1989 Benson & Hedges Cup

The 1989 Benson & Hedges Cup was the eighteenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.

1989 Benson & Hedges Cup

Administrator(s)	Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings)
Champions	Nottinghamshire (1st title)
Participants	20
Matches	47
Most runs	346 Chris Tavaré (Somerset)
Most wickets	17 Adrian Jones (Somerset)
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The competition was won by Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	Rp100
Essex	4	4	0	0	0	8	65.730
Kent	4	2	2	0	0	4	57.953
Sussex	4	2	2	0	0	4	57.402
Hampshire	4	1	3	0	0	2	70.909
Glamorgan	4	1	3	0	0	2	48.128

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	Rp100
Gloucestershire	4	4	0	0	0	8	67.793
Combined Universities	4	2	2	0	0	4	62.115
Middlesex	4	2	2	0	0	4	58.990
Worcestershire	4	1	3	0	0	2	57.228
Surrey	4	1	3	0	0	2	49.175

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	Rp100
Somerset	4	4	0	0	0	8	61.856
Nottinghamshire	4	3	1	0	0	6	55.955
Yorkshire	4	2	2	0	0	4	51.905
Derbyshire	4	1	3	0	0	2	56.114
Minor Counties	4	0	4	0	0	0	50.758

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	Rp100
Northamptonshire	4	3	0	1	0	7	69.864
Lancashire	4	3	1	0	0	6	61.276
Leicestershire	4	2	1	1	0	5	65.753
Warwickshire	4	1	3	0	0	2	64.793
Scotland	4	0	4	0	0	0	45.758

Quarter-finals

31 May 1989 (scorecard)

Lancashire 246/9 (55 overs)	v	Essex 250/7 (52.1 overs)
Neil Fairbrother 47 John Stephenson 3/37 (9 overs)		Mark Waugh 93 Wasim Akram 4/54 (11 overs)

Essex won by 3 wickets County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: John Hampshire & Don Oslear Player of the match: Mark Waugh (Essex)

31 May 1989 (scorecard)

Nottinghamshire 222/6 (55 overs)	v	Gloucestershire 217 all out (54.3 overs)
Chris Broad 106 Kevin Curran 4/41 (11 overs)		Bill Athey 54 Eddie Hemmings 4/47 (10.3 overs)

Nottinghamshire won by 5 runs County Ground, Bristol Umpires: David Evans & Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Chris Broad (Nottinghamshire)

31 May 1989 (scorecard)

Kent 208/8 (55 overs)	v	Northamptonshire 187/8 (55 overs)
Mark Benson 55 Nick Cook 3/35 (11 overs)		Geoff Cook 46 Richard Ellison 3/45 (11 overs)

Kent won by 21 runs County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater & Kevin Lyons Player of the match: Richard Ellison (Kent)

31 May 1989 (scorecard)

Somerset 252/6 (55 overs)	v	Combined Universities 249/9 (55 overs)
Peter Roebuck 102 Michael Atherton 4/42 (9 overs)		Nasser Hussain 118 Peter Roebuck 2/19 (4 overs)

Somerset won by 3 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Barry Dudleston & Ray Julian Player of the match: Nasser Hussain (Combined Universities)

Semi-finals

14 June 1989 (scorecard)

Nottinghamshire 296/6 (55 overs)	v	Kent 227 all out (48.4 overs)
Tim Robinson 80 Chris Cowdrey 2/45 (11 overs)		Mark Benson 65 Andy Afford 4/38 (11 overs)

Nottinghamshire won by 69 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen & Roy Palmer Player of the match: Andy Afford (Nottinghamshire)

14 June 1989 (scorecard)

Essex 293/5 (55 overs)	v	Somerset 289 all out (55 overs)
Paul Prichard 73 Peter Roebuck 2/42 (11 overs)		Chris Tavaré 104* Neil Foster 3/56 (11 overs)

Essex won by 4 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: David Constant & Kevin Lyons Player of the match: Chris Tavaré (Somerset)

Final

15 July 1989 (scorecard)

Essex 243/7 (55 overs)	v	Nottinghamshire 244/7 (55 overs)
Alan Lilley 95* Kevin Evans 2/28 (11 overs)		Tim Robinson 86 John Lever 2/43 (11 overs)

Nottinghamshire won by 3 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: Ken Palmer & David Shepherd Player of the match: Tim Robinson (Nottinghamshire)