1999 Benson & Hedges Super Cup

1999 Benson & Hedges Super Cup

Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (50 overs per innings)
Champions	Gloucestershire (2nd title)
Participants	8
Matches	7
Most runs	161 Chris Adams (Sussex)
Most wickets	7 Ian Harvey (Gloucestershire) Jon Lewis (Gloucestershire) Craig White (Yorkshire)

The 1999 Benson & Hedges Super Cup was the twenty-eighth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.

Background

The editor of Wisden, Matthew Engel, suggested in the 1995 edition that to liven up the county scene, the Benson & Hedges Cup be restricted to the top eight teams in the previous year's County Championship [1]. This was partly to avoid the possibility of the division of the Championship into two divisions, while offering an incentive for mid-table counties to play positive cricket at the end of the season.

This also relieved some of the pressure on the cricket schedule in the 1999 season with the World Cup encroaching on the schedule.

The tournament was not a success with low attendances, and from 2000, the County Championship was divided into two divisions, and the Benson & Hedges Cup reverted to its prior format, albeit with non-first class teams excluded.

Matches

Quarter-finals

25 June 1999 (scorecard)

Lancashire 181/8 (50 overs)	v	Sussex 182/6 (45 overs)
Graham Lloyd 45* James Kirtley 3/42 (10 overs)		Chris Adams 73* Peter Martin 3/36 (10 overs)

Sussex won by 4 wickets Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Vanburn Holder & John Steele Player of the match: Chris Adams (Sussex)

25 June 1999 (scorecard)

Hampshire 187/9 (50 overs)	v	Yorkshire 188/1 (38.4 overs)
Jason Laney 41 Gavin Hamilton 2/21 (6 overs)		David Byas 104* Nixon McLean 1/32 (7.4 overs)

Yorkshire won by 9 wickets Headingley, Leeds Umpires: John Harris & Nigel Plews Player of the match: David Byas (Yorkshire)

26 June 1999 (scorecard)

Warwickshire 229/5 (50 overs)	v	Leicestershire 195 all out (47.1 overs)
Nick Knight 96 Michael Kasprowicz 2/36 (10 overs)		Darren Maddy 84 Ed Giddins 5/21 (10 overs)

Warwickshire won by 34 runs Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Trevor Jesty & David Shepherd Player of the match: Ed Giddins (Warwickshire)

27 June 1999 (scorecard)

Surrey 220/9 (50 overs)	v	Gloucestershire 222/3 (48 overs)
Graham Thorpe 84 Ian Harvey 4/42 (10 overs)		Kim Barnett 65 Alex Tudor 2/14 (9 overs)

Gloucestershire won by 7 wickets County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Graham Burgess & Mervyn Kitchen Player of the match: Jack Russell (Gloucestershire)

Semi-finals

10 July 1999 (scorecard)

Yorkshire 219/8 (50 overs)	v	Warwickshire 163 all out (40.5 overs)
Craig White 55 Ashley Giles 3/35 (10 overs)		Dougie Brown 49 Michael Vaughan 2/30 (10 overs)

Yorkshire won by 56 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Chris Balderstone & John Holder Player of the match: Craig White (Yorkshire)

11 July 1999 (scorecard)

Gloucestershire 241 all out (49.5 overs)	v	Sussex 217 all out (48.1 overs)
Jeremy Snape 50 Umer Rashid 2/38 (10 overs)		Chris Adams 88 Jon Lewis 3/37 (10 overs)

Gloucestershire won by 24 runs County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Barry Dudleston & Ken Palmer Player of the match: Jeremy Snape (Gloucestershire)

Final

1 August 1999 (scorecard)

Gloucestershire 291/9 (50 overs)	v	Yorkshire 167 all out (40 overs)
Mark Alleyne 112 Craig White 4/51 (10 overs)		Craig White 38 Jon Lewis 3/32 (5 overs)

Gloucestershire won by 124 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Ray Julian & Peter Willey Player of the match: Mark Alleyne (Gloucestershire)

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup