1995 Benson & Hedges Cup

The 1995 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-fourth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 23 April and 15 July 1995.^[3]

1995 Benson & Hedges Cup

Administrator(s)	Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings)
Champions	Lancashire (3rd title)
Participants	22
Matches	57
Most runs	469 Trevor Ward (Kent)[1]
Most wickets	15 Javagal Srinath (Gloucestershire)[2]
← 1994 1996 →

It had been agreed before the close of the 1994 season that the Benson & Hedges Cup would revert to a zonal system, having been a knockout tournament for the 1993 and 1994 tournaments.^[4] Ireland, having entered the tournament for the first time in 1994, retained their place, meaning there were 22 teams.

The competition was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club for a record third time, defeating Kent County Cricket Club by 35 runs in the final at Lord's on 15 July 1995.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	NRRA100
Lancashire	5	4	0	1	0	9	22.567
Nottinghamshire	5	3	1	1	0	7	0.704
Warwickshire	5	2	2	1	0	5	4.685
Durham	5	2	2	1	0	5	-3.172
Minor Counties	5	1	3	1	0	3	-11.761
Leicestershire	5	0	4	1	0	1	-7.583

Source:^[5]

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	NRRA100
Yorkshire	4	3	0	0	1	7	17.348
Worcestershire	4	3	1	0	0	6	26.025
Derbyshire	4	2	1	0	1	5	-3.116
Northamptonshire	4	1	3	0	0	2	-1.499
Scotland	4	0	4	0	0	0	-37.356

Source:^[5]

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	NRRA100
Gloucestershire	5	5	0	0	0	10	9.991
Middlesex	5	4	1	0	0	8	7.699
Glamorgan	5	3	2	0	0	6	16.454
Essex	5	1	3	1	0	3	-2.485
Hampshire	5	1	3	1	0	3	-6.099
Combined Universities	5	0	5	0	0	0	-28.048

Source:^[5]

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	NRRA100
Kent	4	4	0	0	0	8	27.137
Somerset	4	2	2	0	0	4	12.172
Surrey	4	2	2	0	0	4	4.665
Sussex	4	2	2	0	0	4	0.460
Ireland	4	0	4	0	0	0	-46.005

Source:^[5]

Quarter-finals

30, 31 May 1995 (scorecard)

Gloucestershire 113 all out (49.4 overs)	v	Somerset 114/4 (35.1 overs)
Bob Dawson 38 Mushtaq Ahmed 3/23 (10.4 overs)		Marcus Trescothick 52 Javagal Srinath 2/35 (10.1 overs)

Somerset won by 6 wickets The Royal and Sun Alliance County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Vanburn Holder & Barrie Leadbeater Player of the match: Jeremy Batty (Somerset)

• Reserve day used. Somerset were 64/2 at the close of the first day's play.

30 May 1995 (scorecard)

Kent 250/9 (55 overs)	v	Middlesex 224 all out (54.4 overs)
Trevor Ward 64 Angus Fraser 4/49 (11 overs)		Jason Pooley 47 Matthew Fleming 3/41 (10.4 overs)

Kent won by 26 runs St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Dickie Bird & Mervyn Kitchen Player of the match: Mark Ealham (Kent)

30 May 1995 (scorecard)

Nottinghamshire 201/8 (55 overs)	v	Lancashire 205/4 (49.4 overs)
Chris Lewis 48 Ian Austin 3/45 (11 overs)		Graham Lloyd 72* Kevin Evans 2/28 (9 overs)

Lancashire won by 6 wickets Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: John Holder & Barrie Meyer Player of the match: Graham Lloyd (Lancashire)

30 May 1995 (scorecard)

Yorkshire 88 all out (48.5 overs)	v	Worcestershire 89/3 (22.5 overs)
David Byas 47 Stuart Lampitt 4/16 (7.5 overs)		Tom Moody 32* Mark Anderson 2/15 (6 overs)

Worcestershire won by 7 wickets Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds Umpires: John Harris & Ken Palmer Player of the match: Stuart Lampitt (Worcestershire)

Semi-finals

13, 14 June 1995 (scorecard)

Kent 250/9 (55 overs)	v	Somerset 219/8 (55 overs)
Mark Ealham 52 Mushtaq Ahmed 2/28 (11 overs)		Andy Hayhurst 69* Tim Wren 3/34 (11 overs)

Kent won by 31 runs St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: John Holder & George Sharp Player of the match: Mark Ealham (Kent)

• Reserve day used. Kent were 250/9 (55 overs) at the end of the first day's play.

13 June 1995 (scorecard)

Worcestershire 261/5 (55 overs)	v	Lancashire 264/8 (54.2 overs)
Graeme Hick 109 Wasim Akram 3/59 (11 overs)		Wasim Akram 64 Graeme Hick 2/30 (5 overs)

Lancashire won by 2 wickets New Road, Worcester Umpires: Roy Palmer & Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Wasim Akram (Lancashire)

Final

15 July 1995 (scorecard)

Lancashire 274/7 (55 overs)	v	Kent 239 all out (52.1 overs)
Mike Atherton 93 Dean Headley 2/57 (11 overs)		Aravinda de Silva 112 Mike Watkinson 3/42 (10.1 overs) Gary Yates 3/42 (11 overs)

Lancashire won by 35 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Nigel Plews & David Shepherd Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (Kent)

See also

• Benson & Hedges Cup