1993 Benson & Hedges Cup

The 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-second competing 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.

1993 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s)Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket
(55 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsDerbyshire (1st title)
Participants21
Matches played20
Most runs247 Neil Fairbrother (Lancashire)[1]
Most wickets10 Wasim Akram (Lancashire)[2]

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)
Jeremy Snape 52
Malcolm Marshall 2/24 (11 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)
Matthew Maynard 89
Martin McCague 3/39 (11 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)
Desmond Haynes 60
Devon Malcolm 3/62 (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)
Wayne Larkins 110*
Malcolm Marshall 2/29 (11 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)
Andy Moles 63
Adrian Pierson 3/42 (11 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)
Paul Pollard 80
Andrew Caddick 2/36 (11 overs)
Nick Folland 83
Greg Mike 4/44 (11 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)
Mike Garnham 16*
Richard Illingworth 3/21 (10.3 overs)
Graeme Hick 62*
Derek Pringle 1/21 (7 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)
Nigel Felton 73
Cardigan Connor 1/43 (10.4 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)
Nigel Briers 58
Kenny Benjamin 2/37 (11 overs)
Graeme Hick 82
Vince Wells 4/37 (10 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
No result (Derbyshire won on bowl out 6-3)
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: John Harris & Don Oslear
  • Reserve day used. No play on the second day.
25 May 1993
(scorecard)
Sussex
178/7 (55 overs)
v
Lancashire
182/5 (52 overs)
Bill Athey 61
Wasim Akram 2/27 (11 overs)
Wasim Akram 46
Ian Salisbury 2/41 (11 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)
Allan Lamb 60
Devon Malcolm 3/23 (10 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)
Dominic Cork 92*
Philip DeFreitas 3/39 (11 overs)
Neil Fairbrother 87*
Alan Warner 3/31 (11 overs)
Derbyshire won by 6 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Barrie Meyer & David Shepherd
Player of the match: Dominic Cork (Derbyshire)

References

  1. "Batting and Fielding in Benson and Hedges Cup 1993 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  2. "Bowling in Benson and Hedges Cup 1993 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  3. "Benson and Hedges Cup 1993". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  4. Hignell, Andrew (11 January 2013). Rain Stops Play: Cricketing Climates. p. 172. ISBN 9781136338960.
  5. Thicknesse, John (1993). "From Gravesend to the grave". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  6. Engel, Matthew, ed. (1993). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1993. Guildford: John Wisden & Co Ltd. p. 25.
  7. Engel, Matthew, ed. (1993). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1993. Guildford: John Wisden & Co Ltd. p. 1218.
  8. Engel, Matthew, ed. (1994). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1994. Guildford: John Wisden & Co Ltd. p. 1294.

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup

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