1993 Benson & Hedges Cup
| Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(55 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Derbyshire (1st title) |
| Participants | 21 |
| Matches | 20 |
| Most runs | 247 Neil Fairbrother (Lancashire)[1] |
| Most wickets | 10 Wasim Akram (Lancashire)[2] |
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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
[edit ]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
[edit ]Preliminary round
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Park Drive, Hartlepool
Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Peter Willey
Player of the match: Andrew Fothergill (Durham)
- Reserve day used. No play first day.
(scorecard)
The Royal and Sun Alliance County Ground, Bristol
Umpires: Chris Balderstone & Jack Bond
Player of the match: Peter Bowler (Derbyshire)
(scorecard)
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen & George Sharp
Player of the match: Tony Middleton (Hampshire)
(scorecard)
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: Barry Dudleston & Gerry Stickley
Player of the match: Matthew Maynard (Glamorgan)
(scorecard)
Lochside Park, Forfar
Umpires: John Hampshire & John Holder
Player of the match: Mark Ilott (Essex)
First round
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County Ground, Derby
Umpires: Graham Burgess & David Constant
Player of the match: Chris Adams (Derbyshire)
(scorecard)
Grangefield Road, Stockton-on-Tees
Umpires: Jack Bond & Vanburn Holder
Player of the match: Wayne Larkins (Durham)
(scorecard)
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Umpires: Bob White & Peter Willey
Player of the match: Ian Salisbury (Sussex)
(scorecard)
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Ray Julian & Nigel Plews
Player of the match: Phil Robinson (Leicestershire)
(scorecard)
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: John Holder & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Mark Lathwell (Somserset)
(scorecard)
The Foster’s Oval, London
Umpires: Barry Dudleston & George Sharp
Player of the match: Neil Fairbrother (Lancashire)
(scorecard)
New Road, Worcester
Umpires: Chris Balderstone & David Shepherd
Player of the match: Graeme Hick (Worcestershire)
(scorecard)
Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds
Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Gerry Stickley
Player of the match: Nigel Felton (Northamptonshire)
Quarter-finals
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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.
(scorecard)
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater & Peter Wight
Player of the match: Winston Benjamin (Leicestershire)
(scorecard)
County Ground, Hove
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Wasim Akram (Lancashire)
Semi-finals
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County Ground, Derby
Umpires: Allan Jones & Roy Palmer
Player of the match: John Morris (Derbyshire)
(scorecard)
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: John Hampshire & Nigel Plews
Player of the match: Neil Fairbrother (Lancashire)
Final
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Lord's, London
Umpires: Barrie Meyer & David Shepherd
Player of the match: Dominic Cork (Derbyshire)
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Batting and Fielding in Benson and Hedges Cup 1993 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "Bowling in Benson and Hedges Cup 1993 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "Benson and Hedges Cup 1993". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Hignell, Andrew (11 January 2013). Rain Stops Play: Cricketing Climates. p. 172. ISBN 9781136338960.
- ^ Thicknesse, John (1993). "From Gravesend to the grave". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Engel, Matthew, ed. (1993). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1993. Guildford: John Wisden & Co Ltd. p. 25.
- ^ Engel, Matthew, ed. (1993). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1993. Guildford: John Wisden & Co Ltd. p. 1218.
- ^ Engel, Matthew, ed. (1994). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1994. Guildford: John Wisden & Co Ltd. p. 1294.