Nottinghamshire will have a trip to Dublin next season when they take on Ireland in the new-look Friends Provident Trophy.

The competition has been revamped for 2008, with the two-division format replaced by four groups consisting of five teams each.

Notts are in the Midlands and East Division and will play Warwickshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire as well as Ireland.

Teams will play each other home and away, with the top two sides from each division qualifying for the quarter-finals.

Pool A - Western Division

Gloucestershire
Glamorgan
Worcestershire
Hampshire
Somerset

Pool B - South East Division

Essex
Middlesex
Surrey
Kent
Sussex

Pool C - Midlands and East

Nottinghamshire
Northamptonshire
Leicestershire
Warwickshire
Ireland

Pool D - North Division

Scotland
Durham
Derbyshire
Yorkshire
Lancashire