1980 Benson & Hedges Cup

April 2022 Test and County Cricket Board Limited overs cricket(55 overs per innings) Northamptonshire 1 20 47 368 Graham Gooch (Essex) 18 Sarfraz Nawaz (Northamptonshire) 1979 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup 1981 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup 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.Frindall Bill Playfair Cricket Annual 2003 Headline Book Publishing 0-7553-1040-3 The competition was won by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. Fixtures and results Group stage Group A TeamPldWLPtsBowSR 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 TeamPldWLPtsBowSR 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 TeamPldWLPtsBowSR 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 TeamPldWLPtsBowSR 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 Essex 270/5 (55 overs) 184 all out (48 overs) Surrey Ken McEwan 95 Roger Knight 2/40 (11 overs) Geoff Howarth 42 Keith Pont 3/26 (9.2 overs) Essex won by 86 runs (scorecard) County Ground, Chelmsford Ray Julian & John Langridge Ken McEwan (Essex) 11, 12 June 1980 Worcestershire 314/5 (55 overs) 269 all out (54.2 overs) Lancashire Phil Neale 128 Bernard Reidy 2/70 (11 overs) Ian Cockbain 53 Hartley Alleyne 3/39 (10.2 overs) Worcestershire won by 45 runs (scorecard) Old Trafford, Manchester Sam Cook & Arthur Jepson Glenn Turner (Worcestershire) Reserve day used. No play first day 11 June 1980 Middlesex 195 all out (54.5 overs) 166 all out (53.3 overs) Sussex John Emburey 34* Colin Wells 4/21 (11 overs) Paul Parker 59 Wayne Daniel 3/21 (11 overs) Middlesex won by 29 runs (scorecard) Lord's, London Jack van Geloven & Peter Wight John Emburey (Middlesex) 11 June 1980 Nottinghamshire 143 all out (51.1 overs) 145/3 (47.1 overs) Northamptonshire Derek Randall 48 Tim Lamb 4/11 (11 overs) Geoff Cook 66 Richard Hadlee 2/24 (11 overs) Northamptonshire won by 7 wickets (scorecard) County Ground, Northampton Bill Alley & Tom Spencer Tim Lamb (Northamptonshire) Semi-finals 25, 26 June 1980 Northamptonshire 206/8 (55 overs) 195 all out (53.4 overs) Middlesex Richard Williams 73* Mike Gatting 3/68 (11 overs) Mike Gatting 91 Sarfraz Nawaz 5/21 (11 overs) Northamptonshire won by 11 runs (scorecard) Lord's, London Lloyd Budd & Alan Whitehead 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 Worcestershire 236/9 (55 overs) 240/2 (51 overs) Essex Alan Ormrod 70 John Lever 2/46 (9 overs) Graham Gooch 81 Hartley Alleyne 1/48 (11 overs) Essex won by 8 wickets (scorecard) New Road, Worcester David Evans & Ken Palmer 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 Northamptonshire 209 all out (54.5 overs) 203/8 (55 overs) Essex Allan Lamb 72 Keith Pont 4/60 (11 overs) Graham Gooch 60 Sarfraz Nawaz 3/23 (11 overs) Northamptonshire won by 6 runs (scorecard) Lord's, London David Constant & Barrie Meyer Allan Lamb (Northamptonshire) Reserve day used. No play first day References CricketArchive – 1980 Benson & Hedges Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20110221000319/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/ENG/1980_ENG_Benson_and_Hedges_Cup_1980.html 2011-02-21 See also Benson & Hedges Cup Category:Benson & Hedges Cup seasons Category:1980 in English cricket Category:Long stubs with short prose