When finishing third from bottom in County Championship and failing to get beyond the the group stage of either the T20 Blast or One-Day Cup competitions last season, those traits were not immediately obvious at Trent Bridge last year.
Yet, Notts’ top scorers this season – captain Haseeb Hameed and Ben Slater – are again leading the way with the bat.
Brett Hutton, the County Championship’s leading wicket-taker in 2023, has come back after an injury hit campaign to again lead the bowling attack with 24 scalps so far.
Josh Tongue, the England international that missed his entire first year with Nottinghamshire through injury, has claimed 15 wickets in three games.
Teenage off-spinner Farhan Ahmed, who made his first-class debut last season, has also contributed 10 wickets to date.
“We thought we had a good team and the way we work at our place is something we call the skill factor,” Moores said.
“We try get people better. We believe that getting better as individuals, it collectively makes the team better.”
The impact of international recruits has also been pivotal.
All-rounder Fergus O’Neill was an instant hit during his short stint, taking 21 wickets, while Pakistan seam bowler Mohammad Abbas has replaced the Australian with equal effect, having taken 16 wickets in three matches.
The pair are among the seven Notts bowlers to have already claimed five-wicket hauls this season – alongside Hutton, Tongue, Dillon Pennington, Liam Patterson-White and Lyndon James.
“A lot of different people have chipped in and we seem to find a way,” Moores said.
“We have been in some tough situations, there is no doubt about that. But someone has either managed to pull us out of it or if there has been an opportunity to drive home a win, someone has found that extra bit to do it.”
With the bat, there have been seven century makers, with captain Hameed producing two, including a double ton.
He is leading the way as the competition’s top scorer, but Moores says he has crucially “got the balance right” as skipper after taking the job on last year.
“He has had a great start to the season but the the biggest credit I would give him is that as well as the batting is how he has captained,” Moores said.
“He has managed to get the group together in a really good way. There is a real comradery with them, and that comes out with the way they play their cricket.”
