1981 English cricket season

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In the 1981 English cricket season a change of sponsorship ended the Gillette Cup's 18-year tenure as a household name and the knockout competition was renamed the NatWest Trophy, which lasted for twenty years.

Notts won a close struggle for the County Championship title against Sussex.

Contents 1 Honours 2 Sri Lankan tour 3 References 4 External sources 5 Further reading

[edit] Honours

• County Championship - Nottinghamshire
• NatWest Trophy - Derbyshire
• Sunday League - Essex
• Benson & Hedges Cup -
• Minor Counties Championship - Durham
• Second XI Championship - Hampshire II
• Wisden - Terry Alderman, Allan Border, Richard Hadlee, Javed Miandad, Rod Marsh

[edit] Sri Lankan tour

The second tour of England by the Sri Lankan team took place in 1981. Sri Lanka had not yet achieved Test status. The team played 13 first-class matches and 11 of these were drawn. In their other two games, the Sri Lankans won one and lost one.

[edit] References

[edit] External sources

• CricketArchive match lists

[edit] Further reading

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1982
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1982

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