1993 Benson & Hedges Cup
| Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Derbyshire (1st title) |
| Participants | 21 |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Most runs | 247 Neil Fairbrother (Lancashire)[1] |
| Most wickets | 10 Wasim Akram (Lancashire)[2] |
The 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-second competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 27 April and 10 July 1993.[3] The tournament was won by Derbyshire County Cricket Club who defeated Lancashire County Cricket Club by 6 runs in the final at Lord's.
Contents
Format
In the late 1980s the Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB) created a Structure Working Party under the chairmanship of Michael Murray to identify weaknesses in the structure of county cricket and suggest improvements.[4] It reported in 1992. Its main recommendations were the reduction of the County Championship from 22 matches a side to seventeen (each of the eighteen first-class counties playing each other once), all County Championship matches to be played over four days, the Sunday League to be extended from 40 overs a side to 50 overs, and the dropping of the zonal stage of the Benson & Hedges Cup, which would instead be played as a knockout.[5][6]
These changes were adopted in advance of the 1993 season by a vote of eleven to eight (with one abstention) at a special meeting of the TCCB on 19 May 1992.[7] Although it was agreed that the system should last for a minimum of three years, it was agreed to revert to a zonal system at the TCCB winter meeting on 8–9 December 1993. The changes were implemented in time for the 1995 season.[8]
Fixtures and results
Preliminary round
|
27, 28 April 1993
(scorecard) |
|
Minor Counties
156/8 (55 overs) |
v
|
Durham
157/4 (53.5 overs) |
- Reserve day used. No play first day.
|
27 April 1993
(scorecard) |
|
Gloucestershire
198/7 (55 overs) |
v
|
Derbyshire
198/5 (55 overs) |
|
27 April 1993
(scorecard) |
|
Combined Universities
177/7 (55 overs) |
v
|
Hampshire
178/1 (50 overs) |
|
27 April 1993
(scorecard) |
|
Glamorgan
236/7 (55 overs) |
v
|
Kent
132 all out (49.4 overs) |
|
27 April 1993
(scorecard) |
|
Scotland
106/8 (55 overs) |
v
|
Essex
107/1 (29.3 overs) |
First round
|
11 May 1993
(scorecard) |
|
Derbyshire
253/8 (55 overs) |
v
|
Middlesex
239/9 (55 overs) |
|
11 May 1993
(scorecard) |
|
Durham
196/5 (55 overs) |
v
|
Hampshire
197/7 (54.1 overs) |
|
11 May 1993
(scorecard) |
|
Sussex
263/7 (55 overs) |
v
|
Glamorgan
230 all out (52.2 overs) |
|
11 May 1993
(scorecard) |
|
Leicestershire
206/8 (55 overs) |
v
|
Warwickshire
206 all out (55 overs) |
|
11 May 1993
(scorecard) |
|
Nottinghamshire
279/8 (55 overs) |
v
|
Somerset
283/9 (55 overs) |
|
11 May 1993
(scorecard) |
|
Lancashire
236/7 (54.1 overs) |
v
|
Surrey
230 all out (55 overs) |
|
11 May 1993
(scorecard) |
|
Essex
115 all out (53.3 overs) |
v
|
Worcestershire
117/1 (32.1 overs) |
|
11 May 1993
(scorecard) |
|
Northamptonshire
211/9 (55 overs) |
v
|
Yorkshire
177 all out (52.1 overs) |
Quarter-Finals
|
25, 26 May 1993
(scorecard) |
|
Hampshire
223/7 (55 overs) |
v
|
Northamptonshire
227/3 (53.4 overs) |
- Reserve day used. Northamptonshire were 160/3 at the close of the first day's play.
|
25 May 1993
(scorecard) |
|
Leicestershire
205/9 (55 overs) |
v
|
Worcestershire
150 all out (48.2 overs) |
|
25, 26 May 1993
(scorecard) |
|
Derbyshire
69/0 (20.3 overs) |
v
|
|
|
Kim Barnett 35*
|
- Reserve day used. No play on the second day.
|
25 May 1993
(scorecard) |
|
Sussex
178/7 (55 overs) |
v
|
Lancashire
182/5 (52 overs) |
Semi-Finals
|
8 June 1993
(scorecard) |
|
Northamptonshire
210 all out (53.2 overs) |
v
|
Derbyshire
214/2 (51.3 overs) |
|
8 June 1993
(scorecard) |
|
Lancashire
218/6 (55 overs) |
v
|
Leicestershire
108 all out (40 overs) |
Final
|
10 July 1993
(scorecard) |
|
Derbyshire
252/6 (55 overs) |
v
|
Lancashire
246/7 (55 overs) |
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