1983 Benson & Hedges Cup

The 1983 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twelfth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.

1983 Benson & Hedges Cup

Administrator(s)	Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings)
Champions	Middlesex (1st title)
Participants	20
Matches	47
Most runs	342 Graham Gooch (Essex)
Most wickets	12 Stuart Turner (Essex) and Derek Pringle (Essex)
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The competition was won by Middlesex County Cricket Club.^[1]

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Gloucestershire	4	3	0	1	0	7	33,731
Northamptonshire	4	2	1	1	0	5	37,233
Leicestershire	4	1	1	1	1	4	48,923
Worcestershire	4	1	2	1	0	2	36,696
Scotland	4	0	3	0	1	0	50,733

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Lancashire	4	2	0	2	0	6	37,231
Warwickshire	4	2	0	1	1	6	39,333
Nottinghamshire	4	2	1	0	1	5	39,955
Derbyshire	4	0	2	1	1	2	49,765
Yorkshire	4	0	3	0	1	1	48,053

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Essex	4	3	1	0	0	6	33,243
Hampshire	4	3	1	0	0	6	35,514
Sussex	4	2	2	0	0	4	45,929
Somerset	4	1	2	0	1	3	34,107
Minor Counties	4	0	3	0	1	0	82,500

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Kent	4	3	1	0	0	6	35,061
Middlesex	4	2	0	0	2	6	50,000
Glamorgan	4	1	1	1	1	4	39,353
Surrey	4	1	2	1	0	3	41,167
Oxford and Cambridge Universities	4	0	3	0	1	0	43,455

Quarter-finals

1, 2, 3 June 1983 (scorecard)

Essex 231/8 (55 overs)	v	Warwickshire 168 all out (50.3 overs)
Keith Fletcher 87 Bob Willis 3/51 (11 overs)		Dennis Amiss 49 Norbert Phillip 4/33 (9.3 overs)

Essex won by 63 runs County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: Bill Alley & Arthur Jepson Player of the match: Derek Pringle (Essex)

• Two reserve days used. No play first day. Warwickshire were 30/0 (13.4 overs) at the close of the first reserve day's play.

1, 2, 3 June 1983 (scorecard)

Gloucestershire 12/0 (4 overs)	v	Middlesex
Andy Stovold 11*

No result (Middlesex won on toss of a coin) County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Ray Julian & Ken Palmer Player of the match: None

• Two reserve days used. Gloucestershire were 12/0 (4 overs) at the close of the first day's play. No play on either reserve day.

1, 2 June 1983 (scorecard)

Kent 198/9 (55 overs)	v	Hampshire 193/9 (55 overs)
Neil Taylor 47 Malcolm Marshall 4/26 (11 overs)		Paul Terry 72 Richard Ellison 3/22 (11 overs)

Kent won by 5 runs St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Dickie Bird & Jack Birkenshaw Player of the match: Richard Ellison (Kent)

• Reserve day used. No play first day.

1, 2, 3 June 1983 (scorecard)

Lancashire 290/5 (55 overs)	v	Northamptonshire 154/9 (55 overs)
Graeme Fowler 97 Tim Lamb 2/54 (11 overs)		Kapil Dev 49 Paul Allott 2/25 (7.1 overs)

Lancashire won by 107 runs Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Don Oslear Player of the match: Graeme Fowler (Lancashire)

• Two reserve days used. Lancashire were 186/2 (42.4 overs) at the close of the first day's play. No play first reserve day.

Semi-finals

6 July 1983 (scorecard)

Kent 128 all out (51 overs)	v	Essex 130/1 (46 overs)
Bob Woolmer 33 John Lever 3/29 (11 overs)		Brian Hardie 58* Richard Ellison 1/23 (11 overs)

Essex won by 9 wickets St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Roy Palmer & Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Stuart Turner (Essex)

6 July 1983 (scorecard)

Lancashire 90 all out (31.5 overs)	v	Middlesex 91/4 (30.2 overs)
David Hughes 27 Norman Cowans 4/33 (11 overs)		Clive Radley 32* Paul Allott 2/23 (11 overs)

Middlesex won by 6 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater & David Shepherd Player of the match: Norman Cowans (Middlesex)

Final

23 July 1983 (scorecard)

Middlesex 196/8 (55 overs)	v	Essex 192 all out (54.1 overs)
Clive Radley 89 Neil Foster 3/26 (11 overs)		Brian Hardie 49 Norman Cowans 4/39 (10.1 overs)

Middlesex won by 4 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Dickie Bird & Barrie Meyer Player of the match: Clive Radley (Middlesex)