That's the message from Nottinghamshire CCC chief executive Lisa Pursehouse, after Trent Bridge held its last big international match before it stages the opening Test of the biggest cricket series on the planet between England and Australia.Have a look at our gallery of pictures from the England v New Zealand match yesterday.
It was England versus New Zealand in the final match of their one day international series yesterday.
There was almost a sell-out crowd inside the ground and it all went without a glitch as England won by 34 runs.
And Pursehouse is so confident ahead of the Ashes she says Trent Bridge could stage the first Test tomorrow – rather than July 10.
"I think we could," she told the Post.
"We're all really excited about it and we feel comfortable in what we're trying to achieve.
"I have every confidence in our ability to deliver."
Pursehouse said the one-dayer gave them a great chance to have a test-run before the five-day Ashes Test to make sure everything runs perfectly next month.![]()
"It was really important for us to have this match," she said.
"When we host the international matches we do prefer to have the one day before the Test because it does give us that little chance to have almost a test run at it."
With 16,120 inside Trent Bridge it was a great occasion.
"It was a big success, we're really pleased," added Pursehouse.
"Even though the series was lost before this match we still only had a few hundred tickets to sell so it's fantastic that we almost achieved a sell-out.
"I think we would have sold it if there had been something on the game.
"When you look around and there's a mix of school kids, families and groups it's nice and hopefully everyone had a good day and will come back.
"The great thing is we get to do it all over again. To host the Ashes is a fantastic experience and to have the privilege of hosting the first match of the series is even better for the county.
"It's a huge compliment and when we found out we had the first one that was a really proud moment.
"When we go live with that, not only will we have a sell-out for five days if it lasts that long, but there's the global audience.
"Our venue and our county will be broadcast to countries all over the world, which is exciting."
It will be Pursehouse's first Ashes Test as Notts chief executive, after taking over the role in March 2012, but she is amazingly relaxed about it.
"The pressure actually comes from the bidding, that is more of a pressure," she said. "Of the packages that we went for three had no Test cricket between now and 2016.
"You can imagine for a venue like ours to not have any Test matches after 2012 to at least 2017 and what that would have meant for us. We would have had to make half of our staff redundant.
"It was big so there was a lot more pressure on winning the rights.
"I have every confidence in our ability to deliver. I think we're very good at that and I don't feel pressured around that, although that may change in July! Hopefully we will put on a great show."
"It was really important for us to have this match," she said.
"When we host the international matches we do prefer to have the one day before the Test because it does give us that little chance to have almost a test run at it."
With 16,120 inside Trent Bridge it was a great occasion.
"It was a big success, we're really pleased," added Pursehouse.
"Even though the series was lost before this match we still only had a few hundred tickets to sell so it's fantastic that we almost achieved a sell-out.
"I think we would have sold it if there had been something on the game.
"When you look around and there's a mix of school kids, families and groups it's nice and hopefully everyone had a good day and will come back.
"The great thing is we get to do it all over again. To host the Ashes is a fantastic experience and to have the privilege of hosting the first match of the series is even better for the county.
"It's a huge compliment and when we found out we had the first one that was a really proud moment.
"When we go live with that, not only will we have a sell-out for five days if it lasts that long, but there's the global audience.
"Our venue and our county will be broadcast to countries all over the world, which is exciting."
It will be Pursehouse's first Ashes Test as Notts chief executive, after taking over the role in March 2012, but she is amazingly relaxed about it.
"The pressure actually comes from the bidding, that is more of a pressure," she said. "Of the packages that we went for three had no Test cricket between now and 2016.
"You can imagine for a venue like ours to not have any Test matches after 2012 to at least 2017 and what that would have meant for us. We would have had to make half of our staff redundant.
"It was big so there was a lot more pressure on winning the rights.
"I have every confidence in our ability to deliver. I think we're very good at that and I don't feel pressured around that, although that may change in July! Hopefully we will put on a great show."