumphant Totesport League success over the same opposition) is beyond me.

It was actually a decent pitch, with good carry, and if anyone but Warne (or Muttiah Muralitharan) had been playing as the opposing overseas bowler it would not have been a problem.

But the extra day's wear gave Warne enough of an incentive to parade his tricks. I hope it is not a decision they look back on with regret at the end of the season.

I only saw the final day's play and Warne was magnificent. He bowled masterfully, and accurately too - I think I counted one full toss all day. And for a leg spinner that is incredible.

Bowling out of the back of the hand normally means some bad balls are expected. Not with Warne. Even though he does not seem to be bowling a googly these days (or he might be keeping that for England next summer - remember a few years ago when Graeme Hick plundered runs against him for Worcestershire early in the tour but Warne did not bowl one googly at him) his mixture of sharp-turning leg breaks and flippers were brilliant to watch - unless you were a Glamorgan batsman.

Someone asked me how I would have played him. I haven't got a clue because I have only ever faced two balls off him- the first was a single, the second ended up in the hands of slip!

I'm still not sure how because I thought it was a juicy leg stump half volley, from which I had smothered any spin. But that is the genius of the man.

I remember one other thing about that brief encounter- he made me wait ages before he bowled those two balls at me. I used to hate that. It might have been coincidence. It might have been a clever psychological ploy. Who knows?

But whatever happens in Taunton that is not the most important part of Glamorgan's week - for this Saturday sees the finals day of the Twenty20 Cup.

It promises to be a hugely exciting and entertaining day. I think Glamorgan can win it. They have the draw they wanted in the semi-final (Leicestershire), against easily the worst of the four teams and have looked so confident I would back them against anyone.

The one caveat has been the spate of injuries which have struck at the wrong time. Most unfortunate is Dean Cosker whose innocuous accident fielding in the gully looks to have all but finished his season.

He has had a decent season and will be missed, especially in the one-day game where his fielding at backward point has set the standard for the rest of the team.

However, there was a body of opinion which thought he might have missed out this weekend anyway.

He bowled little in the last couple of Twenty20 matches and when he did, he did so expensively.

And, of course, Mike Kasprowicz was not available for those games. He is now, and will surely play.

And so hopefully will Alex Wharf and Andrew Davies, two other injury doubts. It is an occasion nobody will want to miss, including me. See you there.