Dillon Pennington feels Nottinghamshire’s stable of high-quality fast bowlers are pushing each other to greater heights, as Warwickshire prepare to visit Trent Bridge (24-27 April, 11am start).

Pennington is named in a 13-man squad for the fixture – and while Fergus O’Neill remains sidelined with the rib injury which occurred during Notts’ last game, the squad includes several accomplished performers with the ball.

Josh Tongue, Olly Stone, Brett Hutton and Lyndon James are all named alongside the 27-year-old in the squad – and he feels that strength in depth is a significant positive.

“The competition for places is really high,” he said.

“That’s great, because you know you have to upskill and keep getting better, and when you get the nod to play you have to do well and compete.

“It’s really exciting to be part of an attack in which everyone is firing.”

Pennington is Notts’ leading seam-bowling wicket-taker this season, with eight scalps at 25.37. Only spinner Liam Patterson-White, with nine, has taken more wickets for the side thus far.

After opening the campaign with a five-wicket haul at Taunton, the right-armer felt he bowled equally well in the win over Glamorgan, but feels a team-first mentality is key.

“I didn’t quite get the rewards I’d have liked against Glamorgan, but other guys got those rewards,” he said.

“Hopefully as a bowling unit, if we put the ball in the right areas enough times, then one of us will get the wickets and we’ll get the results we need.”

The Warwickshire fixture begins a run of four Championship fixtures in four weeks for Notts, with the Birmingham-based side having enjoyed a productive start to the season.

But Pennington feels the recent break between games has been beneficial ahead of a busy late April and May.

“It’s been good to have a week to freshen up and prepare for what’s going to be a tough four games,” he said.

“We’ve had a couple of really good training days leading into this game, and we know Warwickshire will be a tough side to face.

“They had a good game against Essex last week, who are a strong side themselves, so they’ll be going in with confidence.

“But we’ve got the two results that we got against them last year [a rain-affected draw at Edgbaston, and the win which secured the title at Trent Bridge], so that gives us the confidence that we can get a result and compete against them.”