1986 Benson & Hedges Cup

The 1986 Benson & Hedges Cup was the fifteenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.

1986 Benson & Hedges Cup

Administrator(s)	Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings)
Champions	Middlesex (2nd title)
Participants	20
Matches	47
Most runs	378 Mike Gatting (Middlesex)
Most wickets	13 Richard Ellison (Kent)

The competition was won by Middlesex County Cricket Club.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Derbyshire	4	4	0	0	0	8	31.824
Northamptonshire	4	3	1	0	0	6	52.640
Warwickshire	4	2	2	0	0	4	44.586
Leicestershire	4	1	3	0	0	2	40.438
Minor Counties	4	0	4	0	0	0	54.000

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Worcestershire	4	3	1	0	0	6	37.765
Nottinghamshire	4	3	1	0	0	6	54.292
Yorkshire	4	2	2	0	0	4	36.294
Lancashire	4	1	3	0	0	2	49.846
Scotland	4	1	3	0	0	2	51.125

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Essex	4	4	0	0	0	8	38.647
Sussex	4	3	1	0	0	6	29.485
Gloucestershire	4	2	2	0	0	4	38.067
Somerset	4	1	3	0	0	2	41.258
Glamorgan	4	0	4	0	0	0	51.600

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Middlesex	4	4	0	0	0	8	32.533
Kent	4	2	2	0	0	4	36.697
Hampshire	4	2	2	0	0	4	41.240
Surrey	4	2	2	0	0	4	56.826
Oxford and Cambridge Universities	4	0	4	0	0	0	105.875

Quarter-finals

28 May 1986 (scorecard)

Derbyshire 238/6 (55 overs)	v	Kent 242/6 (53.4 overs)
John Morris 65 Eldine Baptiste 2/38 (11 overs)		Chris Cowdrey 63* Roger Finney 2/26 (11 overs)

Kent won by 4 wickets County Ground, Derby Umpires: Jack Birkenshaw & John Holder Player of the match: Chris Cowdrey (Kent)

28, 29 May 1986 (scorecard)

Essex 195/9 (55 overs)	v	Nottinghamshire 196/7 (51.1 overs)
Keith Fletcher 37 Clive Rice 5/48 (11 overs)		Richard Hadlee 61* Graham Gooch 3/26 (11 overs)

Nottinghamshire won by 3 wickets County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: Don Oslear & Ken Palmer Player of the match: Clive Rice (Nottinghamshire)

• Reserve day used. Nottinghamshire were 39/3 (11 overs) at the close of the first day's play.

28, 29 May 1986 (scorecard)

Middlesex 256/5 (55 overs)	v	Sussex 172 all out (48 overs)
Roland Butcher 65 Dermot Reeve 2/54 (11 overs)		Imran Khan 47 Norman Cowans 3/52 (11 overs)

Middlesex won by 84 runs Lord's, London Umpires: David Constant & Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Roland Butcher (Middlesex)

• Reserve day used. Sussex were 9/0 (1.4 overs) at the close of the first day's play.

28, 29 May 1986 (scorecard)

Northamptonshire 233/8 (55 overs)	v	Worcestershire 234/2 (52.2 overs)
Allan Lamb 71 Alan Pridgeon 2/43 (11 overs)		Graeme Hick 103* Alan Walker 1/52 (11 overs)

Worcestershire won by 8 wickets New Road, Worcester Umpires: John Harris & David Shepherd Player of the match: Graeme Hick (Worcestershire)

• Reserve day used. Worcestershire were 52/1 at the close of the first day's play.

Semi-finals

11, 12 June 1986 (scorecard)

Nottinghamshire 189/8 (55 overs)	v	Middlesex 193/5 (53.2 overs)
Derek Randall 65 John Emburey 4/22 (11 overs)		Wilf Slack 65 Kevin Cooper 1/22 (11 overs)

Middlesex won by 5 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: Jack Birkenshaw & John Hampshire Player of the match: John Emburey (Middlesex)

• Reserve day used. Nottinghamshire were 189/8 (55 overs) at the close of the first day's play

11 June 1986 (scorecard)

Kent 252/8 (55 overs)	v	Worcestershire 241/7 (55 overs)
Chris Tavaré 68 John Inchmore 2/49 (11 overs)		Graeme Hick 72 Richard Ellison 2/49 (11 overs)

Kent won by 11 runs New Road, Worcester Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater & Barrie Meyer Player of the match: Neil Taylor (Kent)

Final

12 July 1986 (scorecard)

Middlesex 199/7 (55 overs)	v	Kent 197/8 (55 overs)
Clive Radley 54 Richard Ellison 3/27 (11 overs)		Graham Cowdrey 58 Phil Edmonds 3/58 (11 overs)

Middlesex won by 2 runs Lord's, London Umpires: David Constant & David Shepherd Player of the match: John Emburey (Middlesex)

References

CricketArchive - 1986 Benson & Hedges Cup

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup