1980 Benson & Hedges Cup

1980 Benson & Hedges Cup

Administrator(s)	Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings)
Champions	Northamptonshire (1st title)
Participants	20
Matches	47
Most runs	368 Graham Gooch (Essex)
Most wickets	18 Sarfraz Nawaz (Northamptonshire)

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.

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

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup