1982 Benson & Hedges Cup

1982 Benson & Hedges Cup

Administrator(s)	Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings)
Champions	Somerset (1st title)
Participants	20
Matches	47
Most runs	317 Neil Taylor (Kent)
Most wickets	19 Colin Croft (Lancashire)

The 1982 Benson & Hedges Cup was the eleventh edition 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
Derbyshire	4	3	1	0	0	6	38.559
Leicestershire	4	3	1	0	0	6	44.000
Worcestershire	4	2	2	0	0	4	45.750
Minor Counties	4	1	3	0	0	2	39.846
Yorkshire	4	1	3	0	0	0	53.217

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Nottinghamshire	4	4	0	0	0	8	34.703
Lancashire	4	3	1	0	0	6	31.211
Warwickshire	4	2	2	0	0	4	39.667
Northamptonshire	4	1	3	0	0	2	47.783
Scotland	4	0	4	0	0	0	98.667

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Kent	4	3	1	0	0	6	35.806
Sussex	4	3	1	0	0	6	37.969
Essex	4	2	2	0	0	4	39.194
Surrey	4	2	2	0	0	4	42.226
Hampshire	4	0	4	0	0	0	37.457

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Middlesex	4	4	0	0	0	8	37.581
Somerset	4	3	1	0	0	6	38.226
Gloucestershire	4	2	2	0	0	4	43.733
Glamorgan	4	1	3	0	0	2	36.581
Oxford and Cambridge Universities	4	0	4	0	0	0	88.917

Quarter-finals

16 June 1982 (scorecard)

Derbyshire 190 all out (55 overs)	v	Sussex 194/6 (53.5 overs)
Peter Kirsten 60 Ian Greig 2/33 (11 overs)		Paul Parker 72 Steve Oldham 2/30 (10 overs)

Sussex won by 4 wickets County Ground, Derby Umpires: Dickie Bird & Arthur Jepson Player of the match: Paul Parker (Sussex)

16 June 1982 (scorecard)

Kent 207 all out (54.2 overs)	v	Somerset 208/7 (54.4 overs)
Neil Taylor 121 Ian Botham 4/52 (11 overs)		Brian Rose 52 Kevin Jarvis 3/44 (11 overs)

Somerset won by 3 wickets St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: David Shepherd & Peter Wight Player of the match: Neil Taylor (Kent)

16 June 1982 (scorecard)

Lancashire 191/9 (55 overs)	v	Middlesex 139 all out (48 overs)
Clive Lloyd 66 Wayne Daniel 2/32 (11 overs)		Clive Radley 66 Ian Folley 4/18 (10 overs)

Lancashire won by 52 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Roy Palmer & Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Clive Lloyd (Lancashire)

16, 17 June 1982 (scorecard)

Nottinghamshire 156 all out (53.4 overs)	v	Leicestershire 154/9 (55 overs)
Basher Hassan 48 Les Taylor 3/45 (10.4 overs)		David Gower 34 Michael Bore 3/21 (11 overs)

Nottinghamshire won by 2 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Bill Alley & Barrie Meyer Player of the match: Gordon Parsons (Leicestershire)

• Reserve day used. Leicestershire were 118/7 (47 overs) at the close of the first day's play

Semi-finals

30 June 1982 (scorecard)

Lancashire 182 all out (54.4 overs)	v	Nottinghamshire 184/6 (53.1 overs)
Chris Maynard 60 Kevin Saxelby 3/51 (11 overs)		Richard Hadlee 55 Colin Croft 3/33 (10.1 overs)

Nottinghamshire won by 4 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Ken Palmer Player of the match: Richard Hadlee (Nottinghamshire)

30 June 1982 (scorecard)

Sussex 110 all out (41.1 overs)	v	Somerset 112/2 (36.1 overs)
Garth le Roux 46 Joel Garner 4/24 (9.1 overs)		Peter Denning 68* Allan Green 1/4 (3 overs)

Somerset won by 8 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Ray Julian & Don Oslear Player of the match: Joel Garner (Somerset)

Final

24 July 1982 (scorecard)

Nottinghamshire 130 all out (50.1 overs)	v	Somerset 132/1 (33.1 overs)
Clive Rice 27 Joel Garner 3/13 (8.1 overs)		Peter Roebuck 53* Mike Hendrick 1/26 (8 overs)

Somerset won by 9 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: David Constant & David Evans Player of the match: Vic Marks (Somerset)

References

CricketArchive - 1982 Benson & Hedges Cup

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup