Paul Franks feels Notts Outlaws have reconnected with the 50-over format, as their Metro Bank One Day Cup campaign begins at home to Somerset tomorrow (11am start, the John Fretwell Centre, Sookholme).

Haseeb Hameed will captain a 14-man squad at the picturesque North Notts outground.

Squad: Hameed (c), Ahmed, Hatton-Lowe, Hayes, Haynes, Hutton, James, Lord, Martindale, McCann, Pocklington, Seecharan, Slater, Verreynne.

“50-over cricket asks different questions of you,” said the One Day Cup Head Coach.

“It can start like a Championship game, it can end like a T20 game, or it can be anywhere in the middle.

“You have to be able to adapt and seize the moment when that comes, so there’s loads of stuff we need to have our heads round.

“We had a really good team meeting this morning about what our expectations are. A lot of that was led by the players, and myself and the coaches just added a bit to that.

“We’re desperate as a club to get through to the knockout stages, and the dream is to have a home final.

“The players started to talk about that as an aim back in pre-season in January or February, about how that would be an exciting thing to do.

“The group know they’ve got to play a lot of good cricket to see if we can get there, but what was encouraging was there was a lot of quality in the room, and they’re really excited about playing.”

While the Outlaws’ T20 side were in contention for Vitality Blast glory until the Finals Day showpiece on Saturday, a number of players were able to gain some 50-over experience in a pair of Second XI friendlies last week.

Franks feels the time in the middle was beneficial.

“We had a bit of one-day cricket last week, just to get the guys hardened to the format,” he said.

“We’ve been trying to get the wider group ready for what’s the challenge, but we’re relatively lucky in that we’ve got two games this week and two games next.

“It’s a relatively quiet induction before the competition takes off in ten days’ time with four or five games in a short space of time.”

Each of the 15 players in the first squad of the competition has experience at first-team level for the Outlaws.

Among their number is South Africa star Kyle Verreynne, who is set to make his debut in the format for the club.

Franks believes his skill and experience will be valuable.

“He’s played a lot of cricket around the world, and his cricket is in a really good place,” said Franks.

“He’s had a break for the first time in a while, he seems refreshed, and we know his quality with the bat and behind the stumps.”

The fixture sees the Outlaws return to Welbeck for an eleventh summer, having added to their positive history at the John Fretwell Centre with a win and a tie last year.

“Our record there is really strong,” said Franks.

“They always make us feel really welcome, an enormous amount of work goes into these next few days, and the players are really grateful that thewy hoist us so well.

“It’s good seeing different people come to watch us too; it’s somewhere we always enjoy going.”