1976 Gillette Cup
| 1976 Gillette Cup | |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket format |
Limited overs cricket (60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Northamptonshire (1st title) |
| Participants | 22 |
| Matches played | 21 |
| Most runs | 240 Zaheer Abbas (Gloucestershire) |
| Most wickets | 10 Eddie Barlow (Derbyshire) |
| Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1976 Gillette Cup was the fourteenth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 26 June and 4 September 1976.[1] The tournament was won by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club who defeated Lancashire County Cricket Club by 4 wickets in the final at Lord's.
Format
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire. 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 4 September 1976.
First round
26 June 1976 (scorecard) |
| Berkshire 158/8 (60 overs) |
v |
Hertfordshire 160/8 (57.1 overs) |
| Frank Collyer 30 Alexander Mahoney 4/32 (12 overs) |
26 June 1976 (scorecard) |
| Glamorgan 283/3 (60 overs) |
v |
Warwickshire 287/6 (59 overs) |
| John Whitehouse 109 Roger Davis 3/55 (12 overs) |
Second round
Quarter-finals
4 August 1976 (scorecard) |
| Sussex 194 all out (56.3 overs) |
v |
Warwickshire 195/2 (46.2 overs) |
| Javed Miandad 69 Steve Rouse 4/27 (8.3 overs) |
Semi-finals
18 August 1976 (scorecard) |
| Warwickshire 233 all out (60 overs) |
v |
Lancashire 234/4 (55.2 overs) |
| Barry Wood 105 Steve Rouse 2/41 (12 overs) |
Final
4 September 1976 (scorecard) |
| Lancashire 195/7 (60 overs) |
v |
Northamptonshire 199/6 (58.1 overs) |
| David Lloyd 48 Bishan Bedi 3/52 (11 overs) |
References
- ↑ "Gillette Trophy, 1976 - Fixtures". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 May 2010.