1987 Benson & Hedges Cup

1987 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s) Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format

Limited overs cricket

(55 overs per innings)

Champions Yorkshire (1st title)
Participants 20
Matches played 47
Most runs 445 Ashley Metcalfe (Yorkshire)
Most wickets 15 Stuart Fletcher (Yorkshire)

The 1987 Benson & Hedges Cup was the sixteenth edition of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup.[1]

The competition was won by Yorkshire County Cricket Club.[2]

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W L NR Pts BpR
Gloucestershire 4 3 1 0 6 1.407
Northamptonshire 4 2 2 0 4 1.260
Derbyshire 4 2 2 0 4 1.443
Nottinghamshire 4 2 2 0 4 1.721
Leicestershire 4 1 3 0 2 1.705

Group B

Team Pld W L NR Pts BpR
Yorkshire 4 4 0 0 8 1.508
Worcestershire 4 3 1 0 6 1.533
Lancashire 4 1 2 1 3 1.649
Warwickshire 4 1 2 1 3 1.675
Scotland 4 0 4 0 0 2.164

Group C

Team Pld W L NR Pts BpR
Somerset 4 3 1 0 6 1.255
Hampshire 4 3 1 0 6 1.401
Essex 4 2 2 0 4 1.911
Middlesex 4 1 2 1 3 1.644
Combined Universities 4 0 3 1 1 1.667

Group D

Team Pld W L NR Pts BpR
Surrey 4 4 0 0 8 1.276
Glamorgan 4 3 1 0 6 1.282
Kent 4 1 3 0 2 1.450
Sussex 4 1 3 0 2 1.455
Minor Counties 4 1 3 0 2 1.682

Quarter-Finals

27 May 1987
(scorecard)
Gloucestershire
250/7 (55 overs)
v
Kent
251/9 (55 overs)
Bill Athey 61
Chris Penn 2/52 (11 overs)
Derek Aslett 56
Phil Bainbridge 2/44 (11 overs)
Kent won by 1 wicket
County Ground, Bristol
Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Chris Cowdrey (Kent)
27 May 1987
(scorecard)
Northamptonshire
212 all out (54.2 overs)
v
Somerset
183 all out (50.5 overs)
Richard Williams 72
Adrian Jones 3/33 (10.2 overs)
Neil Burns 43*
David Capel 4/38 (11 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 29 runs
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: David Constant & Nigel Plews
Player of the match: Richard Williams (Northamptonshire)
27 May 1987
(scorecard)
Worcestershire
233/8 (55 overs)
v
Surrey
234/3 (53.4 overs)
Tim Curtis 78
Sylvester Clarke 4/47 (11 overs)
David Smith 110*
Phil Newport 2/34 (8 overs)
Surrey won by 7 wickets
The Oval, London
Umpires: David Evans & Barrie Leadbeater
Player of the match: David Smith (Surrey)
27 May 1987
(scorecard)
Hampshire
174/8 (55 overs)
v
Yorkshire
178/1 (45.5 overs)
David Turner 38
Stuart Fletcher 3/41 (11 overs)
Yorkshire won by 9 wickets
Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds
Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Don Oslear
Player of the match: Ashley Metcalfe (Yorkshire)

Semi-Finals

10 June 1987
(scorecard)
Kent
275/7 (55 overs)
v
Northamptonshire
279/5 (54.4 overs)
Chris Cowdrey 87
Winston Davis 3/37 (11 overs)
Allan Lamb 126*
Derek Underwood 2/64 (11 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 5 wickets
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: John Hampshire & Nigel Plews
Player of the match: Allan Lamb (Northamptonshire)
10, 11, 12 June 1987
(scorecard)
Yorkshire
238/7 (55 overs)
v
Surrey
162 all out (48.2 overs)
Martyn Moxon 97
Martin Bicknell 3/29 (11 overs)
Grahame Clinton 69
Arnie Sidebottom 3/29 (8.2 overs)
Yorkshire won by 76 runs
Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds
Umpires: Jack Birkenshaw & David Constant
Player of the match: Martyn Moxon (Yorkshire)
  • Two reserve days used. Surrey were 41/3 at the close of the first day's play. No play on the first reserve day.

Final

11 July 1987
(scorecard)
Northamptonshire
244/7 (55 overs)
v
Yorkshire
244/6 (55 overs)
David Capel 97
Paul Jarvis 4/43 (11 overs)
Jim Love 75*
Richard Williams 3/32 (11 overs)
Yorkshire won by losing fewer wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Jim Love (Yorkshire)

References

  1. ↑ Frindall, Bill (2003). Playfair Cricket Annual. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7553-1040-3.
  2. ↑ "1987 Benson & Hedges Cup". Cricket Archive.

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup

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