MARTYN Moxon is confident that Yorkshire's limited-overs cricket is improving, although he has stressed their need to nail the big moments in order to claim more silverware this summer.

The Vikings had opportunities to add white-ball glory to LV= County Championship success in 2014.

They needed to win one of their final two group matches – both at home against Birmingham and Nottinghamshire – to qualify for the quarter-finals of the T20 Blast, but lost both, including against Notts when defending 201.

Yorkshire then lost a home Royal London Cup quarter-final against eventual one-day champions Durham when, chasing 238, they slipped from 133-2 to 206 all out.

Director of professional cricket Moxon had earlier seen the side bowled out for 95 by the same opponents in a crucial T20 Blast defeat when chasing only 124 at Headingley.

Moxon was speaking in the United Arab Emirates, where Yorkshire are in the middle of their pre-season tour and are preparing to face Lancashire in the semi-final of the Emirates Airline T20 tournament at Dubai Sevens tomorrow (6am UK).

"Last year we should have qualified for the quarter-finals of the Twenty20," he said.

"We had opportunities and got ourselves into positions to win games – Notts, Warwickshire and Durham all at Headingley stand out.

"That was disappointing, although I think our Twenty20 play last year was better than in previous years.

"We certainly improved, but we just didn't take those opportunities to nail it. Overall, our whole one-day cricket was better than it was in 2013, yet still not good enough.

"We've got two fantastic Twenty20 overseas players in Finch and Maxwell, who are match-winners. Add them to what we've currently got on our own staff, and we should have a very strong team on paper."

The winners of Sussex versus an MCC side including former Yorkshire overseas player Yuvraj Singh await the Vikings or the Lightning in tomorrow night's final.

The Red Rose were beaten finalists in last season's T20 Blast, and Moxon added: "Lancashire are a good side, who have played well in this format for some time.

"They are under a new regime with Ashley Giles as coach, and they'll be wanting to impress. It will be a good test for us."

Yorkshire also play a Twenty20 match against Middlesex in Abu Dhabi today.