1989 Refuge Assurance Cup

August 2014 August 2014 Test and County Cricket Board Limited overs cricket(40 overs per innings) Knockout Essex 1 4 3 139 Paul Prichard (Essex) 5 Derek Pringle (Essex)/Graham Gooch (Essex)/Andy Pick (Notts) The 1989 Refuge Assurance Cup was the second competing of the Refuge Assurance Cup, for the most successful teams in the Sunday League. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 6 and 17 September 1989. The tournament was won by Essex County Cricket Club who defeated Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club by 5 runs in the final at Edgbaston, Birmingham. Format The cup was an end-of-season affair. The counties finishing in the top four of the 1989 Refuge Assurance League competed in the semi-finals. The top two teams were drawn at home. Winners from the semi-finals then went on to the final at Edgbaston which was held on 17 September 1989. Semi-finals 6 September 1989 Lancashire 187/9 (40 overs) 188/5 (39.2 overs) Nottinghamshire Neil Fairbrother 59 Andy Pick 4/25 (8 overs) Chris Broad 49 Wasim Akram 1/28 (8 overs) Nottinghamshire won by 5 wickets (scorecard) Old Trafford, Manchester John Harris and Roy Palmer Wasim Akram (Lancashire) 6 September 1989 Essex 211/7 (40 overs) 110 all out (34.1 overs) Worcestershire Paul Prichard 82 * Neal Radford 2/40 (8 overs) Phil Neale 22 Graham Gooch 3/13 (6 overs) Essex won by 101 runs (scorecard) New Road, Worcester David Constant & Kevin Lyons Paul Prichard (Essex) Final 17 September 1989 Essex 160/5 (40 overs) 155 all out (39.4 overs) Nottinghamshire Paul Prichard 57 Eddie Hemmings 1/24 (8 overs) Chris Broad 39 Derek Pringle 4/20 (7.4 overs) Essex won by 5 runs (scorecard) Edgbaston, Birmingham John Holder & Barry Meyer Paul Prichard (Essex) The attendance at the final was approximately 8,000.Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1990 References CricketArchive tournament page https://web.archive.org/web/20121107021736/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/ENG/1989_ENG_Refuge_Assurance_Cup_1989.html 7 November 2012 Category:Pro40 Refuge