They continued their one-day success the following season, winning the 1983 NatWest Trophy Final. Injuries to their bowlers meant that Nottinghamshire could not repeat their success from 1981; they finished fourth in the County Championship and fifth in the John Player League. They did not reach another final until the 1985 NatWest Trophy Final, which they lost to Essex, but they subsequently enjoyed one-day success by winning the 1987 NatWest Trophy and the 1989 Benson & Hedges Cup.