1987 Benson & Hedges Cup

1987 Benson & Hedges Cup

Administrator(s)	Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings)
Champions	Yorkshire (1st title)
Participants	20
Matches	47
Most runs	445 Ashley Metcalfe (Yorkshire)
Most wickets	15 Stuart Fletcher (Yorkshire)

The 1987 Benson & Hedges Cup was the sixteenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.

The competition was won by Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	BpR
Gloucestershire	4	3	1	0	6	1.407
Northamptonshire	4	2	2	0	4	1.260
Derbyshire	4	2	2	0	4	1.443
Nottinghamshire	4	2	2	0	4	1.721
Leicestershire	4	1	3	0	2	1.705

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	BpR
Yorkshire	4	4	0	0	8	1.508
Worcestershire	4	3	1	0	6	1.533
Lancashire	4	1	2	1	3	1.649
Warwickshire	4	1	2	1	3	1.675
Scotland	4	0	4	0	0	2.164

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	BpR
Somerset	4	3	1	0	6	1.255
Hampshire	4	3	1	0	6	1.401
Essex	4	2	2	0	4	1.911
Middlesex	4	1	2	1	3	1.644
Combined Universities	4	0	3	1	1	1.667

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	BpR
Surrey	4	4	0	0	8	1.276
Kent	4	3	1	0	6	1.282
Glamorgan	4	1	3	0	2	1.450
Sussex	4	1	3	0	2	1.455
Minor Counties	4	1	3	0	2	1.682

Quarter-finals

27 May 1987 (scorecard)

Gloucestershire 250/7 (55 overs)	v	Kent 251/9 (55 overs)
Bill Athey 61 Chris Penn 2/52 (11 overs)		Derek Aslett 56 Phil Bainbridge 2/44 (11 overs)

Kent won by 1 wicket County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen & Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Chris Cowdrey (Kent)

27 May 1987 (scorecard)

Northamptonshire 212 all out (54.2 overs)	v	Somerset 183 all out (50.5 overs)
Richard Williams 72 Adrian Jones 3/33 (10.2 overs)		Neil Burns 43* David Capel 4/38 (11 overs)

Northamptonshire won by 29 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: David Constant & Nigel Plews Player of the match: Richard Williams (Northamptonshire)

27 May 1987 (scorecard)

Worcestershire 233/8 (55 overs)	v	Surrey 234/3 (53.4 overs)
Tim Curtis 78 Sylvester Clarke 4/47 (11 overs)		David Smith 110* Phil Newport 2/34 (8 overs)

Surrey won by 7 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: David Evans & Barrie Leadbeater Player of the match: David Smith (Surrey)

27 May 1987 (scorecard)

Hampshire 174/8 (55 overs)	v	Yorkshire 178/1 (45.5 overs)
David Turner 38 Stuart Fletcher 3/41 (11 overs)		Ashley Metcalfe 93* Malcolm Marshall 1/18 (9 overs)

Yorkshire won by 9 wickets Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Don Oslear Player of the match: Ashley Metcalfe (Yorkshire)

Semi-finals

10 June 1987 (scorecard)

Kent 275/7 (55 overs)	v	Northamptonshire 279/5 (54.4 overs)
Chris Cowdrey 87 Winston Davis 3/37 (11 overs)		Allan Lamb 126* Derek Underwood 2/64 (11 overs)

Northamptonshire won by 5 wickets St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: John Hampshire & Nigel Plews Player of the match: Allan Lamb (Northamptonshire)

10, 11, 12 June 1987 (scorecard)

Yorkshire 238/7 (55 overs)	v	Surrey 162 all out (48.2 overs)
Martyn Moxon 97 Martin Bicknell 3/29 (11 overs)		Grahame Clinton 69 Arnie Sidebottom 3/29 (8.2 overs)

Yorkshire won by 76 runs Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds Umpires: Jack Birkenshaw & David Constant Player of the match: Martyn Moxon (Yorkshire)

• Two reserve days used. Surrey were 41/3 at the close of the first day's play. No play on the first reserve day.

Final

11 July 1987 (scorecard)

Northamptonshire 244/7 (55 overs)	v	Yorkshire 244/6 (55 overs)
David Capel 97 Paul Jarvis 4/43 (11 overs)		Jim Love 75* Richard Williams 3/32 (11 overs)

Yorkshire won by losing fewer wickets Lord's, London Umpires: Dickie Bird & Ken Palmer Player of the match: Jim Love (Yorkshire)

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup