1992 Benson & Hedges Cup

The 1992 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-first edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.

1992 Benson & Hedges Cup

Administrator(s)	Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings)
Champions	Hampshire (2nd title)
Participants	21
Matches	52
Most runs	410 Darren Bicknell (Surrey)[1]
Most wickets	18 Mark Feltham (Surrey)[2]
← 1991 1993 →

Durham were accorded first-class status at the start of the 1992 season, and joined the competition for the first time. The number of competitors accordingly increased to 21, resulting in six teams in Group A. The competition was won by Hampshire County Cricket Club.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	Rp100
Surrey	5	4	1	0	0	8	82.552
Middlesex	5	4	1	0	0	8	74.486
Leicestershire	5	3	2	0	0	6	63.456
Sussex	5	2	3	0	0	4	63.830
Minor Counties	5	1	4	0	0	0	59.455
Gloucestershire	5	1	4	0	0	0	58.741

Source:^[3]

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	Rp100
Hampshire	4	3	0	1	0	7	70.503
Lancashire	4	3	1	0	0	6	64.870
Essex	4	2	2	0	0	4	64.318
Northamptonshire	4	1	3	0	0	2	73.485
Scotland	4	0	3	1	0	1	51.212

Source:^[3]

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	Rp100
Kent	4	4	0	0	0	8	65.985
Somerset	4	2	2	0	0	4	62.112
Nottinghamshire	4	2	2	0	0	4	61.390
Warwickshire	4	1	3	0	0	2	61.515
Yorkshire	4	1	3	0	0	2	48.030

Source:^[3]

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	Rp100
Worcestershire	4	3	1	0	0	6	63.454
Derbyshire	4	3	1	0	0	6	62.027
Durham	4	2	2	0	0	4	64.950
Glamorgan	4	2	2	0	0	4	58.967
Combined Universities	4	0	4	0	0	0	54.015

Source:^[3]

Quarter-finals

27 May 1992 (scorecard)

Middlesex 206 all out (52.4 overs)	v	Hampshire 207/4 (51 overs)
Desmond Haynes 89 Shaun Udal 4/40 (11 overs)		Tony Middleton 65 Paul Weekes 2/29 (11 overs)

Hampshire won by 6 wickets County Ground, Southampton Umpires: David Constant & Ray Julian Player of the match: Shaun Udal (Hampshire)

27 May 1992 (scorecard)

Kent 193 all out (54.1 overs)	v	Derbyshire 160/9 (55 overs)
Carl Hooper 39 Ian Bishop 4/30 (11 overs)		Kim Barnett 73 Mark Ealham 2/19 (8 overs)

Kent won by 33 runs St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Chris Balderstone & Ken Palmer Player of the match: Richard Davis (Kent)

27 May 1992 (scorecard)

Surrey 305/7 (55 overs)	v	Lancashire 230 all out (48 overs)
Darren Bicknell 86 Phillip DeFreitas 2/51 (11 overs)		Stephen Titchard 82 Mark Feltham 3/35 (9 overs)

Surrey won by 75 runs The Foster’s Oval, London Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen & Barrie Meyer Player of the match: Martin Bicknell (Surrey)

27 May 1992 (scorecard)

Somerset 256/9 (55 overs)	v	Worcestershire 246 all out (54.4 overs)
Mark Lathwell 93 Tom Moody 4/59 (11 overs)		Tom Moody 80 Richard Snell 3/47 (10.4 overs)

Somerset won by 10 runs New Road, Worcester Umpires: Jack Bond & David Shepherd Player of the match: Tom Moody (Worcestershire)

Semi-finals

10 June 1992 (scorecard)

Somerset 218/8 (55 overs)	v	Hampshire 219/4 (53.1 overs)
Graham Rose 65 Cardigan Connor 4/32 (11 overs)		Paul Terry 89* Graham Rose 2/23 (10 overs)

Hampshire won by 6 wickets County Ground, Southampton Umpires: Dickie Bird & John Holder Player of the match: Paul Terry (Hampshire)

10 June 1992 (scorecard)

Surrey 198 all out (54.5 overs)	v	Kent 199/8 (54.5 overs)
Graham Thorpe 82 Martin McCague 3/23 (5.5 overs)		Carl Hooper 50 Martin Bicknell 2/24 (10.5 overs)

Kent won by 2 wickets St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Barry Dudleston & Roy Palmer Player of the match: Matthew Fleming (Kent)

Final

11, 12 July 1992 (scorecard)

Hampshire 253/5 (55 overs)	v	Kent 212 all out (52.3 overs)
Robin Smith 90 Matthew Fleming 2/63 (8 overs)		Mark Benson 59 Malcolm Marshall 3/33 (10 overs)

Hampshire won by 41 runs Lord's, London Umpires: John Hampshire & Mervyn Kitchen Player of the match: Robin Smith (Hampshire)

• Reserve day used. Kent were 4/0 (1.2 overs) at the close of the first day's play.