1997 Benson & Hedges Cup

1997 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format Limited overs cricket
(50 overs per innings)
Champions Surrey (2nd title)
Participants 22
Matches played 57
Most runs 384 Alec Stewart (Surrey)[1]
Most wickets 17 Matthew Fleming (Kent)[2]

The 1997 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-sixth competing 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.[3]

The competition was won by Kent County Cricket Club for the second time, defeating Surrey County Cricket Club by 8 wickets in the final at Lord's on 12 July 1997.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W L NR A Pts NRRA100
Yorkshire54100816.132
Warwickshire53200615.220
Derbyshire5320062.689
Lancashire532006-1.503
Worcestershire523004-3.896
Minor Counties505000-28.565

Source:[4]

Group B

Team Pld W L NR A Pts NRRA100
Leicestershire43100618.149
Northamptonshire4310069.131
Durham42200414.744
Nottinghamshire412013-12.968
Scotland403011-51.265

Source:[4]

Group C

Team Pld W L NR A Pts NRRA100
Kent5401099.850
Surrey54100821.192
Gloucestershire5221057.062
Sussex523004-0.512
Hampshire514002-15.496
British Universities514002-18.565

Source:[4]

Group D

Team Pld W L NR A Pts NRRA100
Essex4300178.538
Somerset43100629.875
Glamorgan422004-6.827
Ireland412013-32.622
Middlesex404000-6.750

Source:[4]

Quarter-Finals

27 May 1997
(scorecard)
Essex
214 all out (45.5 overs)
v
Surrey
215/4 (42.3 overs)
Nasser Hussain 52
Martin Bicknell 3/40 (10 overs)
Graham Thorpe 73
Mark Ilott 2/60 (10 overs)
Surrey won by 6 wickets
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: John Harris & Mervyn Kitchen
Player of the match: Martin Bicknell (Surrey)
27 May 1997
(scorecard)
Warwickshire
304/8 (50 overs)
v
Kent
306/6 (49.3 overs)
Neil Smith 125
Matthew Fleming 4/58 (10 overs)
Matthew Walker 117
Gladstone Small 2/51 (10 overs)
Kent won by 4 wickets
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: George Sharp & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Matthew Walker (Kent)
27 May 1997
(scorecard)
Leicestershire
197 all out (46.2 overs)
v
Somerset
177 all out (47.5 overs)
Ben Smith 61
Harvey Trump 4/51 (10 overs)
Andrew Caddick 38
Alan Mullally 3/33 (9 overs)
Leicestershire won by 20 runs
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater & Bob White
Player of the match: David Millns (Leicestershire)
27 May 1997
(scorecard)
Yorkshire
253/9 (50 overs)
v
Northamptonshire
254/3 (46 overs)
Michael Vaughan 85
David Capel 5/51 (10 overs)
Rob Bailey 70*
Craig White 1/44 (10 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 7 wickets
Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds
Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Nigel Plews
Player of the match: David Capel (Northamptonshire)

Semi-Finals

10 June 1997
(scorecard)
Kent
206/8 (50 overs)
v
Northamptonshire
140 all out (46 overs)
Trevor Ward 78
David Follett 2/30 (5 overs)
Rob Bailey 33
Paul Strang 4/29 (10 overs)
Kent won by 66 runs
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: Allan Jones & Roy Palmer
Player of the match: Dean Headley (Kent)
10 June 1997
(scorecard)
Surrey
308/8 (50 overs)
v
Leicestershire
178 all out (45.3 overs)
Alec Stewart 87
Alan Mullally 2/53 (10 overs)
Paul Nixon 53
Martin Bicknell 4/41 (10 overs)
Surrey won by 130 runs
The Foster's Oval, London
Umpires: John Holder & Ray Julian
Player of the match: Martin Bicknell (Surrey)

Final

12 July 1997
(scorecard)
Kent
212/9 (50 overs)
v
Surrey
215/2 (45 overs)
Mark Ealham 52
Chris Lewis 3/39 (10 overs)
Ben Hollioake 98
Mark Ealham 1/31 (6 overs)
Surrey won by 8 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: George Sharp & David Shepherd
Player of the match: Ben Hollioake (Surrey)

References

  1. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in Benson and Hedges Cup 1997 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Bowling in Benson and Hedges Cup 1997 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Benson and Hedges Cup 1997". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Benson and Hedges Cup 1997 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2016. (Subscription required (help)).

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup

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