1997 Benson & Hedges Cup

April 2022 England and Wales Cricket Board Limited overs cricket(50 overs per innings) Surrey 2 22 57 384 Alec Stewart (Surrey)https://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/Benson_and_Hedges_Cup_1997/Batting_by_Runs.html Batting and Fielding in Benson and Hedges Cup 1997 (Ordered by Runs) CricketArchive 7 May 2016 17 Matthew Fleming (Kent)https://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/Benson_and_Hedges_Cup_1997/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Bowling in Benson and Hedges Cup 1997 (Ordered by Wickets) CricketArchive 7 May 2016 1996 1996 Benson & Hedges Cup 1998 1998 Benson & Hedges Cup The 1997 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-sixth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 28 April and 12 July 1997. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/Benson_and_Hedges_Cup_1997.html Benson and Hedges Cup 1997 CricketArchive 7 May 2016 The competition was won by Surrey County Cricket Club for the second time, defeating Kent County Cricket Club by 8 wickets in the final at Lord's on 12 July 1997. Fixtures and results Group stage Group A TeamPldWLNRAPtsNRRA100 Yorkshire 5 4 1 0 0 8 16.132 Warwickshire 5 3 2 0 0 6 15.220 Derbyshire 5 3 2 0 0 6 2.689 Lancashire 5 3 2 0 0 6 -1.503 Worcestershire 5 2 3 0 0 4 -3.896 Minor Counties 5 0 5 0 0 0 -28.565 Source:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/0/Benson_and_Hedges_Cup_1997.html Benson and Hedges Cup 1997 Points Table CricketArchive 7 May 2016 Group B TeamPldWLNRAPtsNRRA100 Leicestershire 4 3 1 0 0 6 18.149 Northamptonshire 4 3 1 0 0 6 9.131 Durham 4 2 2 0 0 4 14.744 Nottinghamshire 4 1 2 0 1 3 -12.968 Scotland 4 0 3 0 1 1 -51.265 Source: Group C TeamPldWLNRAPtsNRRA100 Kent 5 4 0 1 0 9 9.850 Surrey 5 4 1 0 0 8 21.192 Gloucestershire 5 2 2 1 0 5 7.062 Sussex 5 2 3 0 0 4 -0.512 Hampshire 5 1 4 0 0 2 -15.496 British Universities 5 1 4 0 0 2 -18.565 Source: Group D TeamPldWLNRAPtsNRRA100 Essex 4 3 0 0 1 7 8.538 Somerset 4 3 1 0 0 6 29.875 Glamorgan 4 2 2 0 0 4 -6.827 Ireland 4 1 2 0 1 3 -32.622 Middlesex 4 0 4 0 0 0 -6.750 Source: Quarter-finals 27 May 1997 Essex 214 all out (45.5 overs) 215/4 (42.3 overs) Surrey Nasser Hussain 52 Martin Bicknell 3/40 (10 overs) Graham Thorpe 73 Mark Ilott 2/60 (10 overs) Surrey won by 6 wickets (scorecard) County Ground, Chelmsford John Harris & Mervyn Kitchen Martin Bicknell (Surrey) 27 May 1997 Warwickshire 304/8 (50 overs) 306/6 (49.3 overs) Kent Neil Smith 125 Matthew Fleming 4/58 (10 overs) Matthew Walker 117 Gladstone Small 2/51 (10 overs) Kent won by 4 wickets (scorecard) St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury George Sharp & Alan Whitehead Matthew Walker (Kent) 27 May 1997 Leicestershire 197 all out (46.2 overs) 177 all out (47.5 overs) Somerset Ben Smith 61 Harvey Trump 4/51 (10 overs) Andy Caddick 38 Alan Mullally 3/33 (9 overs) Leicestershire won by 20 runs (scorecard) Grace Road, Leicester Barrie Leadbeater & Bob White David Millns (Leicestershire) 27 May 1997 Yorkshire 253/9 (50 overs) 254/3 (46 overs) Northamptonshire Michael Vaughan 85 David Capel 5/51 (10 overs) Rob Bailey 70* Craig White 1/44 (10 overs) Northamptonshire won by 7 wickets (scorecard) Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds Barrie Meyer & Nigel Plews David Capel (Northamptonshire) Semi-finals 10 June 1997 Kent 206/8 (50 overs) 140 all out (46 overs) Northamptonshire Trevor Ward 78 David Follett 2/30 (5 overs) Rob Bailey 33 Paul Strang 4/29 (10 overs) Kent won by 66 runs (scorecard) St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Allan Jones & Roy Palmer Dean Headley (Kent) 10 June 1997 Surrey 308/8 (50 overs) 178 all out (45.3 overs) Leicestershire Alec Stewart 87 Alan Mullally 2/53 (10 overs) Paul Nixon 53 Martin Bicknell 4/41 (10 overs) Surrey won by 130 runs (scorecard) The Foster's Oval, London John Holder & Ray Julian Martin Bicknell (Surrey) Final 12 July 1997 Kent 212/9 (50 overs) 215/2 (45 overs) Surrey Mark Ealham 52 Chris Lewis 3/39 (10 overs) Ben Hollioake 98 Mark Ealham 1/31 (6 overs) Surrey won by 8 wickets (scorecard) Lord's, London George Sharp & David Shepherd Ben Hollioake (Surrey) References See also Benson & Hedges Cup Category:Benson & Hedges Cup seasons Category:1997 in English cricket