1997 Benson & Hedges Cup
Cricket tournament
Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(50 overs per innings) |
Champions | Surrey (2nd title) |
Participants | 22 |
Matches | 57 |
Most runs | 384 Alec Stewart (Surrey)[1] |
Most wickets | 17 Matthew Fleming (Kent)[2] |
← 1996 1998 → |
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.[3]
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
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | NRRA100 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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:[4]
Group B
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | NRRA100 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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:[4]
Group C
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | NRRA100 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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:[4]
Group D
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | NRRA100 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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:[4]
Quarter-finals
27 May 1997 (scorecard) |
Essex 214 all out (45.5 overs) | v | Surrey 215/4 (42.3 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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
Surrey won by 8 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: George Sharp & David Shepherd Player of the match: Ben Hollioake (Surrey) |
References
- ^ "Batting and Fielding in Benson and Hedges Cup 1997 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ "Bowling in Benson and Hedges Cup 1997 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ "Benson and Hedges Cup 1997". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Benson and Hedges Cup 1997 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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