1986 Benson & Hedges Cup

The 1986 Benson & Hedges Cup was the fifteenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.

1986 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s)Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket
(55 overs per innings)
ChampionsMiddlesex (2nd title)
Participants20
Matches47
Most runs378 Mike Gatting (Middlesex)
Most wickets13 Richard Ellison (Kent)
1985
1987

The competition was won by Middlesex County Cricket Club.

Fixtures and results

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Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Derbyshire 4 4 0 0 0 8 31.824
Northamptonshire 4 3 1 0 0 6 52.640
Warwickshire 4 2 2 0 0 4 44.586
Leicestershire 4 1 3 0 0 2 40.438
Minor Counties 4 0 4 0 0 0 54.000

Group B

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Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Worcestershire 4 3 1 0 0 6 37.765
Nottinghamshire 4 3 1 0 0 6 54.292
Yorkshire 4 2 2 0 0 4 36.294
Lancashire 4 1 3 0 0 2 49.846
Scotland 4 1 3 0 0 2 51.125

Group C

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Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Essex 4 4 0 0 0 8 38.647
Sussex 4 3 1 0 0 6 29.485
Gloucestershire 4 2 2 0 0 4 38.067
Somerset 4 1 3 0 0 2 41.258
Glamorgan 4 0 4 0 0 0 51.600

Group D

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Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Middlesex 4 4 0 0 0 8 32.533
Kent 4 2 2 0 0 4 36.697
Hampshire 4 2 2 0 0 4 41.240
Surrey 4 2 2 0 0 4 56.826
Oxford and Cambridge Universities 4 0 4 0 0 0 105.875

Quarter-finals

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28 May 1986
(scorecard)
Derbyshire
238/6 (55 overs)
v
Kent
242/6 (53.4 overs)
John Morris 65
Eldine Baptiste 2/38 (11 overs)
Chris Cowdrey 63*
Roger Finney 2/26 (11 overs)
Kent won by 4 wickets
County Ground, Derby
Umpires: Jack Birkenshaw & John Holder
Player of the match: Chris Cowdrey (Kent)
28, 29 May 1986
(scorecard)
Essex
195/9 (55 overs)
v
Nottinghamshire
196/7 (51.1 overs)
Keith Fletcher 37
Clive Rice 5/48 (11 overs)
Richard Hadlee 61*
Graham Gooch 3/26 (11 overs)
Nottinghamshire won by 3 wickets
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: Don Oslear & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Clive Rice (Nottinghamshire)
  • Reserve day used. Nottinghamshire were 39/3 (11 overs) at the close of the first day's play.
28, 29 May 1986
(scorecard)
Middlesex
256/5 (55 overs)
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Sussex
172 all out (48 overs)
Roland Butcher 65
Dermot Reeve 2/54 (11 overs)
Imran Khan 47
Norman Cowans 3/52 (11 overs)
Middlesex won by 84 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: David Constant & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Roland Butcher (Middlesex)
  • Reserve day used. Sussex were 9/0 (1.4 overs) at the close of the first day's play.
28, 29 May 1986
(scorecard)
Northamptonshire
233/8 (55 overs)
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Worcestershire
234/2 (52.2 overs)
Allan Lamb 71
Alan Pridgeon 2/43 (11 overs)
Graeme Hick 103*
Alan Walker 1/52 (11 overs)
Worcestershire won by 8 wickets
New Road, Worcester
Umpires: John Harris & David Shepherd
Player of the match: Graeme Hick (Worcestershire)
  • Reserve day used. Worcestershire were 52/1 at the close of the first day's play.

Semi-finals

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11, 12 June 1986
(scorecard)
Nottinghamshire
189/8 (55 overs)
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Middlesex
193/5 (53.2 overs)
Derek Randall 65
John Emburey 4/22 (11 overs)
Wilf Slack 65
Kevin Cooper 1/22 (11 overs)
Middlesex won by 5 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: Jack Birkenshaw & John Hampshire
Player of the match: John Emburey (Middlesex)
  • Reserve day used. Nottinghamshire were 189/8 (55 overs) at the close of the first day's play
11 June 1986
(scorecard)
Kent
252/8 (55 overs)
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Worcestershire
241/7 (55 overs)
Chris Tavaré 68
John Inchmore 2/49 (11 overs)
Graeme Hick 72
Richard Ellison 2/49 (11 overs)
Kent won by 11 runs
New Road, Worcester
Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater & Barrie Meyer
Player of the match: Neil Taylor (Kent)

Final

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12 July 1986
(scorecard)
Middlesex
199/7 (55 overs)
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Kent
197/8 (55 overs)
Clive Radley 54
Richard Ellison 3/27 (11 overs)
Graham Cowdrey 58
Phil Edmonds 3/58 (11 overs)
Middlesex won by 2 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: David Constant & David Shepherd
Player of the match: John Emburey (Middlesex)

References

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CricketArchive - 1986 Benson & Hedges Cup

See also

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Benson & Hedges Cup