Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale claimed the Friends Life t20 was coming at the perfect time for his side following their difficult start to the 2011 season.

After losing against Nottinghamshire Outlaws to make it two defeats out of two in the tournament, he must now be feeling an unwanted sense of déjà vu.

This is after the Tykes slumped to a heavy 53-run defeat at Trent Bridge on a day when they were second best in all departments.

Batting first, Nottinghamshire were soon in control as they posted their highest ever total in the shortest form of the game to close on a mammoth 215-6.

The foundation of their innings was a blistering 74 off only 46 balls from Adam Voges, while Samit Patel also impressed to make a quick-fire 52.

The total surpassed their previous best score of 213-6 that they made back in 2006 against Worcestershire, and it was the Tykes’ spinners who bore the brunt of the damage.

Collectively, Adil Rashid, David Wainwright and Joe Root leaked 86 runs from their seven overs, with Voges and Patel doing much of the damage.

The duo came together with the Outlaws on course for a modest total, having made their way to 76-3 after nine overs, before adding 94 runs for the fourth wicket in only 43 balls to propel their side forward.

Anthony McGrath then removed both of them inside an over, to finish with Yorkshire’s best figures of 3-17, but by this time the harm was done with Nottinghamshire on 174-5 after 16.5 overs.

Both players left to standing ovations before Chris Read played a 14-ball cameo to add 34 runs to the total and set up the victory target of 216.

Given that Yorkshire’s highest ever total in 20 over cricket is 213, victory was always going to be a tough ask. They did, however, get off to a decent start in front of a healthy crowd of more than 6,000.

By the half-way stage they were ahead of where their hosts had been, on 82-2, but just as Voges and Patel had then upped the rate for Nottinghamshire, wickets started to fall for Yorkshire to put them further and further away from victory.

The key dismissal was of Adam Lyth for 43, before five more wickets fell in as many overs to end the match as a contest.

It saw the Tykes slip from 114-3 to 145-8 – to leave Ryan Sidebottom (12no) and Wainwright (6no) the impossible task of scoring 71 runs off the last 13 balls to win.

The Tykes’ next chance of picking up a first victory in the competition comes on Thursday against Worcestershire.