1993 Benson & Hedges Cup
| Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format |
(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.
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.
First round
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, 26 May 1993 (scorecard) |
| Derbyshire 69/0 (20.3 overs) |
v |
|
| Kim Barnett 35* |
|
- Reserve day used. No play on the second day.
Semi-Finals
Final
References
- ↑ "Batting and Fielding in Benson and Hedges Cup 1993 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ↑ "Bowling in Benson and Hedges Cup 1993 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ↑ "Benson and Hedges Cup 1993". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ↑ Hignell, Andrew. Rain Stops Play: Cricketing Climates. p. 172.
- ↑ Thicknesse, John (1993). "From Gravesend to the grave". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ↑ Engel, Matthew, ed. (1993). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1993. Guildford: John Wisden & Co Ltd. p. 25.
- ↑ Engel, Matthew, ed. (1993). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1993. Guildford: John Wisden & Co Ltd. p. 1218.
- ↑ Engel, Matthew, ed. (1994). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1994. Guildford: John Wisden & Co Ltd. p. 1294.