Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings) |
Champions | Somerset (1st title) |
Participants | 20 |
Matches | 47 |
Most runs | 313 Chris Balderstone (Leicestershire) |
Most wickets | 16 Joel Garner (Somerset) |
The 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup was the tenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.
The competition was won by Somerset County Cricket Club.
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | BowSR |
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Nottinghamshire | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 35.472 |
Leicestershire | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 40.952 |
Northamptonshire | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 34.095 |
Gloucestershire | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 38.480 |
Worcestershire | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.722 |
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | BowSR |
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Yorkshire | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 34.500 |
Warwickshire | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 34.900 |
Derbyshire | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 36.731 |
Lancashire | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 46.900 |
Scotland | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.500 |
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | BowSR |
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Kent | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29.824 |
Somerset | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 41.094 |
Essex | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37.871 |
Glamorgan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 26.875 |
Oxford and Cambridge Universities | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 72.000 |
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | BowSR |
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Sussex | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 29.259 |
Surrey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 36.889 |
Minor Counties | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 31.600 |
Middlesex | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 36.333 |
Hampshire | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 40.958 |
24, 25, 26 June 1981 (scorecard) |
Kent 193/8 (50 overs) | v | Warwickshire 179 all out (49.1 overs) |
24 June 1981 (scorecard) |
Surrey 226/7 (55 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire 179 all out (49.4 overs) |
24, 25 June 1981 (scorecard) |
Sussex 196/9 (55 overs) | v | Leicestershire 199/6 (54.1 overs) |
24 June 1981 (scorecard) |
Yorkshire 221/9 (55 overs) | v | Somerset 223/7 (53.5 overs) |
8 July 1981 (scorecard) |
Kent 154 all out (52.1 overs) | v | Somerset 157/5 (48.3 overs) |
8 July 1981 (scorecard) |
Surrey 191/9 (55 overs) | v | Leicestershire 188 all out (54.5 overs) |
25 July 1981 (scorecard) |
Surrey 194/8 (55 overs) | v | Somerset 197/3 (44.3 overs) |
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