1981 Benson & Hedges Cup
Appearance
Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(55 overs per innings) |
Champions | Somerset (1st title) |
Participants | 20 |
Matches | 47 |
Most runs | 313 Chris Balderstone (Leicestershire) |
Most wickets | 16 Joel Garner (Somerset) |
The 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup was the ninth competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup.
The competition was won by Somerset County Cricket Club.
Fixtures and results
Group stage
Group A
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | BowSR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nottinghamshire | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 35.472 |
Leicestershire | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 40.952 |
Northamptonshire | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 34.095 |
Gloucestershire | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 38.480 |
Worcestershire | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.722 |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | BowSR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yorkshire | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 34.500 |
Warwickshire | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 34.900 |
Derbyshire | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 36.731 |
Lancashire | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 46.900 |
Scotland | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.500 |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | BowSR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kent | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29.824 |
Somerset | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 41.094 |
Essex | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37.871 |
Glamorgan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 26.875 |
Oxford and Cambridge Universities | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 72.000 |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | BowSR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sussex | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 29.259 |
Surrey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 36.889 |
Minor Counties | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 31.600 |
Middlesex | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 36.333 |
Hampshire | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 40.958 |
Quarter-Finals
24, 25, 26 June 1981
(scorecard) |
Kent
193/8 (50 overs) |
v
|
Warwickshire
179 all out (49.1 overs) |
- No play on scheduled day or first reserve day. The match was moved from Canterbury to The Oval on the third day as the former was waterlogged
24, 25 June 1981
(scorecard) |
Sussex
196/9 (55 overs) |
v
|
Leicestershire
199/6 (54.1 overs) |
- Reserve day used. Sussex were 84/5 (28 overs) at the close of the first day's play
Semi-Finals
Final
References
CricketArchive - 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup