Northamptonshire head coach Darren Lehmann has referred to as on his gamers to “reside within the second” forward of their T20 Blast quarter-final.
The Steelbacks topped the Central & West Group however misplaced three of their remaining 4 video games.
Northants shall be aiming to succeed in a second successive T20 finals day once they host Gloucestershire, who completed third of their group and eight factors behind.
“We now have to convey our A-game and the outcome will take care of itself,” mentioned Lehmann.
Regardless of their disappointing finish to the group section, Northants picked up extra wins (9) and extra factors (36) than some other aspect within the competitors.
Wednesday’s quarter-final, which has been introduced ahead to 17:00 BST to keep away from clashing with England’s Fifa World Cup semi-final towards Argentina.
Lehmann mentioned: “To win 9 [games] and get a house quarter-final is a fairly good achievement.
“You clearly need to win 10, 11 or all 12 in case you can however we have performed some actually good cricket and now it is right down to the knockout stage.
“It is nice to be residence [for the quarter-final]. It is nice for our followers and for the county itself.”
The Steelbacks have received the T20 Blast title twice beforehand, in 2013 and 2016.
Lehmann, who was Australia head coach from 2013 to 2018, successful two Ashes collection and the 2015 World Cup, added that he wished his gamers to “get pleasure from” the event of Wednesday’s fixture.
“It is actually laborious to do as a result of there are nerves,” he mentioned. “Everybody has nerves if you play in large video games.
“For us it is about simply doing what we are able to. Benefit from the second, benefit from the crowd. Will probably be a cracking ambiance.”
Hearken to reside protection of Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Gloucestershire on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio Northampton from 16:30 BST.
