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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 1982 English cricket season was the 83rd in which the County Championship had been an official competition. India and Pakistan toured but both were defeated by England in their Test series. Middlesex won the County Championship.
The New Zealand national cricket team toured Australia in the 1982-83 season and played a total of 21 matches, mostly One Day Internationals in the Benson & Hedges World Series Cup against Australia and England. New Zealand reached the finals of the competition but lost to Australia 2-0. A highlight of the finals series was a 21-ball half century from Lance Cairns at the Melbourne Cricket Ground containing 6 sixes. This was a world record for One Day Internationals at the time.
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.
The 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup was the tenth 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 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.
The 1981–82 World Series was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tri-series where Australia played host to Pakistan and West Indies. Australia and West Indies reached the Finals, which West Indies won 3–1.
The 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup Final was a one-day cricket match between Surrey County Cricket Club and Somerset County Cricket Club played on 25 July 1981 at Lord's in London. It was the tenth final of the Benson & Hedges Cup. Surrey had previously won the tournament in 1974, and were losing finalists in 1979. It was Somerset's debut appearance in the competition's final, though they had twice appeared in the final of England's other one-day tournament, the Gillette Cup.
