1984 Benson & Hedges Cup

1984 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s) Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format

Limited overs cricket

(55 overs per innings)

Champions Lancashire (1st title)
Participants 20
Matches played 47
Most runs 366 Dennis Amiss (Warwickshire)
Most wickets 16 Derek Pringle (Essex)

The 1984 Benson & Hedges Cup was the thirteenth competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup.

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


Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Warwickshire 4 4 0 0 0 8 36.167
Yorkshire 4 3 1 0 0 6 38.824
Leicestershire 4 2 2 0 0 4 61.429
Northamptonshire 4 1 3 0 0 2 51.360
Scotland 4 0 4 0 0 0 62.667

Group B

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Nottinghamshire 4 3 1 0 0 6 38.129
Lancashire 4 3 1 0 0 6 41.742
Derbyshire 4 3 1 0 0 6 44.000
Worcestershire 4 1 3 0 0 2 45.103
Minor Counties 4 0 4 0 0 0 59.211

Group C

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Sussex 4 3 1 0 0 6 37.029
Somerset 4 3 1 0 0 6 40.000
Kent 4 2 2 0 0 4 33.973
Glamorgan 4 1 3 0 0 2 45.296
Middlesex 4 1 3 0 0 0 49.600

Group D

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Essex 4 4 0 0 0 8 36.857
Surrey 4 2 2 0 0 4 44.667
Hampshire 4 2 2 0 0 4 45.308
Gloucestershire 4 1 3 0 0 2 35.595
Oxford and Cambridge Universities 4 1 3 0 0 2 47.583

Quarter-Finals

6 June 1984
(scorecard)
Essex
157 all out (55 overs)
v
Lancashire
158/6 (52.5 overs)
John Abrahams 53
Derek Pringle 5/35 (10 overs)
Lancashire won by 4 wickets
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: John Harris & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: John Abrahams (Lancashire)
6, 7 June 1984
(scorecard)
Nottinghamshire
256/3 (55 overs)
v
Surrey
89 all out (35.3 overs)
Derek Randall 103*
Sylvester Clarke 1/34 (11 overs)
Derek Thomas 19
Kevin Saxelby 3/12 (8 overs)
Nottinghamshire won by 167 runs
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater & Peter Wight
Player of the match: Clive Rice (Nottinghamshire)
  • Reserve day used. No play on first day.
6 June 1984
(scorecard)
Yorkshire
260/5 (55 overs)
v
Sussex
223 all out (53.3 overs)
Martyn Moxon 79
Colin Wells 1/28 (7 overs)
Alan Wells 51
Steve Oldham 3/24 (11 overs)
Yorkshire won by 37 runs
County Ground, Hove
Umpires: Bill Alley & Roy Palmer
Player of the match: Martyn Moxon (Yorkshire)
6 June 1984
(scorecard)
Warwickshire
282/5 (55 overs)
v
Somerset
216 all out (47.1 overs)
Andy Lloyd 77
Colin Dredge 2/66 (11 overs)
Martin Crowe 89
Norman Gifford 3/45 (10.1 overs)
Warwickshire won by 66 runs
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: John Holder & Ray Julian
Player of the match: Andy Lloyd (Warwickshire)

Semi-Finals

20, 21 June 1984
(scorecard)
Nottinghamshire
223/6 (55 overs)
v
Lancashire
224/4 (52.2 overs)
Chris Broad 49
Jack Simmons 2/23 (11 overs)
Mark Chadwick 87
Chris Broad 2/73 (11 overs)
Lancashire won by 6 wickets
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: Jack Birkenshaw & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Mark Chadwick (Lancashire)
  • Reserve day used. Lancashire were 41/0 (12.2 overs) at the close of the first day's play
20 June 1984
(scorecard)
Warwickshire
276/4 (55 overs)
v
Yorkshire
273/8 (55 overs)
Kevin Sharp 83
Anton Ferreira 3/59 (11 overs)
Warwickshire won by 3 runs
Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: Don Oslear & Nigel Plews
Player of the match: David Bairstow (Yorkshire)

Final

21 July 1984
(scorecard)
Warwickshire
139 all out (50.4 overs)
v
Lancashire
140/4 (42.4 overs)
Alvin Kallicharran 70
Paul Allott 3/15 (8.4 overs)
Lancashire won by 6 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: David Constant & David Evans
Player of the match: John Abrahams (Lancashire)

References

CricketArchive - 1984 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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