1983 Benson & Hedges Cup

Cricket tournament

Administrator(s)Test and County Cricket Board

(55 overs per innings)

ChampionsMiddlesex (1st title)

Participants20

1983 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s)	Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings)
Champions	Middlesex (1st title)
Participants	20
Matches	47
Most runs	342 Graham Gooch (Essex)
Most wickets	12 Stuart Turner (Essex) and Derek Pringle (Essex)
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The 1983 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twelfth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.

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

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Gloucestershire	4	3	0	1	0	7	33,731
Northamptonshire	4	2	1	1	0	5	37,233
Leicestershire	4	1	1	1	1	4	48,923
Worcestershire	4	1	2	1	0	2	36,696
Scotland	4	0	3	0	1	0	50,733

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Lancashire	4	2	0	2	0	6	37,231
Warwickshire	4	2	0	1	1	6	39,333
Nottinghamshire	4	2	1	0	1	5	39,955
Derbyshire	4	0	2	1	1	2	49,765
Yorkshire	4	0	3	0	1	1	48,053

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	A	Pts	BowSR
Essex	4	3	1	0	6	33,243
Hampshire	4	3	1	0	6	35,514
Sussex	4	2	2	0	4	45,929
Somerset	4	1	2	1	3	34,107
Minor Counties	4	0	3	1	0	82,500

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Kent	4	3	1	0	0	6	35,061
Middlesex	4	2	0	0	2	6	50,000
Glamorgan	4	1	1	1	1	4	39,353
Surrey	4	1	2	1	0	3	41,167
Oxford and Cambridge Universities	4	0	3	0	1	0	43,455

Quarter-finals

1, 2, 3 June 1983
(scorecard)

Essex 231/8 (55 overs)	v	Warwickshire 168 all out (50.3 overs)
Keith Fletcher 87 Bob Willis 3/51 (11 overs)		Dennis Amiss 49 Norbert Phillip 4/33 (9.3 overs)

Essex won by 63 runs
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: Bill Alley & Arthur Jepson
Player of the match: Derek Pringle (Essex)

Two reserve days used. No play first day. Warwickshire were 30/0 (13.4 overs) at the close of the first reserve day's play.

1, 2, 3 June 1983
(scorecard)

Gloucestershire 12/0 (4 overs)	v	Middlesex
Andy Stovold 11*

No result (Middlesex won on toss of a coin)
County Ground, Bristol
Umpires: Ray Julian & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: None

Two reserve days used. Gloucestershire were 12/0 (4 overs) at the close of the first day's play. No play on either reserve day.

1, 2 June 1983
(scorecard)

Kent 198/9 (55 overs)	v	Hampshire 193/9 (55 overs)
Neil Taylor 47 Malcolm Marshall 4/26 (11 overs)		Paul Terry 72 Richard Ellison 3/22 (11 overs)

Kent won by 5 runs
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Jack Birkenshaw
Player of the match: Richard Ellison (Kent)

Reserve day used. No play first day.

1, 2, 3 June 1983
(scorecard)

Lancashire 290/5 (55 overs)	v	Northamptonshire 154/9 (55 overs)
Graeme Fowler 97 Tim Lamb 2/54 (11 overs)		Kapil Dev 49 Paul Allott 2/25 (7.1 overs)

Lancashire won by 107 runs
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Don Oslear
Player of the match: Graeme Fowler (Lancashire)

Two reserve days used. Lancashire were 186/2 (42.4 overs) at the close of the first day's play. No play first reserve day.

Semi-finals

6 July 1983
(scorecard)

Kent 128 all out (51 overs)	v	Essex 130/1 (46 overs)
Bob Woolmer 33 John Lever 3/29 (11 overs)		Brian Hardie 58* Richard Ellison 1/23 (11 overs)

Essex won by 9 wickets
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: Roy Palmer & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Stuart Turner (Essex)

6 July 1983
(scorecard)

Lancashire 90 all out (31.5 overs)	v	Middlesex 91/4 (30.2 overs)
David Hughes 27 Norman Cowans 4/33 (11 overs)		Clive Radley 32* Paul Allott 2/23 (11 overs)

Middlesex won by 6 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater & David Shepherd
Player of the match: Norman Cowans (Middlesex)

Final

23 July 1983
(scorecard)

Middlesex 196/8 (55 overs)	v	Essex 192 all out (54.1 overs)
Clive Radley 89 Neil Foster 3/26 (11 overs)		Brian Hardie 49 Norman Cowans 4/39 (10.1 overs)

Middlesex won by 4 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Barrie Meyer
Player of the match: Clive Radley (Middlesex)

References

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

General references

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1983 Benson & Hedges Cup

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References

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