1987 NatWest Trophy
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Nottinghamshire (1st title) |
| Participants | 32 |
| Matches | 30 |
| Most runs | 294 Wayne Larkins (Northamptonshire) |
| Most wickets | 10 Derek Underwood (Kent) 10 Allan Donald (Warwickshire) |
| Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1987 NatWest Trophy was the 7th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 24 June and 5 September 1987.[1] The tournament was won by Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club who defeated Northamptonshire County Cricket Club by 3 wickets in the final at Lord's.
Format
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by thirteen Minor Counties: Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cumberland, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Hertfordshire, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk and Wiltshire. The Ireland national cricket team and the Scotland national cricket team also participated. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the quarter-final stage. Winners from the quarter-finals then progressed to the semi-finals from which the winners then went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 5 September 1987.
First round
24, 25, 26 June 1987
(scorecard) |
Essex
247/8 (60 overs) |
v
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Northumberland
71 all out (43.2 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
Second round
Quarter-finals
29, 30 July 1987
(scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire
268/8 (60 overs) |
v
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Derbyshire
211 all out (55.5 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
29, 30 July 1987
(scorecard) |
Essex
204/5 (60 overs) |
v
|
Northamptonshire
205/4 (56.4 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
29, 30 July 1987
(scorecard) |
Leicestershire
236/9 (60 overs) |
v
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Yorkshire
200 all out (56.5 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
Semi-finals
12, 13 August 1987
(scorecard) |
Northamptonshire
249/6 (60 overs) |
v
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Leicestershire
164 all out (51.2 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
Final
5, 7 September 1987
(scorecard) |
Northamptonshire
228/3 (50 overs) |
v
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Nottinghamshire
231/7 (49.3 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two. Match was reduced to 50 overs per side.
References
- ^ "NatWest Trophy, 1987 - Fixtures". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
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