Paul Franks says his Outlaws 50-over side are motivated to put on a performance for the Trent Bridge faithful in their final home game of the Metro Bank One Day Cup group stages.

Notts entertain Surrey on Sunday 24 August (11am start), a matter of weeks before the sides do battle at the Kia Oval as the top two teams in Division One of the County Championship.

A 15-strong squad has been named for the occasion. 

“Whenever Surrey come to town it’s always a big game of cricket, and we’ve got another big game coming up against them in a few weeks’ time as well,” reflected the One Day Cup Head Coach after Friday’s reverse to Gloucestershire

“We’ll want to play well, of course. We’ve got some thinking to do about the shape of our team, and we’ll do that when the emotion has settled down a bit, and come back on Sunday and try and put on a really good performance.”

Friday’s defeat to the group leaders followed back-to-back victories at Hampshire and Glamorgan – a sequence of results which sees the Outlaws still mathematically in with a chance of knockout stage qualification.

“I thought we were excellent in Wales, and very very good in Southampton at different times,” said Franks.

“Ultimately you’ve got to try and be better for longer than the opposition.

“It’s very difficult to be perfect over 100 overs, but if you can edge it in the crucial moments you give yourself the best chance.

“That’s what we’ve managed to do in the games we’ve won, but in the games we’ve come near to winning – like the tie (against Worcestershire at the John Fretwell Centre) – we weren’t quite good enough for long enough.

“That’s something where, over the course of the day, we’ve got to be better.”

This summer’s 50-over campaign has allowed fresh faces such as Byron Hatton-Lowe and Joe Pocklington to take their first steps in first-team cricket, while Academy graduate Sammy King hit a brisk 21 against Gloucestershire in his seventh senior appearance for Notts.

And Franks feels the opportunities afforded to the trio, and others in similar positions, will be beneficial in the long run.

“This competition creates those opportunities, creates opportunities for us to give players different roles and responsibilities,” he said.

“You hope they’re going to thrive off that and build their knowledge of the game, but you want to try and win along the way as well, so you’re trying to marry a lot of things in at the same time.”