1983 Benson & Hedges Cup

1983 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s) Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format

Limited overs cricket

(55 overs per innings)

Champions Middlesex (1st title)
Participants 20
Matches played 47
Most runs 342 Graham Gooch (Essex)
Most wickets 12 Stuart Turner (Essex) and Derek Pringle (Essex)

The 1983 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twelfth competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup.

The competition was won by Middlesex County Cricket Club.[1]

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Gloucestershire 4 3 0 1 0 7 33.731
Northamptonshire 4 2 1 1 0 5 37.233
Leicestershire 4 1 1 1 1 4 48.923
Worcestershire 4 1 2 1 0 2 36.696
Scotland 4 0 3 0 1 0 50.733

Group B

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Lancashire 4 2 0 2 0 6 37.231
Warwickshire 4 2 0 1 1 6 39.333
Nottinghamshire 4 2 1 0 1 5 39.955
Derbyshire 4 0 2 1 1 2 49.765
Yorkshire 4 0 3 0 1 1 48.053

Group C

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Essex 4 3 1 0 0 6 33.243
Hampshire 4 3 1 0 0 6 35.514
Sussex 4 2 2 0 0 4 45.929
Somerset 4 1 2 0 1 3 34.107
Minor Counties 4 0 3 0 1 0 82.500

Group D

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Kent 4 3 1 0 0 6 35.061
Middlesex 4 2 0 0 2 6 50.000
Glamorgan 4 1 1 1 1 4 39.353
Surrey 4 1 2 1 0 3 41.167
Oxford and Cambridge Universities 4 0 3 0 1 0 43.455

Quarter-Finals

1, 2, 3 June 1983
(scorecard)
Essex
231/8 (55 overs)
v
Warwickshire
168 all out (50.3 overs)
Keith Fletcher 87
Bob Willis 3/51 (11 overs)
Dennis Amiss 49
Norbert Phillip 4/33 (9.3 overs)
Essex won by 63 runs
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: Bill Alley & Arthur Jepson
Player of the match: Derek Pringle (Essex)
  • Two reserve days used. No play first day. Warwickshire were 30/0 (13.4 overs) at the close of the first reserve day’s play.
1, 2, 3 June 1983
(scorecard)
Gloucestershire
12/0 (4 overs)
v
No result (Middlesex won on toss of a coin)
County Ground, Bristol
Umpires: Ray Julian & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: None
  • Two reserve days used. Gloucestershire were 12/0 (4 overs) at the close of the first day's play. No play on either reserve day.
1, 2 June 1983
(scorecard)
Kent
198/9 (55 overs)
v
Hampshire
193/9 (55 overs)
Neil Taylor 47
Malcolm Marshall 4/26 (11 overs)
Paul Terry 72
Richard Ellison 3/22 (11 overs)
Kent won by 5 runs
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Jack Birkenshaw
Player of the match: Richard Ellison (Kent)
  • Reserve day used. No play first day.
1, 2, 3 June 1983
(scorecard)
Lancashire
290/5 (55 overs)
v
Leicestershire
154/9 (55 overs)
Graeme Fowler 97
Tim Lamb 2/54 (11 overs)
Kapil Dev 49
Paul Allott 2/25 (7.1 overs)
Lancashire won by 107 runs
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Don Oslear
Player of the match: [[ Graeme Fowler]] (Lancashire)
  • Two reserve days used. Lancashire were 186/2 (42.4 overs) at the close of the first day's play. No play first reserve day.

Semi-Finals

6 July 1983
(scorecard)
Kent
128 all out (51 overs)
v
Essex
130/1 (46 overs)
Bob Woolmer 33
John Lever 3/29 (11 overs)
Brian Hardie 58*
Richard Ellison 1/23 (11 overs)
Essex won by 9 wickets
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: Roy Palmer & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Stuart Turner (Essex)
6 July 1983
(scorecard)
Lancashire
90 all out (31.5 overs)
v
Middlesex
91/4 (30.2 overs)
David Hughes 27
Norman Cowans 4/33 (11 overs)
Clive Radley 32*
Paul Allott 2/23 (11 overs)
Middlesex won by 6 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater & David Shepherd
Player of the match: Norman Cowans (Middlesex)

Final

23 July 1983
(scorecard)
Middlesex
196/8 (55 overs)
v
Essex
192 all out (54.1 overs)
Clive Radley 89
Neil Foster 3/26 (11 overs)
Brian Hardie 49
Norman Cowans 4/39 (10.1 overs)
Middlesex won by 4 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Barrie Meyer
Player of the match: Clive Radley (Middlesex)

References

CricketArchive - 1983 Benson & Hedges Cup

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

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup

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