1977 Benson & Hedges Cup
Appearance
Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(55 overs per innings) |
Champions | Gloucestershire (1st title) |
Participants | 20 |
Matches | 47 (48) |
Most runs | 351 Roger Knight (Sussex) |
Most wickets | 15 Brian Brain (Gloucestershire) |
The 1977 Benson & Hedges Cup was the sixth competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.
Fixtures and results
Group stage
Group A
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | BowSR |
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Hampshire | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 35.485 |
Gloucestershire | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 45.667 |
Lancashire | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 38.824 |
Leicestershire | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 47.074 |
Somerset | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 51.304 |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | BowSR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glamorgan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 32.286 |
Warwickshire | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 37.441 |
Derbyshire | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 38.393 |
Worcestershire | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 61.905 |
Minor Counties West | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 57.05 |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | BowSR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sussex | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 34.6 |
Kent | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 38.697 |
Surrey | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 35.484 |
Nottinghamshire | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 37.677 |
Oxford and Cambridge Universities | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 64.444 |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | BowSR |
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Middlesex | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 27.243 |
Northamptonshire | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 36.206 |
Yorkshire | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 40.935 |
Essex | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 53.944 |
Minor Counties East | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 52.5 |
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
22 June 1977
(scorecard) |
Gloucestershire
180 all out (54.2 overs) |
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Hampshire
173 all out (54.3 overs) |