LANCASHIRE join cricket's 20-20 revolution at Trent Bridge tonight sitting pretty in the promotion places of the old-fashioned 45-over National League.

It was old favourites Glen Chapple and Peter Martin who kept their cool in a frantic finish at Derby yesterday to take Lightning above the Scottish Saltires and into third place in the Second Division.

But skipper Warren Hegg admits that tonight's 20-over clash with Nottinghamshire will be something completely different.

"We've been able to watch a couple of games on tv and read about the rest in the papers, but the practice sessions we were hoping to have a couple of weeks ago were hampered by the weather," he said.

"We'll have a meeting before the start, pool a few ideas, and I'm sure we can come up with something."

Chapple seems certain to have a big part to play with bat and ball, underlining his all-round qualities again at Derby yesterday.

He followed up a vital innings in the C&G quarter final win against Middlesex with another whirlwind knock, sharing an unbroken seventh wicket stand of 34 with Hegg which took Lancashire's total up to 251 for six.

Derby captain Dominic Cork linked up with wicket keeper Luke Sutton in a sixth wicket stand of 114 which had Lancashire on the ropes.

They were scoring comfortably at eight or nine an over off the bowling of Carl Hooper, Mark Chilton, Hogg and Sajid Mahmood.

Even after Mal Loye took a good catch on the square leg boundary to dismiss Cork for 49, Graeme Welch joined Sutton to give Lancashire a few more nervous moments.

But Chapple returned to send back Sutton in his first over, ending with four for 37 from his nine overs.

Derbyshire needed 10 to win from the last over but Martin used all his experience to secure a five-run win for Lancashire.

Loye had top-scored with 63 in Lancashire's innings.