1998 Benson & Hedges Cup

April 2022 England and Wales Cricket Board Limited overs cricket(50 overs per innings) Essex 2 22 57 629 Darren Maddy (Leicestershire)https://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/Benson_and_Hedges_Cup_1998/Batting_by_Runs.html Batting and Fielding in Benson and Hedges Cup 1998 (Ordered by Runs) CricketArchive 7 May 2016 13 Glen Chapple (Lancashire)Richard Johnson (Middlesex)Alan Mullally (Leicestershire)Ben Hollioake (Surrey)https://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/Benson_and_Hedges_Cup_1998/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Bowling in Benson and Hedges Cup 1998 (Ordered by Wickets) CricketArchive 7 May 2016 1997 1997 Benson & Hedges Cup 1999 1999 Benson & Hedges Super Cup The 1998 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-seventh 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 1998. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/Benson_and_Hedges_Cup_1998.html Benson and Hedges Cup 1998 CricketArchive 7 May 2016 It had been agreed at various meetings of the ECB in September 1997 Engel Matthew Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1998 Guildford John Wisden & Co Ltd 1372 1998 that, due to restrictions on tobacco advertising and a desire to reduce the amount of one-day cricket played, that this would be the final Benson & Hedges Cup, but that henceforth a Super Cup would be played for between the top eight teams in the previous year's County Championship. The editor of Wisden, Matthew Engel, had suggested such a move in the 1995 edition in order to liven up the county scene. The Super Cup was competed for in 1999 but was abandoned and the zonal system resumed for the 2000 competition. The revision to the system meant that 1998 was the last appearance in the Benson & Hedges Cup of the Minor Counties, the British Universities, Scotland and Ireland. The competition was won by Essex County Cricket Club for the second time, defeating Leicestershire County Cricket Club by 192 runs in the final at Lord's on 11 and 12 July 1998. Fixtures and results Group stage Group A TeamPldWLNRAPtsNRRA100 Leicestershire 5 4 1 0 0 8 23.324 Lancashire 5 4 1 0 0 8 17.313 Warwickshire 5 4 1 0 0 8 16.358 Nottinghamshire 5 2 3 0 0 4 1.519 Northamptonshire 5 1 4 0 0 2 -10.406 Minor Counties 5 0 5 0 0 0 -50.577 Source:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/0/Benson_and_Hedges_Cup_1998.html Benson and Hedges Cup 1998 Points Table CricketArchive 7 May 2016 Group B TeamPldWLNRAPtsNRRA100 Yorkshire 4 4 0 0 0 8 13.134 Durham 4 3 1 0 0 6 -1.427 Worcestershire 4 2 2 0 0 4 3.666 Derbyshire 4 1 2 0 1 3 -3.277 Scotland 4 0 3 0 1 1 -10.520 Source: Group C TeamPldWLNRAPtsNRRA100 Surrey 5 5 0 0 0 10 13.168 Kent 5 3 1 0 1 7 14.171 Somerset 5 2 2 0 1 5 0.558 Gloucestershire 5 2 3 0 0 4 2.890 British Universities 5 1 4 0 0 2 -12.823 Hampshire 5 1 4 0 0 2 -15.563 Source: Group D TeamPldWLNRAPtsNRRA100 Middlesex 4 4 0 0 0 8 3.716 Essex 4 2 1 1 0 5 19.485 Glamorgan 4 1 2 1 0 3 10.333 Sussex 4 1 2 0 1 3 -1.533 Ireland 4 0 3 0 1 1 -33.294 Source: Quarter-finals 27 May 1998 Kent 158 all out (45.1 overs) 159/2 (37.2 overs) Leicestershire Carl Hooper 60 Phil Simmons 5/33 (9.1 overs) Darren Maddy 93* Mark Ealham 2/32 (10 overs) Leicestershire won by 8 wickets (scorecard) Grace Road, Leicester Barry Dudleston & Bob White Darren Maddy (Leicestershire) 27, 28 May 1998 Essex 232/9 (50 overs) 224/7 (50 overs) Middlesex Stephen Peters 58* Richard Johnson 3/40 (10 overs) Justin Langer 71 Ashley Cowan 5/28 (10 overs) Essex won by 8 runs (scorecard) Lord's, London Tony Clarkson & Roy Palmer Ashley Cowan (Essex) Reserve day used. Essex were 232/9 at the close of the first day's play. 27, 28 May 1998 Lancashire 203 all out (49.4 overs) 206/5 (45.4 overs) Surrey Mike Atherton 93 Saqlain Mushtaq 4/46 (9.4 overs) Ali Brown 41 Gary Yates 2/35 (10 overs) Surrey won by 5 wickets (scorecard) The Foster's Oval, London David Shepherd & Alan Whitehead Mike Atherton (Lancashire) Reserve day used. Surrey were 35/0 at the close of the first day's play. 27 May 1998 Yorkshire 269/5 (50 overs) 167 all out (39 overs) Durham Darren Lehmann 119 Melvyn Betts 2/44 (10 overs) Paul Collingwood 39 Gavin Hamilton 2/17 (6 overs) Yorkshire won by 102 runs (scorecard) Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds John Harris & Pasty Harris Darren Lehmann (Yorkshire) Semi-finals 9 June 1998 Leicestershire 311/4 (50 overs) 291/8 (50 overs) Surrey Darren Maddy 120* Saqlain Mushtaq 1/46 (10 overs) Adam Hollioake 85 Chris Lewis 4/40 (10 overs) Leicestershire won by 20 runs (scorecard) Grace Road, Leicester David Constant & John Hampshire Engel Matthew Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1999 Guildford John Wisden & Co Ltd 770 1999 Darren Maddy (Leicestershire) 9 June 1998 Essex 258/7 (50 overs) 163 all out (42.4 overs) Yorkshire Nasser Hussain 78 Ryan Sidebottom 2/42 (10 overs) Darren Lehmann 40 Paul Grayson 3/32 (8 overs) Essex won by 95 runs (scorecard) Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds Barrie Leadbeater & Peter Willey Nasser Hussain (Essex) Final 11, 12 July 1998 Essex 268/7 (50 overs) 76 all out (27.4 overs) Leicestershire Paul Prichard 92 Alan Mullally 3/36 (10 overs) Paul Nixon 21 Mark Ilott 3/10 (8 overs) Essex won by 192 runs (scorecard) Lord's, London Ray Julian & Mervyn Kitchen Paul Prichard (Essex) Reserve day used. Essex were 268/7 (50 overs) at the close of the first day's play. References See also Benson & Hedges Cup Category:Benson & Hedges Cup seasons Category:1998 in English cricket Category:Long stubs with short prose