1984 Benson & Hedges Cup

1984 Benson & Hedges Cup

Administrator(s)	Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings)
Champions	Lancashire (1st title)
Participants	20
Matches	47
Most runs	366 Dennis Amiss (Warwickshire)
Most wickets	16 Derek Pringle (Essex)
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The 1984 Benson & Hedges Cup was the thirteenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.

The competition was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club. ^[1]

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Warwickshire	4	4	0	0	0	8	36.167
Yorkshire	4	3	1	0	0	6	38.824
Leicestershire	4	2	2	0	0	4	61.429
Northamptonshire	4	1	3	0	0	2	51.360
Scotland	4	0	4	0	0	0	62.667

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Nottinghamshire	4	3	1	0	0	6	38.129
Lancashire	4	3	1	0	0	6	41.742
Derbyshire	4	3	1	0	0	6	44.000
Worcestershire	4	1	3	0	0	2	45.103
Minor Counties	4	0	4	0	0	0	59.211

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Sussex	4	3	1	0	0	6	37.029
Somerset	4	3	1	0	0	6	40.000
Kent	4	2	2	0	0	4	33.973
Glamorgan	4	1	3	0	0	2	45.296
Middlesex	4	1	3	0	0	0	49.600

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Essex	4	4	0	0	0	8	36.857
Surrey	4	2	2	0	0	4	44.667
Hampshire	4	2	2	0	0	4	45.308
Gloucestershire	4	1	3	0	0	2	35.595
Oxford and Cambridge Universities	4	1	3	0	0	2	47.583

Quarter-finals

6 June 1984 (scorecard)

Essex 157 all out (55 overs)	v	Lancashire 158/6 (52.5 overs)
Keith Fletcher 48 Steve O'Shaughnessy 3/10 (11 overs)		John Abrahams 53 Derek Pringle 5/35 (10 overs)

Lancashire won by 4 wickets County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: John Harris & Alan Whitehead Player of the match: John Abrahams (Lancashire)

6, 7 June 1984 (scorecard)

Nottinghamshire 256/3 (55 overs)	v	Surrey 89 all out (35.3 overs)
Derek Randall 103* Sylvester Clarke 1/34 (11 overs)		Derek Thomas 19 Kevin Saxelby 3/12 (8 overs)

Nottinghamshire won by 167 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater & Peter Wight Player of the match: Clive Rice (Nottinghamshire)

• Reserve day used. No play on first day.

6 June 1984 (scorecard)

Yorkshire 260/5 (55 overs)	v	Sussex 223 all out (53.3 overs)
Martyn Moxon 79 Colin Wells 1/28 (7 overs)		Alan Wells 51 Steve Oldham 3/24 (11 overs)

Yorkshire won by 37 runs County Ground, Hove Umpires: Bill Alley & Roy Palmer Player of the match: Martyn Moxon (Yorkshire)

6 June 1984 (scorecard)

Warwickshire 282/5 (55 overs)	v	Somerset 216 all out (47.1 overs)
Andy Lloyd 77 Colin Dredge 2/66 (11 overs)		Martin Crowe 89 Norman Gifford 3/45 (10.1 overs)

Warwickshire won by 66 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: John Holder & Ray Julian Player of the match: Andy Lloyd (Warwickshire)

Semi-finals

20, 21 June 1984 (scorecard)

Nottinghamshire 223/6 (55 overs)	v	Lancashire 224/4 (52.2 overs)
Chris Broad 49 Jack Simmons 2/23 (11 overs)		Mark Chadwick 87 Chris Broad 2/73 (11 overs)

Lancashire won by 6 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Jack Birkenshaw & Ken Palmer Player of the match: Mark Chadwick (Lancashire)

• Reserve day used. Lancashire were 41/0 (12.2 overs) at the close of the first day's play

20 June 1984 (scorecard)

Warwickshire 276/4 (55 overs)	v	Yorkshire 273/8 (55 overs)
Alvin Kallicharran 85 Arnie Sidebottom 2/51 (11 overs)		Kevin Sharp 83 Anton Ferreira 3/59 (11 overs)

Warwickshire won by 3 runs Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Don Oslear & Nigel Plews Player of the match: David Bairstow (Yorkshire)

Final

21 July 1984 (scorecard)

Warwickshire 139 all out (50.4 overs)	v	Lancashire 140/4 (42.4 overs)
Alvin Kallicharran 70 Paul Allott 3/15 (8.4 overs)		Neil Fairbrother 36* Anton Ferreira 2/26 (11 overs)

Lancashire won by 6 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: David Constant & David Evans Player of the match: John Abrahams (Lancashire)

References

CricketArchive – 1984 Benson & Hedges Cup

1. Frindall, Bill (2003). Playfair Cricket Annual. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN   0-7553-1040-3.

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup