1988 Benson & Hedges Cup

1988 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s)	Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings)
Champions	Hampshire (1st title)
Participants	20
Matches	47
Most runs	398 Graham Gooch (Essex)
Most wickets	18 Stephen Jefferies (Hampshire)
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The 1988 Benson & Hedges Cup was the seventeenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.

The competition was won by Hampshire County Cricket Club.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

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Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	Rp100
Derbyshire	4	3	0	1	0	7	64.891
Warwickshire	4	2	1	1	0	5	74.015
Leicestershire	4	2	1	0	1	5	60.101
Lancashire	4	1	3	0	0	2	68.258
Scotland	4	0	3	0	1	1	50.101

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	Rp100
Worcestershire	4	2	1	0	1	5	68.788
Nottinghamshire	4	2	1	1	0	5	65.366
Northamptonshire	4	2	1	1	0	5	56.465
Yorkshire	4	1	1	2	0	4	63.462
Minor Counties	4	0	3	0	1	1	50.202

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Rp100
Essex	4	3	1	6	72.154
Middlesex	4	3	1	6	70.016
Kent	4	2	2	4	73.536
Sussex	4	1	3	2	60.909
Surrey	4	1	3	2	58.900

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Rp100
Glamorgan	4	3	1	6	63.368
Hampshire	4	3	1	6	62.613
Gloucestershire	4	3	1	6	61.020
Somerset	4	1	3	2	67.476
Combined Universities	4	0	4	0	51.942

Quarter-finals

25, 26 May 1988
(scorecard)

Middlesex 110 all out (46 overs)	v	Derbyshire 111/1 (30.3 overs)
Keith Brown 32 Devon Malcolm 5/27 (9 overs)		Kim Barnett 69* Angus Fraser 1/27 (10 overs)

Derbyshire won by 9 wickets
County Ground, Derby
Umpires: Jack Birkenshaw & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Devon Malcolm (Derbyshire)

Reserve day used. Derbyshire were 33/0 at the close of the first day's play

25 May 1988
(scorecard)

Warwickshire 219/7 (55 overs)	v	Essex 223/1 (47.2 overs)
Andy Lloyd 87 Derek Pringle 3/56 (11 overs)		Graham Gooch 117* Asif Din 1/26 (4 overs)

Essex won by 9 wickets
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: John Hampshire & Nigel Plews
Player of the match: Graham Gooch (Essex)

25, 26 May 1988
(scorecard)

Nottinghamshire 220/8 (55 overs)	v	Glamorgan 221/4 (49.2 overs)
Tim Robinson 60 Greg Thomas 2/34 (11 overs)		Matthew Maynard 108 Kevin Cooper 2/20 (9 overs)

Glamorgan won by 6 wickets
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Umpires: David Shepherd & Peter Wight
Player of the match: Matthew Maynard (Glamorgan)

Reserve day used. No play first day

25, 26, 27 May 1988
(scorecard)

Worcestershire 169 all out (54.2 overs)	v	Hampshire 170/7 (53.1 overs)
Martin Weston 50 Stephen Jefferies 4/34 (10.2 overs)		Robin Smith 87* Neal Radford 3/29 (11 overs)

Hampshire won by 3 wickets
New Road, Worcester
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Barrie Leadbeater
Player of the match: Robin Smith (Hampshire)

Two reserve days used. No play first day. Worcestershire were 111/5 at the close of the second day's play.

Semi-finals

8, 9 June 1988
(scorecard)

Essex 238/6 (55 overs)	v	Hampshire 239/3 (53.4 overs)
Graham Gooch 41 Nigel Cowley 2/31 (11 overs)		Paul Terry 109 Neil Foster 1/30 (11 overs)

Hampshire won by 7 wickets
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: Barry Dudleston & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Paul Terry (Hampshire)

Reserve day used. Hampshire were 192/1 at the close of the first day's play

8, 9, 10 June 1988
(scorecard)

Derbyshire 217/8 (55 overs)	v	Glamorgan 203 all out (54.2 overs)
Bruce Roberts 44 Steve Barwick 3/45 (11 overs)		Alan Butcher 31 Michael Holding 5/31 (10.2 overs)

Derbyshire won by 14 runs
St Helen’s, Swansea
Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater & Barrie Meyer
Player of the match: Michael Holding (Derbyshire)

Two reserve days used. Glamorgan were 130/5 at the close of the first day's play. No play on the first reserve day.

Final

9 July 1988
(scorecard)

Derbyshire 117 all out (46.3 overs)	v	Hampshire 118/3 (31.5 overs)
John Morris 42 Stephen Jefferies 5/13 (10 overs)		Robin Smith 38 Ole Mortensen 1/19 (5 overs) Alan Warner 1/19 (5.5 overs)

Hampshire won by 7 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: David Constant & Nigel Plews
Player of the match: Stephen Jefferies (Hampshire)

References

^ "Benson and Hedges Cup 1988". wisden.com.
^ "Benson & Hedges Cup Points Table | Benson & Hedges Cup Standings | Benson & Hedges Cup Ranking". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2024.