WORCESTERSHIRE are determined to learn from this season's Benson and Hedges Cup exploits when they resume their quest for Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy glory this week.

And that means making sure they don't have a bad day at the office when they take on Nottinghamshire in a fourth round clash at Trent Bridge on Wednesday.

The County have been enjoying a successful time in limited-over cricket this term but when things go adrift they tend to go adrift dramatically!

Indeed, who would have bet on skipper Graeme Hick's men reaching the semi-final of the Benson and Hedges Cup after being bowled out in their first group match against Gloucestershire at New Road for a mere 70 - Worcestershire's lowest ever score in one-day cricket.

Then, when hopes were sky high of appearing in the last Benson final, the County failed to get their act together against Essex at Chelmsford and crashed to a 138-run defeat in a one-sided semi-final.

Both performances were out of character in comparison to other one-day displays this season and New Road Director of Cricket Tom Moody is anxious that all guns will be blazing against Nottinghamshire.

He said: "Getting to the semi-final in the Benson was an achievement, but we felt we were playing enough good cricket to really go all the way.

"It was disappointing that we picked that particular day to have an off-day with the ball, bat and in the field compared to the standards we had been keeping before then.

"But the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy is another one we are eyeing as a competition that we feel we can do well in.

"We are confident as a team in one-day cricket. We feel we are capable of winning something, but we've got to make sure that we don't have those off-days as in the Benson semi-finals."

Moody accepts, however, that Wednesday's clash will be another searching test of the County's one-day credentials.

He said: "It's not an easy match for us. But again it's a game we feel that if we play like we have been for the majority of the year then we believe we can come out with the result we want.

"But Notts are a well balanced side and they have been competitive in one-day cricket over the last few years. I think they are a side that's going to be hard to budge on home soil. But any side when you get further into a competition are relatively tough."

Moody, however, is determined to make sure their one-day efforts don't deflect them from their top priority this season - promotion from division two of the Frizzell County Championship.

He said: "We are obviously in the first division in the one-day competition and we want to equal that in the Championship. I know the guys are desperate to play in first division Championship cricket. I don't think the one-day stuff will deflect us away from that.

"I think we have played reasonably well in both forms of the game to date and there's a lot of cricket left in the season.

"If we have our good fortune with injuries and we manage to keep guys reasonably fresh and on deck then I think somewhere near the end of the season we'll hopefully still be in one-day competitions and also have control of our destiny in Championship cricket.

"But a trip to Lord's would be nice. We were just a whisker away in the Benson and it's given the guys a bit of a taste of what our potential is. It's now a case of making sure we don't have those little hiccups along the way.

"We have played exceptionally well in the majority of one-day cricket this year and we would like to continue that."

Worcestershire's Chief Executive Mark Newton echoes Moody's comments about the players desire to impress in the Trophy.

He said: "It is the premier one-day competition. We all know the Benson and Hedges Cup wont be around any longer next year so I think it is important we do well in the Trophy.

"With Notts, like every first-class county, it's not going to be easy. But one would reckon on current one-day form that we would be in with a good shout.

"What I would like more than anything would be a home draw if we get through. We haven't exactly been lucky with the draws so far."

Worcestershire booked their fourth round spot with a 49-run win over Cornwall on a hastily prepared pitch at Boscawen Park in Truro where the fixture was switched because of waterlogging at St Austell.

Notts made progress with an eight wicket triumph over Ireland in Dublin.

They were inspired by a man-of-the-match performance from Usman Afzaal who took 3-8 and scored 64 not out.

Wednesday's full fourth round draw is: Notts v Worcs (Trent Bridge), Kent v Warks (Canterbury), Somerset v Hants (Taunton), Northants v Yorks (Northampton), Essex v Lancs (Chelmsford), Leics v Sussex (Leicester), Gloucs v Durham (Bristol), Surrey v Glam (The AMP Oval).