The 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup was the tenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.
Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(55 overs per innings) |
Champions | Somerset (1st title) |
Participants | 20 |
Matches | 47 |
Most runs | 313 Chris Balderstone (Leicestershire) |
Most wickets | 16 Joel Garner (Somerset) |
The competition was won by Somerset County Cricket Club.
Fixtures and results edit
Group stage edit
Group A edit
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | BowSR |
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Nottinghamshire | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 35.472 |
Leicestershire | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 40.952 |
Northamptonshire | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 34.095 |
Gloucestershire | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 38.480 |
Worcestershire | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.722 |
Group B edit
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | BowSR |
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Yorkshire | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 34.500 |
Warwickshire | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 34.900 |
Derbyshire | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 36.731 |
Lancashire | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 46.900 |
Scotland | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.500 |
Group C edit
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | BowSR |
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Kent | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29.824 |
Somerset | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 41.094 |
Essex | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37.871 |
Glamorgan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 26.875 |
Oxford and Cambridge Universities | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 72.000 |
Group D edit
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | BowSR |
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Sussex | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 29.259 |
Surrey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 36.889 |
Minor Counties | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 31.600 |
Middlesex | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 36.333 |
Hampshire | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 40.958 |
Quarter-finals edit
24, 25, 26 June 1981
(scorecard) |
Kent
193/8 (50 overs) |
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Warwickshire
179 all out (49.1 overs) |
- No play on scheduled day or first reserve day. The match was moved from Canterbury to The Oval on the third day as the former was waterlogged
24, 25 June 1981
(scorecard) |
Sussex
196/9 (55 overs) |
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Leicestershire
199/6 (54.1 overs) |
- Reserve day used. Sussex were 84/5 (28 overs) at the close of the first day's play
Semi-finals edit
Final edit
References edit
See also edit