We'll bounce back – proud Bairstow

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The White Rose county endured a semi-final defeat in the Clydesdale Bank 40 last Saturday and then threw away their chance of winning the County Championship title with a catastrophic 44-minute collapse in the final game of the season against Kent on Thursday.

That dramatic capitulation – so uncharacteristic in a season when Andrew Gale's young charges have defied the odds with a collection of mature performances – afforded Nottinghamshire the luxury of needing only a draw at Lancashire to sew up a second title in five years.

Having gone so close, the hurt will linger for a number of weeks around a squad of players that in recent seasons has become accustomed to an emotion of relief at the end of a successful battle against relegation.

But such strides have been made in the past six months by a team consisting of exciting home-grown talent that many are now tipping this new generation to spark a golden era at Headingley Carnegie.

And if they are to fulfil this potential, 20-year-old Bairstow believes this last week could prove a pivotal moment in their learning curve.

"Without a doubt there's disappointment running around the camp but that disappointment will be turned into experience and come next year, and hopefully the year after that and the year after that, the guys will be still be working hard and still fighting for the White Rose," said the passionate batsman.