1981 Benson & Hedges Cup

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1981 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s) Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format Limited overs cricket
(55 overs per innings)
Champions Somerset (1st title)
Participants20
Matches47
Most runs313 Chris Balderstone (Leicestershire)
Most wickets16 Joel Garner (Somerset)
1980
1982

The 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup was the tenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.

Contents

The competition was won by Somerset County Cricket Club.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

TeamPldWLNRAPts BowSR
Nottinghamshire 44000835.472
Leicestershire 42110540.952
Northamptonshire 41111434.095
Gloucestershire 41201338.480
Worcestershire 40400069.722

Group B

TeamPldWLNRAPts BowSR
Yorkshire 43001734.500
Warwickshire 42110534.900
Derbyshire 42110536.731
Lancashire 41201346.900
Scotland 40400061.500

Group C

TeamPldWLNRAPts BowSR
Kent 43100629.824
Somerset 43100641.094
Essex 42200437.871
Glamorgan 41201326.875
Oxford and Cambridge Universities 40301172.000

Group D

TeamPldWLNRAPts BowSR
Sussex 43001729.259
Surrey 41120436.889
Minor Counties 41201331.600
Middlesex 40112336.333
Hampshire 41210340.958

Quarter-finals

24, 25, 26 June 1981
(scorecard)
Kent
193/8 (50 overs)
v
Warwickshire
179 all out (49.1 overs)
Chris Tavaré 76
Anton Ferreira 3/38 (10 overs)
Andy Lloyd 60
John Shepherd 3/24 (10 overs)
Kent won by 14 runs
Kennington Oval, London
Umpires: Sam Cook & Tom Spencer
Player of the match: Chris Tavaré (Kent)
  • No play on scheduled day or first reserve day. The match was moved from Canterbury to The Oval on the third day as the former was waterlogged
24 June 1981
(scorecard)
Surrey
226/7 (55 overs)
v
Nottinghamshire
179 all out (49.4 overs)
Roger Knight 70
Clive Rice 2/32 (11 overs)
Derek Randall 62
Robin Jackman 4/24 (9.4 overs)
Surrey won by 47 runs
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: Ron Aspinall & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Roger Knight (Surrey)
24, 25 June 1981
(scorecard)
Sussex
196/9 (55 overs)
v
Leicestershire
199/6 (54.1 overs)
Paul Phillipson 59
Gordon Parsons 2/22 (10 overs)
Chris Balderstone 67
John Barclay 3/34 (11 overs)
Leicestershire won by 4 wickets
County Ground, Hove
Umpires: David Evans & Roy Palmer
Player of the match: Paul Phillipson (Sussex)
  • Reserve day used. Sussex were 84/5 (28 overs) at the close of the first day's play
24 June 1981
(scorecard)
Yorkshire
221/9 (55 overs)
v
Somerset
223/7 (53.5 overs)
John Hampshire 58
Joel Garner 3/33 (11 overs)
Brian Rose 68
Neil Hartley 2/33 (11 overs)
Somerset won by 3 wickets
Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: David Halfyard & Don Oslear
Player of the match: Brian Rose (Somerset)

Semi-finals

8 July 1981
(scorecard)
Kent
154 all out (52.1 overs)
v
Somerset
157/5 (48.3 overs)
Chris Tavaré 44
Ian Botham 3/23 (10 overs)
Peter Roebuck 51*
Derek Underwood 2/15 (11 overs)
Somerset won by 5 wickets
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Arthur Jepson & Ray Julian
Player of the match: Nigel Popplewell (Somerset)
8 July 1981
(scorecard)
Surrey
191/9 (55 overs)
v
Leicestershire
188 all out (54.5 overs)
Graham Roope 55*
Andy Roberts 2/27 (11 overs)
John Steele 39
Ian Payne 3/20 (11 overs)
Surrey won by 3 runs
Kennington Oval, London
Umpires: Bill Alley & Peter Wight
Player of the match: Ian Payne (Surrey)

Final

25 July 1981
(scorecard)
Surrey
194/8 (55 overs)
v
Somerset
197/3 (44.3 overs)
Roger Knight 92
Joel Garner 5/14 (11 overs)
Viv Richards 132*
Sylvester Clarke 1/24 (8 overs)
Somerset won by 7 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Barrie Meyer
Player of the match: Viv Richards (Somerset)

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References

CricketArchive - 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup