1997 Benson & Hedges Cup
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (50 overs per innings) |
Champions | Surrey (2nd title) |
Participants | 22 |
Matches played | 57 |
Most runs | 384 Alec Stewart (Surrey)[1] |
Most wickets | 17 Matthew Fleming (Kent)[2] |
The 1997 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-sixth competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 28 April and 12 July 1997.[3]
The competition was won by Kent County Cricket Club for the second time, defeating Surrey County Cricket Club by 8 wickets in the final at Lord's on 12 July 1997.
Contents
Fixtures and results
Group stage
Group A
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | NRRA100 |
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Yorkshire | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16.132 |
Warwickshire | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15.220 |
Derbyshire | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.689 |
Lancashire | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1.503 |
Worcestershire | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3.896 |
Minor Counties | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -28.565 |
Source:[4]
Group B
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | NRRA100 |
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Leicestershire | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18.149 |
Northamptonshire | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9.131 |
Durham | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14.744 |
Nottinghamshire | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -12.968 |
Scotland | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -51.265 |
Source:[4]
Group C
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | NRRA100 |
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Kent | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.850 |
Surrey | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21.192 |
Gloucestershire | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7.062 |
Sussex | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.512 |
Hampshire | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -15.496 |
British Universities | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -18.565 |
Source:[4]
Group D
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | NRRA100 |
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Essex | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8.538 |
Somerset | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29.875 |
Glamorgan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -6.827 |
Ireland | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -32.622 |
Middlesex | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6.750 |
Source:[4]
Quarter-Finals
27 May 1997
(scorecard) |
Essex
214 all out (45.5 overs) |
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Surrey
215/4 (42.3 overs) |
27 May 1997
(scorecard) |
Warwickshire
304/8 (50 overs) |
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Kent
306/6 (49.3 overs) |
27 May 1997
(scorecard) |
Leicestershire
197 all out (46.2 overs) |
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Somerset
177 all out (47.5 overs) |
27 May 1997
(scorecard) |
Yorkshire
253/9 (50 overs) |
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Northamptonshire
254/3 (46 overs) |
Semi-Finals
10 June 1997
(scorecard) |
Kent
206/8 (50 overs) |
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Northamptonshire
140 all out (46 overs) |
10 June 1997
(scorecard) |
Surrey
308/8 (50 overs) |
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Leicestershire
178 all out (45.3 overs) |
Final
12 July 1997
(scorecard) |
Kent
212/9 (50 overs) |
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Surrey
215/2 (45 overs) |