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| Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings) |
| Champions | Northamptonshire (1st title) |
| Participants | 20 |
| Matches | 47 |
| Most runs | 368 Graham Gooch (Essex) |
| Most wickets | 18 Sarfraz Nawaz (Northamptonshire) |
The 1980 Benson & Hedges Cup was the ninth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The Minor Counties were restricted to one team and Scotland entered the competition for the first time. [1]
The competition was won by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club.
| Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | BowSR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancashire | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 34.083 |
| Nottinghamshire | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 38.606 |
| Leicestershire | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 39.939 |
| Derbyshire | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 53.833 |
| Scotland | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 104.889 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | BowSR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northamptonshire | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 36.528 |
| Worcestershire | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 42.581 |
| Warwickshire | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 67.684 |
| Yorkshire | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 42.355 |
| Oxford and Cambridge Universities | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 75.4 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | BowSR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essex | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 41.548 |
| Sussex | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 45.207 |
| Glamorgan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 48.917 |
| Gloucestershire | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 42.387 |
| Minor Counties | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 53.05 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | BowSR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesex | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 35.306 |
| Surrey | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 43.172 |
| Somerset | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 44.207 |
| Kent | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 51.708 |
| Hampshire | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42.367 |
11 June 1980 (scorecard) |
Essex 270/5 (55 overs) | v | Surrey 184 all out (48 overs) |
11, 12 June 1980 (scorecard) |
Worcestershire 314/5 (55 overs) | v | Lancashire 269 all out (54.2 overs) |
11 June 1980 (scorecard) |
Middlesex 195 all out (54.5 overs) | v | Sussex 166 all out (53.3 overs) |
11 June 1980 (scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire 143 all out (51.1 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 145/3 (47.1 overs) |
25, 26 June 1980 (scorecard) |
Northamptonshire 206/8 (55 overs) | v | Middlesex 195 all out (53.4 overs) |
25, 26, 27 June 1980 (scorecard) |
Worcestershire 236/9 (55 overs) | v | Essex 240/2 (51 overs) |
19, 21 July 1980 (scorecard) |
Northamptonshire 209 all out (54.5 overs) | v | Essex 203/8 (55 overs) |
The Benson & Hedges Cup was a one-day cricket competition for first-class counties in England and Wales that was held from 1972 to 2002, one of cricket's longest sponsorship deals.
The 1972 Benson & Hedges Cup was the first edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Leicestershire County Cricket Club.
The 2002 Benson & Hedges Cup was the final edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Warwickshire County Cricket Club. The competition which had been inaugurated in 1972 was scrapped following the government ban on tobacco company sponsorship. The replacement competition the following season would be the new Twenty20 Cup.
The 1978 Benson & Hedges Cup was the seventh edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Kent County Cricket Club.
The 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup was the tenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.
The 1982 Benson & Hedges Cup was the eleventh edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.
The 1983 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twelfth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.
The 1984 Benson & Hedges Cup was the thirteenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.
The 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup was the fourteenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.
The 1986 Benson & Hedges Cup was the fifteenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.
The 1987 Benson & Hedges Cup was the sixteenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.
The 1988 Benson & Hedges Cup was the seventeenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.
The 1991 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twentieth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.
The 1992 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-first edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.
The 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-second edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 27 April and 10 July 1993. The tournament was won by Derbyshire County Cricket Club who defeated Lancashire County Cricket Club by 6 runs in the final at Lord's.
The 1994 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-third edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 26 April and 9 July 1994. The tournament was won, as part of their historic treble of County Championship, Sunday League and Benson & Hedges Cup, by Warwickshire. Warwickshire defeated Worcestershire by 6 wickets in the final at Lord's.
The 1995 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-fourth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 23 April and 15 July 1995.
The 1996 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-fifth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 26 April and 13 July 1996.
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.
In the final round of group matches during the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup, a one-day cricket competition, Somerset County Cricket Club faced Worcestershire County Cricket Club at New Road, Worcester, on 24 May 1979. The result of the match would help to determine which teams progressed to the quarter-finals. If Somerset lost and Glamorgan won their match, Somerset, Worcestershire and Glamorgan would have been level on points; bowling strike rate would have then been used as a tie-breaker. The Somerset team, led by their captain, Brian Rose, realised that if they batted first and declared the innings closed after just one over, it would protect their strike rate advantage to guarantee their qualification. Somerset scored one run from their over and declared; Worcestershire took ten deliveries to score the two runs they needed to win. The match was completed in 18 minutes, and consisted of only 16 legal deliveries.
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