| Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Middlesex (2nd title) |
| Participants | 23 |
| Matches | 22 |
| Most runs | 296 Gehan Mendis (Sussex) |
| Most wickets | 17 Robin Jackman (Surrey) |
The 1980 Gillette Cup was an English limited overs county cricket tournament held between 2 July and 6 September 1980. [1] It was the eighteenth and final Gillette Cup before it was renamed as the NatWest Trophy in 1981. Middlesex won the tournament, defeating Surrey by 7 wickets in the final at Lord's.
The seventeen first-class counties were joined by five Minor Counties: Cornwall, Devon, Durham, Oxfordshire and Suffolk. The tournament also marked the first time that Ireland were included. 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 1980.
2 July 1980 (scorecard) |
Devon 229/5 (60 overs) | v | Cornwall 84 all out (37.1 overs) |
2 July 1980 (scorecard) |
Ireland 102 all out (51.4 overs) | v | Middlesex 105/5 (38.3 overs) |
2, 3 July 1980 (scorecard) |
Durham 186 all out (59.1 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire 187/6 (58.5 overs) |
2 July 1980 (scorecard) |
Somerset 165 all out (49.1 overs) | v | Worcestershire 168/8 (59.2 overs) |
2 July 1980 (scorecard) |
Northamptonshire 141 all out (59.5 overs) | v | Surrey 143/3 (43 overs) |
2 July 1980 (scorecard) |
Suffolk 185/8 (60 overs) | v | Sussex 186/2 (49.1 overs) |
2 July 1980 (scorecard) |
Warwickshire 314/6 (60 overs) | v | Oxfordshire 180/8 (60 overs) |
16 July 1980 (scorecard) |
Derbyshire 215/8 (60 overs) | v | Hampshire 216/6 (57.5 overs) |
16 July 1980 (scorecard) |
Essex 310/7 (60 overs) | v | Leicestershire 197 all out (52.2 overs) |
16 July 1980 (scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire 190/7 (60 overs) | v | Middlesex 194/6 (57.4 overs) |
16 July 1980 (scorecard) |
Surrey 200 all out (60 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 192/9 (60 overs) |
16 July 1980 (scorecard) |
Sussex 258/7 (60 overs) | v | Glamorgan 154 all out (48.3 overs) |
16 July 1980 (scorecard) |
Devon 143/8 (60 overs) | v | Warwickshire 147/3 (43.2 overs) |
16 July 1980 (scorecard) |
Worcestershire 265/9 (60 overs) | v | Lancashire 226/9 (60 overs) |
16 July 1980 (scorecard) |
Yorkshire 279/6 (60 overs) | v | Kent 233 all out (56 overs) |
30 July 1980 (scorecard) |
Surrey 195/7 (60 overs) | v | Essex 195 all out (59.5 overs) |
30 July 1980 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 196 all out (59 overs) | v | Yorkshire 197/3 (54.5 overs) |
30 July 1980 (scorecard) |
Warwickshire 210/8 (60 overs) | v | Sussex 214/1 (49.1 overs) |
30 July 1980 (scorecard) |
Worcestershire 126 all out (54.2 overs) | v | Middlesex 127/0 (44.5 overs) |
13, 14 August 1980 (scorecard) |
Yorkshire 135 all out (53.5 overs) | v | Surrey 136/6 (47.5 overs) |
13, 14 August 1980 (scorecard) |
Middlesex 179 all out (60 overs) | v | Sussex 115 all out (49.2 overs) |
6 September 1980 (scorecard) |
Surrey 201 all out (60 overs) | v | Middlesex 203/3 (53.5 overs) |
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