1980 Benson & Hedges Cup

1980 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s)Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket
(55 overs per innings)
ChampionsNorthamptonshire (1st title)
Participants20
Matches47
Most runs368 Graham Gooch (Essex)
Most wickets18 Sarfraz Nawaz (Northamptonshire)
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1981 →

The 1980 Benson & Hedges Cup was the ninth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The Minor Counties were restricted to one team and Scotland entered the competition for the first time.[1]

The competition was won by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W L Pts BowSR
Lancashire 4 4 0 8 34.083
Nottinghamshire 4 3 1 6 38.606
Leicestershire 4 2 2 4 39.939
Derbyshire 4 1 3 2 53.833
Scotland 4 0 4 0 104.889

Group B

Team Pld W L Pts BowSR
Northamptonshire 4 4 0 8 36.528
Worcestershire 4 3 1 6 42.581
Warwickshire 4 2 2 4 67.684
Yorkshire 4 1 3 2 42.355
Oxford and Cambridge Universities 4 0 4 0 75.4

Group C

Team Pld W L Pts BowSR
Essex 4 3 1 6 41.548
Sussex 4 3 1 6 45.207
Glamorgan 4 2 2 4 48.917
Gloucestershire 4 1 3 2 42.387
Minor Counties 4 1 3 2 53.05

Group D

Team Pld W L Pts BowSR
Middlesex 4 4 0 8 35.306
Surrey 4 3 1 6 43.172
Somerset 4 2 2 4 44.207
Kent 4 1 3 2 51.708
Hampshire 4 0 4 0 42.367

Quarter-finals

11 June 1980
(scorecard)
Essex
270/5 (55 overs)
v
Surrey
184 all out (48 overs)
Ken McEwan 95
Roger Knight 2/40 (11 overs)
Geoff Howarth 42
Keith Pont 3/26 (9.2 overs)
Essex won by 86 runs
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: Ray Julian & John Langridge
Player of the match: Ken McEwan (Essex)
11, 12 June 1980
(scorecard)
Worcestershire
314/5 (55 overs)
v
Lancashire
269 all out (54.2 overs)
Phil Neale 128
Bernard Reidy 2/70 (11 overs)
Ian Cockbain 53
Hartley Alleyne 3/39 (10.2 overs)
Worcestershire won by 45 runs
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: Sam Cook & Arthur Jepson
Player of the match: Glenn Turner (Worcestershire)
  • Reserve day used. No play first day
11 June 1980
(scorecard)
Middlesex
195 all out (54.5 overs)
v
Sussex
166 all out (53.3 overs)
John Emburey 34*
Colin Wells 4/21 (11 overs)
Paul Parker 59
Wayne Daniel 3/21 (11 overs)
Middlesex won by 29 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Jack van Geloven & Peter Wight
Player of the match: John Emburey (Middlesex)
11 June 1980
(scorecard)
Nottinghamshire
143 all out (51.1 overs)
v
Northamptonshire
145/3 (47.1 overs)
Derek Randall 48
Tim Lamb 4/11 (11 overs)
Geoff Cook 66
Richard Hadlee 2/24 (11 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 7 wickets
County Ground, Northampton
Umpires: Bill Alley & Tom Spencer
Player of the match: Tim Lamb (Northamptonshire)

Semi-finals

25, 26 June 1980
(scorecard)
Northamptonshire
206/8 (55 overs)
v
Middlesex
195 all out (53.4 overs)
Richard Williams 73*
Mike Gatting 3/68 (11 overs)
Mike Gatting 91
Sarfraz Nawaz 5/21 (11 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 11 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Richard Williams (Northamptonshire)
  • Reserve day used. Middlesex were 128/5 (41 overs) at the close of the scheduled day's play
25, 26, 27 June 1980
(scorecard)
Worcestershire
236/9 (55 overs)
v
Essex
240/2 (51 overs)
Alan Ormrod 70
John Lever 2/46 (9 overs)
Graham Gooch 81
Hartley Alleyne 1/48 (11 overs)
Essex won by 8 wickets
New Road, Worcester
Umpires: David Evans & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Mike Denness (Essex)
  • Two reserve days used. Worcestershire were 42/1 (11 overs) at the close of the scheduled day's play, and 55/1 (15 overs) at the close of the second day's play

Final

19, 21 July 1980
(scorecard)
Northamptonshire
209 all out (54.5 overs)
v
Essex
203/8 (55 overs)
Allan Lamb 72
Keith Pont 4/60 (11 overs)
Graham Gooch 60
Sarfraz Nawaz 3/23 (11 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 6 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: David Constant & Barrie Meyer
Player of the match: Allan Lamb (Northamptonshire)
  • Reserve day used. No play first day

References

CricketArchive - 1980 Benson & Hedges Cup Archived 2011-02-21 at the Wayback Machine

  1. ^ Frindall, Bill (2003). Playfair Cricket Annual. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7553-1040-3.

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup


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