1997 Benson & Hedges Cup

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1997 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format Limited overs cricket
(50 overs per innings)
Champions Surrey (2nd title)
Participants22
Matches57
Most runs384 Alec Stewart (Surrey) [1]
Most wickets17 Matthew Fleming (Kent) [2]
1996
1998

The 1997 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-sixth 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 1997. [3]

Contents

The competition was won by Surrey County Cricket Club for the second time, defeating Kent County Cricket Club by 8 wickets in the final at Lord's on 12 July 1997.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

TeamPldWLNRAPts NRRA100
Yorkshire 54100816.132
Warwickshire 53200615.220
Derbyshire 5320062.689
Lancashire 532006-1.503
Worcestershire 523004-3.896
Minor Counties 505000-28.565

Source: [4]

Group B

TeamPldWLNRAPts NRRA100
Leicestershire 43100618.149
Northamptonshire 4310069.131
Durham 42200414.744
Nottinghamshire 412013-12.968
Scotland 403011-51.265

Source: [4]

Group C

TeamPldWLNRAPts NRRA100
Kent 5401099.850
Surrey 54100821.192
Gloucestershire 5221057.062
Sussex 523004-0.512
Hampshire 514002-15.496
British Universities 514002-18.565

Source: [4]

Group D

TeamPldWLNRAPts NRRA100
Essex 4300178.538
Somerset 43100629.875
Glamorgan 422004-6.827
Ireland 412013-32.622
Middlesex 404000-6.750

Source: [4]

Quarter-finals

27 May 1997
(scorecard)
Essex
214 all out (45.5 overs)
v
Surrey
215/4 (42.3 overs)
Nasser Hussain 52
Martin Bicknell 3/40 (10 overs)
Graham Thorpe 73
Mark Ilott 2/60 (10 overs)
Surrey won by 6 wickets
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: John Harris & Mervyn Kitchen
Player of the match: Martin Bicknell (Surrey)
27 May 1997
(scorecard)
Warwickshire
304/8 (50 overs)
v
Kent
306/6 (49.3 overs)
Neil Smith 125
Matthew Fleming 4/58 (10 overs)
Matthew Walker 117
Gladstone Small 2/51 (10 overs)
Kent won by 4 wickets
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: George Sharp & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Matthew Walker (Kent)
27 May 1997
(scorecard)
Leicestershire
197 all out (46.2 overs)
v
Somerset
177 all out (47.5 overs)
Ben Smith 61
Harvey Trump 4/51 (10 overs)
Andrew Caddick 38
Alan Mullally 3/33 (9 overs)
Leicestershire won by 20 runs
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater & Bob White
Player of the match: David Millns (Leicestershire)
27 May 1997
(scorecard)
Yorkshire
253/9 (50 overs)
v
Northamptonshire
254/3 (46 overs)
Michael Vaughan 85
David Capel 5/51 (10 overs)
Rob Bailey 70*
Craig White 1/44 (10 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 7 wickets
Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds
Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Nigel Plews
Player of the match: David Capel (Northamptonshire)

Semi-finals

10 June 1997
(scorecard)
Kent
206/8 (50 overs)
v
Northamptonshire
140 all out (46 overs)
Trevor Ward 78
David Follett 2/30 (5 overs)
Rob Bailey 33
Paul Strang 4/29 (10 overs)
Kent won by 66 runs
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: Allan Jones & Roy Palmer
Player of the match: Dean Headley (Kent)
10 June 1997
(scorecard)
Surrey
308/8 (50 overs)
v
Leicestershire
178 all out (45.3 overs)
Alec Stewart 87
Alan Mullally 2/53 (10 overs)
Paul Nixon 53
Martin Bicknell 4/41 (10 overs)
Surrey won by 130 runs
The Foster's Oval, London
Umpires: John Holder & Ray Julian
Player of the match: Martin Bicknell (Surrey)

Final

12 July 1997
(scorecard)
Kent
212/9 (50 overs)
v
Surrey
215/2 (45 overs)
Mark Ealham 52
Chris Lewis 3/39 (10 overs)
Ben Hollioake 98
Mark Ealham 1/31 (6 overs)
Surrey won by 8 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: George Sharp & David Shepherd
Player of the match: Ben Hollioake (Surrey)

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References

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  2. "Bowling in Benson and Hedges Cup 1997 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  3. "Benson and Hedges Cup 1997". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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See also

Benson & Hedges Cup