1992 Benson & Hedges Cup

The 1992 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-first edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.

1992 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s)Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket
(55 overs per innings)
ChampionsHampshire (2nd title)
Participants21
Matches52
Most runs410 Darren Bicknell (Surrey)[1]
Most wickets18 Mark Feltham (Surrey)[2]
1991
1993

Durham were accorded first-class status at the start of the 1992 season, and joined the competition for the first time. The number of competitors accordingly increased to 21, resulting in six teams in Group A. The competition was won by Hampshire County Cricket Club.

Fixtures and results

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Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W L NR A Pts Rp100
Surrey 5 4 1 0 0 8 82.552
Middlesex 5 4 1 0 0 8 74.486
Leicestershire 5 3 2 0 0 6 63.456
Sussex 5 2 3 0 0 4 63.830
Minor Counties 5 1 4 0 0 0 59.455
Gloucestershire 5 1 4 0 0 0 58.741

Source:[3]

Group B

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Team Pld W L NR A Pts Rp100
Hampshire 4 3 0 1 0 7 70.503
Lancashire 4 3 1 0 0 6 64.870
Essex 4 2 2 0 0 4 64.318
Northamptonshire 4 1 3 0 0 2 73.485
Scotland 4 0 3 1 0 1 51.212

Source:[3]

Group C

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Team Pld W L NR A Pts Rp100
Kent 4 4 0 0 0 8 65.985
Somerset 4 2 2 0 0 4 62.112
Nottinghamshire 4 2 2 0 0 4 61.390
Warwickshire 4 1 3 0 0 2 61.515
Yorkshire 4 1 3 0 0 2 48.030

Source:[3]

Group D

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Team Pld W L NR A Pts Rp100
Worcestershire 4 3 1 0 0 6 63.454
Derbyshire 4 3 1 0 0 6 62.027
Durham 4 2 2 0 0 4 64.950
Glamorgan 4 2 2 0 0 4 58.967
Combined Universities 4 0 4 0 0 0 54.015

Source:[3]

Quarter-finals

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27 May 1992
(scorecard)
Middlesex
206 all out (52.4 overs)
v
Hampshire
207/4 (51 overs)
Desmond Haynes 89
Shaun Udal 4/40 (11 overs)
Tony Middleton 65
Paul Weekes 2/29 (11 overs)
Hampshire won by 6 wickets
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: David Constant & Ray Julian
Player of the match: Shaun Udal (Hampshire)
27 May 1992
(scorecard)
Kent
193 all out (54.1 overs)
v
Derbyshire
160/9 (55 overs)
Carl Hooper 39
Ian Bishop 4/30 (11 overs)
Kim Barnett 73
Mark Ealham 2/19 (8 overs)
Kent won by 33 runs
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: Chris Balderstone & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Richard Davis (Kent)
27 May 1992
(scorecard)
Surrey
305/7 (55 overs)
v
Lancashire
230 all out (48 overs)
Stephen Titchard 82
Mark Feltham 3/35 (9 overs)
Surrey won by 75 runs
The Foster’s Oval, London
Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen & Barrie Meyer
Player of the match: Martin Bicknell (Surrey)
27 May 1992
(scorecard)
Somerset
256/9 (55 overs)
v
Worcestershire
246 all out (54.4 overs)
Mark Lathwell 93
Tom Moody 4/59 (11 overs)
Tom Moody 80
Richard Snell 3/47 (10.4 overs)
Somerset won by 10 runs
New Road, Worcester
Umpires: Jack Bond & David Shepherd
Player of the match: Tom Moody (Worcestershire)

Semi-finals

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10 June 1992
(scorecard)
Somerset
218/8 (55 overs)
v
Hampshire
219/4 (53.1 overs)
Graham Rose 65
Cardigan Connor 4/32 (11 overs)
Paul Terry 89*
Graham Rose 2/23 (10 overs)
Hampshire won by 6 wickets
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: Dickie Bird & John Holder
Player of the match: Paul Terry (Hampshire)
10 June 1992
(scorecard)
Surrey
198 all out (54.5 overs)
v
Kent
199/8 (54.5 overs)
Graham Thorpe 82
Martin McCague 3/23 (5.5 overs)
Carl Hooper 50
Martin Bicknell 2/24 (10.5 overs)
Kent won by 2 wickets
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: Barry Dudleston & Roy Palmer
Player of the match: Matthew Fleming (Kent)

Final

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11, 12 July 1992
(scorecard)
Hampshire
253/5 (55 overs)
v
Kent
212 all out (52.3 overs)
Robin Smith 90
Matthew Fleming 2/63 (8 overs)
Mark Benson 59
Malcolm Marshall 3/33 (10 overs)
Hampshire won by 41 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: John Hampshire & Mervyn Kitchen
Player of the match: Robin Smith (Hampshire)
  • Reserve day used. Kent were 4/0 (1.2 overs) at the close of the first day's play.

References

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  1. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Benson and Hedges Cup 1992 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Bowling in Benson and Hedges Cup 1992 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Benson and Hedges Cup 1992 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

See also

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Benson & Hedges Cup