1994 Benson & Hedges Cup

1994 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s) Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format

Limited overs cricket

(55 overs per innings)

Tournament format(s) Knockout
Champions Warwickshire (1st title)
Participants 22
Matches played 21
Most runs 246 Darren Bicknell (Surrey)[1]
Most wickets 9 Stuart Lampitt (Worcestershire)[2]

The 1994 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-third competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 26 April and 9 July 1994.[3] The tournament was won, as part of their historic treble of County Championship, Sunday League and Benson & Hedges Cup, by Warwickshire. Warwickshire defeated Worcestershire by 6 wickets in the final at Lord's.

Ireland made their Benson & Hedges Cup debut in this competition, losing in the Preliminary Round to Leicestershire.[4]

Fixtures and results

Preliminary round

26 April 1994
(scorecard)
Combined Universities
191/3 (55 overs)
v
Lancashire
193/3 (51.3 overs)
John Crawley 73
James Bovill 2/21 (11 overs)
Lancashire won by 7 wickets
The Parks, Oxford
Umpires: David Constant & Barrie Meyer
Player of the match: John Crawley (Lancashire)
26 April 1994
(scorecard)
Ireland
160/9 (55 overs)
v
Leicestershire
164/1 (50.1 overs)
Stephen Warke 53
Alan Mullally 2/30 (11 overs)
Nigel Briers 70*
Alan Lewis 1/22 (7 overs)
Leicestershire won by 9 wickets
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Peter Wight
Player of the match: Phil Simmons (Leicestershire)
26 April 1994
(scorecard)
Northamptonshire
232/7 (55 overs)
v
Middlesex
236/4 (53.5 overs)
Mal Loye 68*
Phil Tufnell 3/32 (11 overs)
Mark Ramprakash 119*
Kevin Innes 1/25 (6 overs)
Middlesex won by 6 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: Chris Balderstone & Roy Palmer
Player of the match: Mark Ramprakash (Middlesex)
26 April 1994
(scorecard)
Minor Counties
191/4 (55 overs)
v
Nottinghamshire
195/7 (53.5 overs)
Ian Cockbain 54*
Greg Mike 2/35 (9 overs)
Chris Lewis 48*
David Thomas 3/36 (9 overs)
Nottinghamshire won by 3 wickets
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: Vanburn Holder & Allan Jones
Player of the match: Ian Cockbain (Minor Counties)
26 April 1994
(scorecard)
Surrey
288/3 (55 overs)
v
Somerset
253 all out (53.2 overs)
Alec Stewart 167*
Graham Rose 1/42 (9 overs)
Mark Lathwell 120
Martin Bicknell 4/49 (10.2 overs)
Surrey won by 35 runs
The Foster's Oval, London
Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen & George Sharp
Player of the match: Alec Stewart (Surrey)
26 April 1994
(scorecard)
Scotland
157/7 (55 overs)
v
Sussex
161/2 (40.4 overs)
Jim Love 53
Franklyn Stephenson 2/24 (11 overs)
David Smith 65*
Greig Williamson 1/24 (7 overs)
Sussex won by 8 wickets
County Ground, Hove
Umpires: Trevor Jesty & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: David Smith (Sussex)

First round

10 May 1994
(scorecard)
Lancashire
280/5 (55 overs)
v
Derbyshire
284/6 (54.5 overs)
Mike Atherton 100
Alan Warner 2/57 (11 overs)
Adrian Rollins 70
Glen Chapple 2/30 (11 overs)
Derbyshire won by 4 wickets
County Ground, Derby
Umpires: Ken Palmer & Nigel Plews
Player of the match: Dominic Cork (Derbyshire)
10 May 1994
(scorecard)
Durham
190/8 (55 overs)
v
Worcestershire
191/2 (45.4 overs)
Jonathan Longley 33
Phil Newport 3/14 (11 overs)
Graeme Hick 104*
Alan Walker 1/20 (6 overs)
Worcestershire won by 8 wickets
Grangefield Road, Stockton-on-Tees
Umpires: John Hampshire & John Holder
Player of the match: Phil Newport (Worcestershire)
10 May 1994
(scorecard)
Leicestershire
241/9 (55 overs)
v
Essex
246/2 (51.5 overs)
Phil Simmons 57
Mark Ilott 3/28 (11 overs)
Graham Gooch 130*
Adrian Pierson 2/54 (11 overs)
Essex won by 8 wickets
Grangefield Road, Stockton-on-Tees
Umpires: Vanburn Holder & David Shepherd
Player of the match: Graham Gooch (Essex)
10 May 1994
(scorecard)
Yorkshire
178/6 (55 overs)
v
Hampshire
182/2 (51 overs)
Tony Middleton 63*
Mark Robinson 1/12 (7 overs)
Hampshire won by 8 wickets
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Roy Palmer
Player of the match: Tony Middleton (Hampshire)
10 May 1994
(scorecard)
Gloucestershire
189/9 (55 overs)
v
Kent
193/6 (54 overs)
Tony Wright 55
Alan Igglesden 3/26 (11 overs)
Mark Benson 47
Martyn Ball 2/32 (11 overs)
Kent won by 4 wickets
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: George Sharp & Peter Wight
Player of the match: Matthew Fleming (Kent)
10 May 1994
(scorecard)
Middlesex
150 all out (54.3 overs)
v
Warwickshire
151/7 (53.2 overs)
Mark Ramprakash 42
Tim Munton 3/27 (11 overs)
Trevor Penney 39
Paul Weekes 3/32 (10 overs)
Warwickshire won by 3 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: John Harris & Trevor Jesty
Player of the match: Tim Munton (Warwickshire)
10 May 1994
(scorecard)
Sussex
239/9 (55 overs)
v
Nottinghamshire
241/3 (49.2 overs)
Alan Wells 51
Mark Crawley 4/43 (10 overs)
Tim Robinson 91*
Paul Jarvis 2/34 (9 overs)
Nottinghamshire won by 7 wickets
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: Barry Dudleston & Kevin Lyons
Player of the match: Tim Robinson (Nottinghamshire)
10 May 1994
(scorecard)
Glamorgan
236/6 (55 overs)
v
Surrey
240/7 (54.4 overs)
Hugh Morris 55
Joey Benjamin 3/52 (11 overs)
Darren Bicknell 90
Robert Croft 2/29 (11 overs)
Surrey won by 3 wickets
The Foster's Oval, London
Umpires: Graham Burgess & Barrie Leadbeater
Player of the match: Darren Bicknell (Surrey)

