1993 Benson & Hedges Cup

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
Matches20
Most runs247 Neil Fairbrother (Lancashire)[1]
Most wickets10 Wasim Akram (Lancashire)[2]
1992
1994

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

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)
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
Andy 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