The recent signing of Dan Christian took the number of full international cricketers in Nottinghamshire’s current squad to ten.
The explosive Aussie all-rounder played 34 times for his country between 2010 and 2014, contributing to an overall Outlaws squad haul of 842 caps at the highest levels of the game.
Stuart Broad: 264 England Caps
Made his international debut at the tender age of 20 and quickly became a mainstay of the bowling attack across all three formats.
In 2009, with England needing a win at the Oval to lure the Ashes away from Australia, Broad defied the odds – and a flat pitch – to take a decisive 5-57, setting-up a 197-run victory.
Six years later, the Nottinghamshire fast bowler played a starring role in even more exceptional circumstances, taking 8-15 at his home ground, Trent Bridge, to bowl the tourists out for 60.
It was, again, a decisive performance in the securing of the historic urn.
Currently being treated as a red ball specialist by the England management, Broad’s 322 Test wickets at 28.95 have propelled the 29-year-old to his current position of third in the world bowling rankings.
Brendan Taylor: 216 Zimbabwe Caps
A long and distinguished career featuring 193 appearances in white ball internationals – together with 23 in the Test arena – reached its crescendo at the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.
The Nottinghamshire bound right-hander averaged 72.16 in the tournament and scored two centuries, signing off his international career with a memorable 138 against India at Eden Park, Auckland.
Peter Siddle: 79 Australia Caps
Siddle’s finest hour for Australia came in first Test of the 2010/11 Ashes at Brisbane where he took a hat-trick, dismissing Alastair Cook, Matt Prior and Stuart Broad on his way to carer-best figures of 6-54.
Although the Australian selectors have, at times, opted for out-and-out pace at the expense of Siddle’s accurate fast-medium, the Victorian’s record of 205 Test wickets at 29.99 stands up to the closest scrutiny.
Alex Hales: 63 England Caps
Alex Hales has been ingrained in the upper echelons of the world batting rankings for T20 cricket since beginning his international career with two rapid half-centuries – and an explosive 99 - against the West Indies.
His first century for England came against Sri Lanka at the 2014 World T20 in Bangladesh and an extended run in the 50-over side is now finally materialising for the 26-year-old.
The Outlaws’ batsman frayed New Zealand’s much celebrated attack around Trent Bridge for a tone-setting 67 of 38 balls as England successfully chased a record 350 to win the fourth ODI in June last year.
A maiden 50-over century against Pakistan in the UAE this winter has been swiftly followed by Test selection in South Africa, where he recently posted a half-century in Cape Town.
Samit Patel: 60 England Caps
Despite accruing 36 ODI appearances from 2008 to 2013, opportunities to repeat the success he has enjoyed in the Notts Outlaws higher middle-order were few and far between.
The all-rounder, however, averaged 32.13 with the bat and his memorable 5-41 with the ball, against South Africa at the Oval in 2008, demonstrated that his left-arm spin has the capacity to be destructive at international level.
In Test cricket, Patel’s reputation as a handy slow bowler and terrific player of spin has previously seen him utilised as something of a sub-continent specialist, prior to selection as Moeen Ali’s understudy for the current tour of South Africa.
Chris Read: 52 England Caps
The Nottinghamshire captain’s first flirt with international cricket came in a Test series against New Zealand in 1999.
Aged just 21, the youthful Read impressed with his trademark slick glovework and scored a fluent 37 with the bat at Lord’s.
He was replaced by the returning Alec Stewart the following summer, but began to fulfil his role as the Surrey and England legend's heir apparent during the winter of 2003/04.
A big score was, however, to elude him and – three Tests into the West Indies tour – Read was replaced by Geraint Jones, who went on to be a key contributor to the 2005 Ashes victory.
Although Read deputised with distinction against Pakistan in 2006 and briefly replaced an out-of-nick Jones during the back end of the 5-0 Ashes whitewash of 2006/07, Matt Prior was about to emerge as England’s first choice keeper/batsman and the rest was history.
Dan Christian: 34 Australia Caps
Christian’s finest hour in the colours of Australia came at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in 2012, when he took a hat-trick en route to figures of 5-31.
The Test debut that threatened when he was selected in the squad for the 2011 Boxing Day Test, however, never materialised, leaving the all-rounder to largely make his name around the world in domestic T20 tournaments.
James Taylor: 32 England Caps
Restored to the England Test side during the recent series against Pakistan following a three-year absence, Taylor has scored consistently but not yet heavily.
His ODI form has, meanwhile, gone from strength-to-strength, starting at the 2015 World Cup when an umpiring error cost him a maiden century in the opening match against Australia at the MCG.
He missed out on selection for the first leg of the 2015 one-day summer against New Zealand, but grabbed his opportunity against Australia later in the season, starring with a measured century in the series levelling victory at Emirates Old Trafford.
The Nottinghamshire man’s fine form continued during the recent series against Pakistan in the UAE where he averaged 74.50 with two half-centuries.
Michael Lumb: 30 England Caps
Michael Lumb’s introduction to international cricket came at the 2010 World T20 in the Caribbean, where he opened the batting throughout the tournament alongside Craig Kieswetter.
Although the powerful left-hander didn’t manage a half-century, scores of 28, 25, 32 and 33 in big games ensured that England were never slow out of the blocks at the top of the order.
They eventually won the tournament with a thumping seven-wicket victory over Australia in Barbados.
For Lumb, three fifties were to follow as he racked-up a total of 27 T20 appearances in England colours, as well as three in ODIs when England opted to take their T20 squad to the Caribbean in the spring of 2014.
Lumb’s 50-over England career began with a century and continued with scores of 39 and 20.
But, after England’s World T20 defence ended at the group stages in Bangladesh, Lumb has not since received another call-up in either format.
Harry Gurney: 12 England Caps
Played ten ODIs and two T20s for England, all in the year 2014.
Gurney’s best performance for his country to date came in the ODI against Sri Lanka at Lord’s that year, where he took 4-55.
The 2015 season saw dramatic last-gasp four day victories, thrilling limited-overs contests and an historic Investec Ashes Test, all in the unique surroundings of Trent Bridge.
Next season, we’d wager, will be no less enthralling and frankly we’d hate for you to miss out.