| Administrator | Test and County Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format | Knockout |
| Champions | Lancashire (3rd title) |
| Participants | 22 |
| Matches | 21 |
| Most runs | 272 Clive Lloyd (Lancashire) |
| Most wickets | 14 Bob Willis (Warwickshire) |
| Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1972 Gillette Cup was the tenth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 5 July and 2 September 1972. [1] The tournament was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club who defeated Warwickshire County Cricket Club by 4 wickets in the final at Lord's.
The seventeen first-class counties were joined by five Minor Counties: Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Durham, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the quarter-final stage. Winners from the quarter-finals then progressed to the semi-finals from which the winners then went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 2 September 1972.
5 July 1972 (scorecard) |
Buckinghamshire 224/7 (60 overs) | v | Cambridgeshire 41 all out (20 overs) |
5 July 1972 (scorecard) |
Wiltshire 115 all out (59.5 overs) | v | Hampshire 116/2 (22.4 overs) |
5 July 1972 (scorecard) |
Glamorgan 241/8 (60 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 198 all out (56.3 overs) |
5 July 1972 (scorecard) |
Oxfordshire 140 all out (60 overs) | v | Durham 141/6 (30.2 overs) |
5 July 1972 (scorecard) |
Sussex 185/8 (60 overs) | v | Worcestershire 187/7 (58.5 overs) |
5 July 1972 (scorecard) |
Yorkshire 173/9 (60 overs) | v | Warwickshire 176/6 (58 overs) |
19 July 1972 (scorecard) |
Glamorgan 174 all out (58 overs) | v | Buckinghamshire 170/9 (60 overs) |
19 July 1972 (scorecard) |
Derbyshire 214/6 (60 overs) | v | Worcestershire 215/1 (51.4 overs) |
19 July 1972 (scorecard) |
Surrey 217/9 (60 overs) | v | Durham 142 all out (52.3 overs) |
19 July 1972 (scorecard) |
Middlesex 41 all out (19.4 overs) | v | Essex 43/2 (18 overs) |
19 July 1972 (scorecard) |
Kent 240/9 (60 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 207 all out (56.2 overs) |
19 July 1972 (scorecard) |
Lancashire 243/9 (60 overs) | v | Somerset 234 all out (58.4 overs) |
19 July 1972 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 283/9 (60 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire 204 all out (55.3 overs) |
19 July 1972 (scorecard) |
Warwickshire 218/7 (60 overs) | v | Leicestershire 215 all out (59.4 overs) |
2, 3 August 1972 (scorecard) |
Kent 137 all out (52 overs) | v | Essex 127 all out (57.3 overs) |
2 August 1972 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 223 all out (58.2 overs) | v | Lancashire 227/6 (58.3 overs) |
2, 3 August 1972 (scorecard) |
Warwickshire 214/9 (60 overs) | v | Glamorgan 204/9 (60 overs) |
2 August 1972 (scorecard) |
Surrey 106 all out (55.3 overs) | v | Worcestershire 109/4 (44.4 overs) |
17, 18 August 1972 (scorecard) |
Lancashire 224/6 (60 overs) | v | Kent 217 all out (60 overs) |
17 August 1972 (scorecard) |
Worcestershire 174/9 (60 overs) | v | Warwickshire 175/2 (47.2 overs) |
2 September 1972 (scorecard) |
Warwickshire 234/9 (60 overs) | v | Lancashire 235/6 (56.4 overs) |