Notts Outlaws may have to change their mind-set tonight when they line up for their second Friends Life t20 clash of the season away to Lancashire Lightning.

Friday night's seven-wicket victory against Leicestershire Foxes at Trent Bridge came on a high-scoring track – with over 360 runs scored in the match, including 12 sixes.

Outlaws' big-hitting top order were in imperious form to knock off the 183 needed for victory in just 17.4 overs as ball came onto bat nicely on home soil.

But it may well be a different story for tonight's 6.30pm encounter up north – with Old Trafford pitches usually being very well suited to the spinners and also harder to produce the big shots to the boundary.

"It might be a slower wicket and might be harder to hit boundaries, maybe the ones and twos and hitting gaps is going to be a bit more appropriate," said Notts' Samit Patel.

"The boys are really flying high at the moment, there's a lot of confidence and a lot of firepower." Samit Patel

The 28-year-old England international will be a key member of the Outlaws bowling attack once again – after the slow-left arm spinner came on to bowl and took two key wickets against the Foxes.

Patel also helped slow the visitors down after a fast start by the likes of Josh Cobb and Shakib Al Hasan, with his first over going for just four runs.

After not being needed with the bat, as the next man in as skipper David Hussey and James Taylor put on an 84-run partnership to see the team over the line, Patel knows his bowling skills may be more utilised once again against Lancashire.

He added: "It is a spinner's paradise normally at Old Trafford. I'm not sure what the weather is going to be like up there, but it's a TV game and so I don't think the wicket can be that bad.

"It kind of works well in t20, spin comes on in the middle and tries to get a bit of a grip on the game.

"I didn't think the pitch would take as much spin as it did (on Friday) and when the rain fell between the sixth and seventh over I thought we were going to go off but we didn't.

"But it went really well and it was a great day and great effort from the guys.

"It's always good to get wickets in the middle, it's key to obviously get the overseas player out (Shakib) and I pride myself on that and getting the big wickets."

Despite the prospect of a slower wicket against Lancashire, Notts will still head into the game full of confidence they can chase any total or post a big one if they bat first.

Michael Lumb for one is in great form – with his 50 off 29 balls against the Foxes taking him past 1,000 runs already this season in all form of domestic cricket.

Asked if he would want to bowl to Lumb the way he is bullying bowlers at the moment, Patel joked: "Probably not!"

He continued: "The more times I don't bat is probably better! It's not very often I don't get a bat in t20!

"The boys are really flying high at the moment, there's a lot of confidence and a lot of firepower.

"Lumb, Hales and Wessels in the top three can all go out and play some shots and then you've got Hussey, Titch (Taylor) and myself to come in the middle.

"And then you're not even mentioning Read or Mullaney, so it's a lot of firepower and if we keep going like this we'll knock them off (the runs).

"But I'm sure we are going to come across a time when we are four or five down for not too many and when the 140s or 150s are a good total instead of the 180s and 190s."