1993 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(55 overs per innings) |
Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
Champions | Derbyshire (1st title) |
Participants | 21 |
Matches | 20 |
Most runs | 247 Neil Fairbrother (Lancashire)[1] |
Most wickets | 10 Wasim Akram (Lancashire)[2] |
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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.[3] The tournament was won by Derbyshire County Cricket Club who defeated Lancashire County Cricket Club by 6 runs in the final at Lord's.
Format
In the late 1980s the Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB) created a Structure Working Party under the chairmanship of Michael Murray to identify weaknesses in the structure of county cricket and suggest improvements.[4] It reported in 1992. Its main recommendations were the reduction of the County Championship from 22 matches a side to seventeen (each of the eighteen first-class counties playing each other once), all County Championship matches to be played over four days, the Sunday League to be extended from 40 overs a side to 50 overs, and the dropping of the zonal stage of the Benson & Hedges Cup, which would instead be played as a knockout.[5][6]
These changes were adopted in advance of the 1993 season by a vote of eleven to eight (with one abstention) at a special meeting of the TCCB on 19 May 1992.[7] Although it was agreed that the system should last for a minimum of three years, it was agreed to revert to a zonal system at the TCCB winter meeting on 8–9 December 1993. The changes were implemented in time for the 1995 season.[8]
Fixtures and results
Preliminary round
27, 28 April 1993 (scorecard) |
Minor Counties 156/8 (55 overs) | v | Durham 157/4 (53.5 overs) |
Ian Cockbain 33 Phil Bainbridge 3/24 (11 overs) | Wayne Larkins 42 Paul Newman 2/23 (10 overs) |
Durham won by 6 wickets Park Drive, Hartlepool Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Peter Willey Player of the match: Andrew Fothergill (Durham) |
- Reserve day used. No play first day.
27 April 1993 (scorecard) |
Gloucestershire 198/7 (55 overs) | v | Derbyshire 198/5 (55 overs) |
Chris Broad 58 Dominic Cork 2/39 (11 overs) | Peter Bowler 92 Kevin Cooper 1/20 (11 overs) |
Derbyshire won by losing fewer wickets The Royal and Sun Alliance County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Chris Balderstone & Jack Bond Player of the match: Peter Bowler (Derbyshire) |
27 April 1993 (scorecard) |
Combined Universities 177/7 (55 overs) | v | Hampshire 178/1 (50 overs) |
Tony Middleton 91* Robert Macdonald 1/20 (8 overs) |
Hampshire won by 9 wickets County Ground, Southampton Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen & George Sharp Player of the match: Tony Middleton (Hampshire) |
27 April 1993 (scorecard) |
Glamorgan 236/7 (55 overs) | v | Kent 132 all out (49.4 overs) |
Neil Taylor 42 Steve Barwick 4/15 (9.4 overs) |
Glamorgan won by 104 runs St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Barry Dudleston & Gerry Stickley Player of the match: Matthew Maynard (Glamorgan) |
27 April 1993 (scorecard) |
Scotland 106/8 (55 overs) | v | Essex 107/1 (29.3 overs) |
Jim Love 44 Mark Ilott 5/21 (11 overs) | John Stephenson 50* Bruce Russell 1/27 (4.3 overs) |
Essex won by 9 wickets Lochside Park, Forfar Umpires: John Hampshire & John Holder Player of the match: Mark Ilott (Essex) |
First round
11 May 1993 (scorecard) |
Derbyshire 253/8 (55 overs) | v | Middlesex 239/9 (55 overs) |
Chris Adams 58 Angus Fraser 3/50 (11 overs) |
Derbyshire won by 14 runs County Ground, Derby Umpires: Graham Burgess & David Constant Player of the match: Chris Adams (Derbyshire) |
11 May 1993 (scorecard) |
Durham 196/5 (55 overs) | v | Hampshire 197/7 (54.1 overs) |
Paul Terry 79 Anderson Cummins 3/36 (11 overs) |
Hampshire won by 3 wickets Grangefield Road, Stockton-on-Tees Umpires: Jack Bond & Vanburn Holder Player of the match: Wayne Larkins (Durham) |
11 May 1993 (scorecard) |
Sussex 263/7 (55 overs) | v | Glamorgan 230 all out (52.2 overs) |
David Smith 55 Adrian Dale 3/37 (11 overs) |
Sussex won by 33 runs Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: Bob White & Peter Willey Player of the match: Ian Salisbury (Sussex) |
11 May 1993 (scorecard) |
