Murray Goodwin believes Sussex have the squad to land more one-day silverware this season.

Goodwin produced the most memorable moment of the 2008 campaign when he hit the last ball for six to steal an unlikely two-wicket win over Nottinghamshire and secure the Pro40 title for the first time since 1982.

During his eight seasons at Hove the county have won three one-day trophies, the highlight being their first Lord’s final success for 20 years when they won the Friends Provident Trophy in 2006.

But since that victory over Lancashire Sussex have won just three games in 50 overs cricket and only one last season when Chris Adams’ last hundred for the county in the win over Middlesex was the highlight of a rain-ruined campaign which ended with Sussex propping up the south group.

Sussex’s Twenty20 Cup campaign was not a lot better, with only two victories, before things came right in the second half of the season in the Pro40, culminating at Trent Bridge when Goodwin’s unbeaten 87 off 64 balls clinched the winner-takes-all showdown.

Goodwin, who needs 33 runs to reach 5,000 for the county in List A matches, said: “I like our chances in one-day cricket this year. I think we have a lot of depth in our batting and at the moment our attack might suit one-day cricket more than four-day.

“I’m not going to target a specific trophy that we will win but I think we’re going to do very well.”

Sussex effectively used their pre-season tour to Dubai as a training camp for limited overs cricket and changes to the batting order from last season look certain at Bristol on Sunday.

Ed Joyce and Joe Gatting are likely to form a new opening partnership and Goodwin believes the pair, who scored 102 together in last week’s friendly against Kent, will complement each other.

“Watching Joe and Ed bat together last week there was an air of calmness about them,” added Goodwin.

“Ed has a lot of experience and will help Joe a lot but Joe seems pretty relaxed as well. He’s methodical in how he practises which I like and at the crease he keeps things simple and I think that will stand him in good stead.

“They both hit the ball really sweetly and the right and left-hand combination at the top of the order is always a good thing as well.”

With Matt Prior available for the first two FPT games and the equally explosive Luke Wright earmarked to bat at No. 5, Sussex’s middle order will have a formidable and experienced look about it.

But coach Mark Robinson insists there will still be room for younger players to develop in the one-day side. Rory Hamilton-Brown, who scored his maiden first-class hundred against Cambridge UCCE this week, is among those in contention because he also offers another bowling option.

Robinson said: “We have young players who are ready to throw themselves in to one-day cricket. We’re not sure how they will go but we’re sure that if they have the temperament we will find out.”

The format for the qualifying rounds of the competition has changed this season with regional groups abandoned and Sussex drawn instead with Gloucestershire, Yorkshire, Durham and Chris Adams’ Surrey, whose first return to Hove since joining Surrey as director of cricket on May 10 will be one of the early-season highlights.

The Sharks will have to improve on a poor record in Bristol if they are to get this year’s campaign off to a winning start.

Their Pro40 win at Hove in August 2007, when Wright smashed a memorable 125 off just 73 balls, was their first over Gloucestershire since 1997 and they have not won a one-dayer at the Nevil Ground since 1996. Gloucestershire have won seven of the last ten meetings in one-day cricket.