Quarter-Finals

24 May 1994
(scorecard)
Derbyshire
98 all out (44 overs)
v
Worcestershire
100/1 (18.2 overs)
Colin Wells 25
Stuart Lampitt 6/26 (11 overs)
Worcestershire won by 9 wickets
County Ground, Derby
Umpires: Nigel Plews & Peter Willey
Player of the match: Stuart Lampitt (Worcestershire)
24, 25 May 1994
(scorecard)
Essex
124/3 (19 overs)
v
Hampshire
127/1 (17.2 overs)
John Stephenson 47
Shaun Udal 2/17 (4 overs)
Robin Smith 73*
Peter Such 1/29 (4 overs)
Hampshire won by 9 wickets
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: Jack Bond & Ray Julian
Player of the match: Robin Smith (Hampshire)
  • Reserve day used. No play first day.
24, 25 May 1993
(scorecard)
Nottinghamshire
275/8 (55 overs)
v
Surrey
278/4 (51.4 overs)
Paul Pollard 104
Adam Hollioake 3/48 (11 overs)
Darren Bicknell 109
Mark Crawley 1/45 (11 overs)
Surrey won by 6 wickets
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: David Shepherd & Bob White
Player of the match: David Ward (Surrey)
  • Reserve day used. Nottinghamshire were 275/8 (55 overs) at the close of the first day's play.
24, 25 May 1994
(scorecard)
v
No result (Warwickshire won on bowl-out 5-4)[5]
Edgbaston, Birmingham
  • Reserve day used. No play either day.

Semi-Finals

7 June 1994
(scorecard)
Surrey
267/7 (55 overs)
v
Warwickshire
270/6 (54.1 overs)
Graham Thorpe 87
Dermot Reeve 3/48 (11 overs)
Brian Lara 70
Tony Pigott 3/43 (11 overs)
Warwickshire won by 4 wickets
The Foster's Oval, London
Umpires: David Constant & Barrie Leadbeater
Player of the match: Dermot Reeve (Warwickshire)
7, 8 June 1994
(scorecard)
Hampshire
244/6 (55 overs)
v
Worcestershire
245/7 (52.4 overs)
Robin Smith 108
Phil Newport 2/35 (11 overs)
Gavin Haynes 65
Norman Cowans 4/36 (11 overs)
Worcestershire won by 3 wickets
New Road, Worcester
Umpires: Chris Balderstone & Mervyn Kitchen
Player of the match: Gavin Haynes (Worcestershire)
  • Reserve day used. Worcestershire were 118/3 at the close of the first day's play.

Final

9 July 1994
(scorecard)
Worcestershire
170/9 (55 overs)
v
Warwickshire
172/4 (44.2 overs)
Tom Moody 47
Paul Smith 3/34 (11 overs)
Dominic Ostler 55
Phil Newport 1/29 (8 overs)
Warwickshire won by 6 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Paul Smith (Warwickshire)

References

  1. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in Benson and Hedges Cup 1994 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Bowling in Benson and Hedges Cup 1994 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Benson and Hedges Cup 1994". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Engel, Matthew, ed. (1995). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1995. Guildford: John Wisden & Co Ltd. p. 700.
  5. ↑ Engel, Matthew, ed. (1995). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1995. Guildford: John Wisden & Co Ltd. p. 711.

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup

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