1987 NatWest Trophy
| 1987 NatWest Trophy | |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket format |
Limited overs cricket (60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Nottinghamshire (1st title) |
| Participants | 32 |
| Matches played | 30 |
| Most runs | 294 Wayne Larkins (Northamptonshire) |
| Most wickets |
10 Derek Underwood (Kent) 10 Allan Donald (Warwickshire) |
| Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1987 NatWest Trophy was the 7th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 24 June and 5 September 1987.[1] The tournament was won by Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club who defeated Northamptonshire County Cricket Club by 3 wickets in the final at Lord's.
Format
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by thirteen Minor Counties: Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cumberland, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Hertfordshire, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk and Wiltshire. The Ireland national cricket team and the Scotland national cricket team also participated. 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 5 September 1987.
First round
24 June 1987 (scorecard) |
| Oxfordshire 181/8 (60 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire 185/4 (47.5 overs) |
| Simon Porter 44 Jon Agnew 3/31 (12 overs) |
24 June 1987 (scorecard) |
| Northamptonshire 198 all out (59.1 overs) |
v |
Ireland 110 all out (49.4 overs) |
| Geoff Cook 50 Jon Garth 3/28 (11.1 overs) |
24, 25, 26 June 1987 (scorecard) |
| Essex 247/8 (60 overs) |
v |
Northumberland 71 all out (43.2 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
24 June 1987 (scorecard) |
| Scotland 74 all out (35.1 overs) |
v |
Kent 75/4 (23 overs) |
| Sandy Brown 18 Derek Underwood 8/31 (11.1 overs) |
Second round
8 July 1987 (scorecard) |
| Kent 232/8 (60 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire 233/9 (59.2 overs) |
| Neil Taylor 85 Paul Newman 3/40 (12 overs) |
8 July 1987 (scorecard) |
| Nottinghamshire 279 all out (59.3 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 219 all out (57.2 overs) |
| Mike Gatting 73 Andrew Pick 3/39 (12 overs) |
Quarter-finals
29, 30 July 1987 (scorecard) |
| Nottinghamshire 268/8 (60 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire 211 all out (55.5 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
29, 30 July 1987 (scorecard) |
| Essex 204/5 (60 overs) |
v |
Northamptonshire 205/4 (56.4 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
29, 30 July 1987 (scorecard) |
| Leicestershire 236/9 (60 overs) |
v |
Yorkshire 200 all out (56.5 overs) |
| Ashley Metcalfe 73 Phil DeFreitas 5/34 (10.5 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
Semi-finals
12 August 1987 (scorecard) |
| Nottinghamshire 225/8 (60 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 82 all out (35.1 overs) |
| Phil Bainbridge 18 Andrew Pick 5/22 (9.1 overs) |
12, 13 August 1987 (scorecard) |
| Northamptonshire 249/6 (60 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire 164 all out (51.2 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
Final
5, 7 September 1987 (scorecard) |
| Northamptonshire 228/3 (50 overs) |
v |
Nottinghamshire 231/7 (49.3 overs) |
| Wayne Larkins 87 (124) Andrew Pick 1/36 (10 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two. Match was reduced to 50 overs per side.
References
- ↑ "NatWest Trophy, 1987 - Fixtures". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 May 2010.