By Sam Edwards BBC Blast reporter

Nottinghamshire captain Chris Read says the strength of their squad is key in their quest to win the Treble.

Notts beat Sussex to book their place in next month's FP t20 Finals Day and they lie second in their CB40 group and second in the County Championship.

"It's sometimes tough to keep all three competitions going and it's a testament to the strength of our squad," Read told BBC Radio Nottingham.

"We've people who don't perform in t20 who are flying in the championship."

He added: "While you have got the momentum, while you're winning, you want to keep it going as long as possible."

Read, who skippers the side in the CB40 and four-day version of the game, played a key role in Monday's t20 victory at Trent Bridge, scoring a valuable 20 off 19 balls just as Notts' innings was beginning to falter.

Ryan Sidebottom then hit successive fours in the final over, ensuring Notts posted a competitive total of 141-9 - a figure that seemed unlikely with five overs to go.

"That's the thing with T20 cricket, you're never out of it really," commented Read.

"Maybe we could have batted a little better and scored some more runs.

"But we've shown many times in this tournament what a force we are with the ball."

It all looked doom and gloom for Notts as Sussex reached 64-1 in double quick time, but a tight spell from Samit Patel and all-rounder Steven Mullaney boosted the home team's chances.

In the space of four overs, Trent Bridge transformed from a stadium with a sense of inevitable doom into a cauldron of excitement as Sussex slipped to 110-7.

Notts, backed by a vociferous home crowd, closed out the game with the minimum of fuss, and even though Sussex finished their innings with a huge six down the ground, the Trent Bridge faithful leapt to their feet to applaud a fantastic bowling display.

But David Hussey, who captains the side in the shortest form of the game, thought Notts could have done more with the bat to prevent the close finish.

He said: "We were about 20 runs short. I thought the par score was about 160."

The Australian only posted 16 in Monday's encounter, but has scored an impressive 497 runs from 16 matches in this season's t20 competition at an average of just over 31.

Now he has his sights set on bringing the trophy to Trent Bridge for the first time when they travel to the Rose Bowl in Hampshire for t20 Finals Day on 14 August.

"We've got great depth and hopefully we can go one step further on finals day," Hussey added.

"The boys are well up for the battle and are talking about it already.

"We're going to concentrate on a couple of Championship games to come, but we are looking forward to finals day."

Notts travel to Taunton to face Somerset on Thursday in the County Championship, knowing that a win will see them leapfrog Yorkshire to the top of the division one table with six games remaining.

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