TOM Moody is hoping Worcestershire can learn from their mistakes and quickly repair the damage caused to their Benson and Hedges Cup hopes by yesterday's 20-run defeat against Somerset at New Road.

For the County it was their first defeat of the season which followed encouraging group victories over Northamptonshire and Glamorgan.

"It's not a disaster, but we need to learn from the errors we made," said Director of Cricket Tom Moody, whose side return to cup action tomorrow with a trip to Bristol to face Gloucestershire.

"You have got to accept you are going to lose one-day games every now and then and it's the good teams that don't lose a high percentage of them."

Somerset, after winning the toss, were all out for 179 with Gold Award winner Ian Blackwell top scoring with 64.

After being dropped by Alamgir Sheriyar at mid-on while on 22 he went on to hit one six and six fours off 74 balls.

The most productive bowler for the County with 3-42 was Andy Bichel who again impressed with the bat during his side's run chase.

He cracked 31 and put on 52 in 11 overs with David Leatherdale who made 55 off 87 deliveries with six fours.

During their partnership the County looked as if they were getting themselves into a winning position, but once they were both out Somerset moved in for the kill.

Moody said: "It's obviously disappointing to lose, but I think we have learned a lot. We have had a good start to the season but this is a slight setback. From it, though, we have picked up a couple of things we can improve on."

He felt, however, that Worcestershire should have restricted Somerset to under 150.

"We were a little bit sloppy in the field in comparison to our first couple of games. We probably bowled too many wides which we hadn't done previously. When you are talking about a total of 179 they all count for a lot at the end of the day.

"No-one means to drop catches and you have to expect at times you are going to do that, but unfortunately it was at a critical time. When you have a team where you can really bury them you need to do that.

"That's the lesson we need to learn. When we have teams by the scruff of the neck we must keep them down and make sure we have a total that is very getable against a total which is testing on a wicket that is quite difficult to bat on."

Moody felt sure skipper Graeme Hick would have batted first if the County had won the toss. He said: "The wicket certainly deteriorated a bit as the afternoon went on, but that's certainly no excuse for us falling short of runs."