1968 Gillette Cup
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| 1968 Gillette Cup | |
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| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket format |
Limited overs cricket (60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Warwickshire (2nd title) |
| Participants | 22 |
| Matches played | 21 |
| Most runs | 246 Garfield Sobers (Nottinghamshire) |
| Most wickets | 10 Antony Durose (Northamptonshire) |
| Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
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The 1968 Gillette Cup was the sixth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 27 April and 7 September 1968.[1] The tournament was won by Warwickshire County Cricket Club who defeated Sussex County Cricket Club by 4 wickets in the final at Lord's.
Format
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Dorset, Durham and Norfolk. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the quarter-final stage. Winners from the quarter-finals then progressed to the semi-finals from which the winners then went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 7 September 1968.
First round
1, 2 May 1968 (scorecard) |
| Glamorgan 76 all out (38.4 overs) |
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Northamptonshire 79/4 (46.1 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
4, 6 May 1968 (scorecard) |
| Middlesex 161 all out (60 overs) |
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Essex 155 all out (59.4 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
8, 9 May 1968 (scorecard) |
| Dorset 102 all out (52.4 overs) |
v |
Bedfordshire 103/2 (40.1 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
Second round
25, 27 May 1968 (scorecard) |
| Hampshire 321/4 (60 overs) |
v |
Bedfordshire 197/7 (60 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
25, 27 May 1968 (scorecard) |
| Cheshire 163 all out (56.4 overs) |
v |
Northamptonshire 165/1 (52.4 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
25, 27 May 1968 (scorecard) |
| Kent 110 all out (60 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 111/9 (58.2 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
25, 27 May 1968 (scorecard) |
| Somerset 134 all out (57 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire 135/6 (49 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
25, 27 May 1968 (scorecard) |
| Middlesex 220/8 (60 overs) |
v |
Surrey 117 all out (37.4 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
25, 27, 28 May 1968 (scorecard) |
| Yorkshire 171/9 (60 overs) |
v |
Warwickshire 172/6 (57.5 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
25, 27, 28 May 1968 (scorecard) |
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- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three. Match was rescheduled for 18 June.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
7, 8, 9 August 1968 (scorecard) |
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- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three. Match rescheduled for 13 August.
7, 8, 9 August 1968 (scorecard) |
| Sussex 219 all out (57 overs) |
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Gloucestershire 171 all out (56 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
Final
References
- ↑ "Gillette Trophy, 1968 - Fixtures". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
External links
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