1995 Benson & Hedges Cup

1995 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s) Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format

Limited overs cricket

(55 overs per innings)

Champions Lancashire (3rd title)
Participants 22
Matches played 57
Most runs 469 Trevor Ward (Kent)[1]
Most wickets 15 Javagal Srinath (Gloucestershire)[2]

The 1995 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-fourth competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 23 April and 15 July 1995.[3]

It had been agreed before the close of the 1994 season that the Benson & Hedges Cup would revert to a zonal system, having been a knockout tournament for the 1993 and 1994 tournaments.[4] Ireland, having entered the tournament for the first time in 1994, retained their place, meaning there were 22 teams.

The competition was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club for a record third time, defeating Kent County Cricket Club by 35 runs in the final at Lord's on 15 July 1995.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W L NR A Pts NRRA100
Lancashire 5 4 0 1 0 9 22.567
Nottinghamshire 5 3 1 1 0 7 0.704
Warwickshire 5 2 2 1 0 5 4.685
Durham 5 2 2 1 0 5 -3.172
Minor Counties 5 1 3 1 0 3 -11.761
Leicestershire 5 0 4 1 0 1 -7.583

Source:[5]

Group B

Team Pld W L NR A Pts NRRA100
Yorkshire 4 3 0 0 1 7 17.348
Worcestershire 4 3 1 0 0 6 26.025
Derbyshire 4 2 1 0 1 5 -3.116
Northamptonshire 4 1 3 0 0 2 -1.499
Scotland 4 0 4 0 0 0 -37.356

Source:[5]

Group C

Team Pld W L NR A Pts NRRA100
Gloucestershire 5 5 0 0 0 10 9.991
Middlesex 5 4 1 0 0 8 7.699
Glamorgan 5 3 2 0 0 6 16.454
Essex 5 1 3 1 0 3 -2.485
Hampshire 5 1 3 1 0 3 -6.099
Combined Universities 5 0 5 0 0 0 -28.048

Source:[5]

Group D

Team Pld W L NR A Pts NRRA100
Kent 4 4 0 0 0 8 27.137
Somerset 4 2 2 0 0 4 12.172
Surrey 4 2 2 0 0 4 4.665
Sussex 4 2 2 0 0 4 0.460
Ireland 4 0 4 0 0 0 -46.005

Source:[5]

Quarter-Finals

30, 31 May 1995
(scorecard)
Gloucestershire
113 all out (49.4 overs)
v
Somerset
114/4 (35.1 overs)
Bob Dawson 38
Mushtaq Ahmed 3/23 (10.4 overs)
Marcus Trescothick 52
Javagal Srinath 2/35 (10.1 overs)
Somerset won by 6 wickets
The Royal and Sun Alliance County Ground, Bristol
Umpires: Vanburn Holder & Barrie Leadbeater
Player of the match: Jeremy Batty (Somerset)
  • Reserve day used. Somerset were 64/2 at the close of the first day's play.
30 May 1995
(scorecard)
Kent
250/9 (55 overs)
v
Middlesex
224 all out (54.4 overs)
Trevor Ward 64
Angus Fraser 4/49 (11 overs)
Jason Pooley 47
Matthew Fleming 3/41 (10.4 overs)
Kent won by 26 runs
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Mervyn Kitchen
Player of the match: Mark Ealham (Kent)
30 May 1995
(scorecard)
Nottinghamshire
201/8 (55 overs)
v
Lancashire
205/4 (49.4 overs)
Chris Lewis 48
Ian Austin 3/45 (11 overs)
Graham Lloyd 72*
Kevin Evans 2/28 (9 overs)
Lancashire won by 6 wickets
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: John Holder & Barrie Meyer
Player of the match: Graham Lloyd (Lancashire)
30 May 1995
(scorecard)
Yorkshire
88 all out (48.5 overs)
v
Worcestershire
89/3 (22.5 overs)
David Byas 47
Stuart Lampitt 4/16 (7.5 overs)
Tom Moody 32*
Mark Anderson 2/15 (6 overs)
Worcestershire won by 7 wickets
Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds
Umpires: John Harris & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Stuart Lampitt (Worcestershire)

Semi-Finals

13, 14 June 1995
(scorecard)
Kent
250/9 (55 overs)
v
Somerset
219/8 (55 overs)
Mark Ealham 52
Mushtaq Ahmed 2/28 (11 overs)
Andy Hayhurst 69*
Tim Wren 3/34 (11 overs)
Kent won by 31 runs
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: John Holder & George Sharp
Player of the match: Mark Ealham (Kent)
  • Reserve day used. Kent were 250/9 (55 overs) at the end of the first day's play.
13 June 1994
(scorecard)
Worcestershire
261/5 (55 overs)
v
Lancashire
264/8 (54.2 overs)
Graeme Hick 109
Wasim Akram 3/59 (11 overs)
Wasim Akram 64
Graeme Hick 2/30 (5 overs)
Lancashire won by 2 wickets
New Road, Worcester
Umpires: Roy Palmer & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Wasim Akram (Lancashire)

Final

15 July 1995
(scorecard)
Lancashire
274/7 (55 overs)
v
Kent
239 all out (52.1 overs)
Mike Atherton 93
Dean Headley 2/57 (11 overs)
Aravinda de Silva 112
Mike Watkinson 3/42 (10.1 overs)
Gary Yates 3/42 (11 overs)
Lancashire won by 35 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Nigel Plews & David Shepherd
Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (Kent)

References

  1. "Batting and Fielding in Benson and Hedges Cup 1995 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. "Bowling in Benson and Hedges Cup 1995 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  3. "Benson and Hedges Cup 1995". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  4. Engel, Matthew, ed. (1994). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1994. Guildford: John Wisden & Co Ltd. p. 1294.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Benson and Hedges Cup 1995 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2016.

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup

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