Olly Stone is keen to use the big-match atmosphere of Vitality Blast Finals Day as fuel, as the Outlaws continue their quest for a third T20 title.

The paceman is part of a 15-man squad for the showpiece occasion, with Notts facing Hampshire Hawks at 2.30pm, before the winners progress to the final at 6.45pm.

Stone has ample experience of Edgbaston and Finals Day, having played for Warwickshire before moving to Trent Bridge, and having appeared in two T20 Blast finals so far.

And he hopes he can use that to his advantage tomorrow.

“A massive thing, that's probably silly to say, is actually just going and enjoying it,” he said.

“It's a big occasion and there are going to be 20,000 people there potentially singing your name and cheering along.

“I think it's an occasion that you just want to take it all in and actually enjoy the day – I think that’s when you play your best cricket.

“If you step off and become a bit tentative, I think that's when we won't play our best.

“Enjoy the occasion, but also just be calm and everyone just be together, and hopefully we can bring the trophy home.”

While Notts did win the Rothesay County Championship last summer, Stone didn’t make an appearance during the title-winning campaign.

Having played a key role thus far in the Blast, he’s hugely motivated to bring silverware to Trent Bridge.

“I love this club, it's an amazing club to be a part of,” he said.

“The fan base, the coaches, the squad we've got here, it really is a special place.

“We’ve had some tough T20 campaigns over the past few years, but I've always felt like we've been growing, and thankfully this year we've shown what we can do.

“We all knew that we could put these types of performances in, so everyone's super excited and ready to go.”

Stone has shouldered significant responsibility during the T20 campaign so far, bowling crucial final overs against the likes of Lancashire and Surrey to seal nailbiting wins at Trent Bridge.

It is a responsibility which he relishes.

“I love bowling the tough overs,” he said.

“Bowling at the start and at the end, you do come up against situations that maybe can be tougher.

“But you have to train hard and keep backing your skills.

“At times I’ve probably not bowled the way I'd want to bowl this year in T20, but when you can come and deliver something like that and get the team home, it makes it all worthwhile.”