Leicestershire 206/8 (55 overs) | v | Warwickshire 206 all out (55 overs) |
Phil Robinson 70 Paul Smith 3/33 (7 overs) |
Leicestershire won by losing fewer wickets Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Ray Julian & Nigel Plews Player of the match: Phil Robinson (Leicestershire) |
11 May 1993 (scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire 279/8 (55 overs) | v | Somerset 283/9 (55 overs) |
Somerset won by 1 wicket Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: John Holder & Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Mark Lathwell (Somserset) |
11 May 1993 (scorecard) |
Lancashire 236/7 (54.1 overs) | v | Surrey 230 all out (55 overs) |
Graham Thorpe 103 Ian Austin 3/40 (11 overs) |
Lancashire won by 6 runs The Foster’s Oval, London Umpires: Barry Dudleston & George Sharp Player of the match: Neil Fairbrother (Lancashire) |
11 May 1993 (scorecard) |
Essex 115 all out (53.3 overs) | v | Worcestershire 117/1 (32.1 overs) |
Worcestershire won by 9 wickets New Road, Worcester Umpires: Chris Balderstone & David Shepherd Player of the match: Graeme Hick (Worcestershire) |
11 May 1993 (scorecard) |
Northamptonshire 211/9 (55 overs) | v | Yorkshire 177 all out (52.1 overs) |
Nigel Felton 62 Mark Robinson 3/51 (11 overs) |
Northamptonshire won by 34 runs Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Gerry Stickley Player of the match: Nigel Felton (Northamptonshire) |
Quarter-finals
25, 26 May 1993 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 223/7 (55 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 227/3 (53.4 overs) |
Paul Terry 76 Curtly Ambrose 2/30 (11 overs) |
Northamptonshire won by 7 wickets County Ground, Southampton Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen & Ken Palmer Player of the match: Nigel Felton (Northamptonshire) |
- Reserve day used. Northamptonshire were 160/3 at the close of the first day's play.
25 May 1993 (scorecard) |
Leicestershire 205/9 (55 overs) | v | Worcestershire 150 all out (48.2 overs) |
Leicestershire won by 55 runs Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater & Peter Wight Player of the match: Winston Benjamin (Leicestershire) |
25, 26 May 1993 (scorecard) |
Derbyshire 69/0 (20.3 overs) | v | |
Kim Barnett 35* |
- Reserve day used. No play on the second day.
25 May 1993 (scorecard) |
Sussex 178/7 (55 overs) | v | Lancashire 182/5 (52 overs) |
Lancashire won by 5 wickets County Ground, Hove Umpires: Dickie Bird & Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Wasim Akram (Lancashire) |
Semi-finals
8 June 1993 (scorecard) |
Northamptonshire 210 all out (53.2 overs) | v | Derbyshire 214/2 (51.3 overs) |
Kim Barnett 61 Paul Taylor 1/34 (9.3 overs) |
Derbyshire won by 8 wickets County Ground, Derby Umpires: Allan Jones & Roy Palmer Player of the match: John Morris (Derbyshire) |
8 June 1993 (scorecard) |
Lancashire 218/6 (55 overs) | v | Leicestershire 108 all out (40 overs) |
James Whitaker 32 Wasim Akram 5/10 (7 overs) |
Lancashire won by 110 runs Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: John Hampshire & Nigel Plews Player of the match: Neil Fairbrother (Lancashire) |
Final
10 July 1993 (scorecard) |
Derbyshire 252/6 (55 overs) | v | Lancashire 246/7 (55 overs) |
Derbyshire won by 6 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Barrie Meyer & David Shepherd Player of the match: Dominic Cork (Derbyshire) |
References
- ^ "Batting and Fielding in Benson and Hedges Cup 1993 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "Bowling in Benson and Hedges Cup 1993 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "Benson and Hedges Cup 1993". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Hignell, Andrew (11 January 2013). Rain Stops Play: Cricketing Climates. p. 172. ISBN 9781136338960.
- ^ Thicknesse, John (1993). "From Gravesend to the grave". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Engel, Matthew, ed. (1993). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1993. Guildford: John Wisden & Co Ltd. p. 25.
- ^ Engel, Matthew, ed. (1993). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1993. Guildford: John Wisden & Co Ltd. p. 1218.
- ^ Engel, Matthew, ed. (1994). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1994. Guildford: John Wisden & Co Ltd. p. 1294.
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