1978 Benson & Hedges Cup

The 1978 Benson & Hedges Cup was the seventh competing of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Kent County Cricket Club.

1978 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s)Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket
(55 overs per innings)
ChampionsKent (3rd title)
Participants20
Matches played47
Most runs349 Alan Hill (Derbyshire)
Most wickets18 Eddie Barlow (Derbyshire)/Wayne Daniel (Middlesex)

Fixtures and results

Group A

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Derbyshire440001240.719
Warwickshire43100936.636
Lancashire42200646.143
Gloucestershire41300338.727
Minor Counties West40400051.667

Group B

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Somerset430011031.556
Glamorgan43100936.629
Hampshire42101737.87
Worcestershire41300337.667
Oxford and Cambridge Universities40400080.154

Group C

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Sussex43100926.344
Middlesex43100930.912
Leicestershire43100938.529
Northamptonshire41300344.407
Minor Counties East40400049.208

Group D

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Kent43100946.25
Nottinghamshire42110743.043
Surrey42110748.92
Yorkshire41300331.242
Essex41300354.632

Quarter-Finals

7, 8 June 1978
(scorecard)
Derbyshire
154 all out (52 overs)
v
Middlesex
125 all out (48.4 overs)
Alan Hill 69
Mike Selvey 2/26 (10 overs)
Mike Gatting 50
Eddie Barlow 3/22 (7.4 overs)
Derbyshire won by 29 runs
County Ground, Derby
Umpires: Ray Julian & Tom Spencer
Player of the match: Eddie Barlow (Derbyshire)
  • Reserve day used. Derbyshire were 11/0 (6 overs) at the close of the scheduled day’s play
7 June 1978
(scorecard)
Nottinghamshire
209/7 (55 overs)
v
Kent
210/3 (49 overs)
Derek Randall 51
Bob Woolmer 2/32 (10 overs)
Alan Ealham 60*
Kevin Cooper 1/23 (11 overs)
Kent won by 7 wickets
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: John Langridge & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Alan Ealham (Kent)
7, 8 June 1978
(scorecard)
Somerset
218/9 (55 overs)
v
Sussex
116 all out (42.2 overs)
Ian Botham 54
John Spencer 3/37 (11 overs)
Jeremy Groome 28
Keith Jennings 3/20 (11 overs)
Somerset won by 102 runs
County Ground, Hove
Umpires: David Constant & David Halfyard
Player of the match: Ian Botham (Somerset)
  • Reserve day used. Sussex were 76/6 (30 overs) at the close of the scheduled day's play
7, 8 June 1978
(scorecard)
Warwickshire
205/6 (55 overs)
v
Glamorgan
159 all out (49.2 overs)
John Whitehouse 70
Rodney Ontong 2/21 (8 overs)
John Hopkins 26
Stephen Rouse 3/28 (8.2 overs)
Warwickshire won by 46 runs
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Cec Pepper & Albert Rhodes
Player of the match: John Whitehouse (Warwickshire)
  • Reserve day used. No play first day

Semi-Finals

21, 22 June 1978
(scorecard)
Derbyshire
203/9 (55 overs)
v
Warwickshire
162 all out (50.4 overs)
Anthony Borrington 77
Bob Willis 3/30 (11 overs)
Geoff Humpage 78
Eddie Barlow 3/26 (6.4 overs)
Derbyshire won by 41 runs
County Ground, Derby
Umpires: Bill Alley & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Anthony Borrington (Derbyshire)
  • Reserve day used. Derbyshire were 119/2 (36.5 overs) at the close of the scheduled day's play
21, 22, 23 June 1978
(scorecard)
Kent
204/8 (55 overs)
v
Somerset
163 all out (51.2 overs)
Chris Tavaré 56
Ian Botham 3/39 (11 overs)
Brian Rose 48
Asif Iqbal 3/49 (9 overs)
Kent won by 41 runs
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Tom Spencer
Player of the match: Chris Tavaré (Kent)
  • Two reserve days used. Kent were 149/5 (41.2 overs) at the close of the scheduled day's play, and Somerset were 33/1 (13 overs) at the close of the second day's play

Final

22 July 1978
(scorecard)
Derbyshire
147 all out (54.4 overs)
v
Kent
151/4 (41.4 overs)
Peter Kirsten 41
John Shepherd 4/25 (11 overs)
Bob Woolmer 79
Philip Russell 3/28 (11 overs)
Kent won by 6 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: David Constant & John Langridge
Player of the match: Bob Woolmer (Kent)

See also

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