1983 Benson & Hedges Cup
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{{Infobox cricket tournament
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| administrator = Test and County Cricket Board
| cricket format = Limited overs cricket{{Clear}}(55 overs per innings)
| champions = Middlesex
| count = 1
| participants = 20
| matches = 47
| most runs = 342 Graham Gooch (Essex)
| most wickets = 12 Stuart Turner (Essex) and Derek Pringle (Essex)
| previous_year = 1982
| previous_tournament = 1982 Benson & Hedges Cup
| next_year = 1984
| next_tournament = 1984 Benson & Hedges Cup
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The 1983 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twelfth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.
The competition was won by Middlesex County Cricket Club.{{cite book|last=Frindall|first=Bill|title=Playfair Cricket Annual|year=2003|publisher=Headline Book Publishing|isbn=0-7553-1040-3}}
Fixtures and results
=Group stage=
==Group A==
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|align=left| Gloucestershire | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 33,731 |
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|align=left| Northamptonshire | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 37,233 |
| align=left| Leicestershire | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 48,923 |
| align=left| Worcestershire | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36,696 |
| align=left| Scotland | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50,733 |
==Group B==
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|align=left| Lancashire | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 37,231 |
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|align=left| Warwickshire | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 39,333 |
| align=left| Nottinghamshire | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 39,955 |
| align=left| Derbyshire | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 49,765 |
| align=left| Yorkshire | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 48,053 |
==Group C==
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|align=left| Essex | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33,243 |
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|align=left| Hampshire | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 35,514 |
| align=left| Sussex | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 45,929 |
| align=left| Somerset | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 34,107 |
| align=left| Minor Counties | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 82,500 |
==Group D==
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|align=left| Kent | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 35,061 |
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|align=left| Middlesex | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 50,000 |
| align=left| Glamorgan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 39,353 |
| align=left| Surrey | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 41,167 |
| align=left| Oxford and Cambridge Universities | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43,455 |
=Quarter-finals=
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 1, 2, 3 June 1983
| team1 = Essex
| score1 = 231/8 (55 overs)
| score2 = 168 all out (50.3 overs)
| team2 = Warwickshire
| runs1 = Keith Fletcher 87
| wickets1 = Bob Willis 3/51 (11 overs)
| runs2 = Dennis Amiss 49
| wickets2 = Norbert Phillip 4/33 (9.3 overs)
| result = Essex won by 63 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/43/43525.html (scorecard)]
| venue = County Ground, Chelmsford
| umpires = Bill Alley & Arthur Jepson
| motm = Derek Pringle (Essex)
| rain = Two reserve days used. No play first day. Warwickshire were 30/0 (13.4 overs) at the close of the first reserve day's play.
}}
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 1, 2, 3 June 1983
| team1 = Gloucestershire
| score1 = 12/0 (4 overs)
| score2 =
| team2 = Middlesex
| runs1 = Andy Stovold 11*
| wickets1 =
| runs2 =
| wickets2 =
| result = No result (Middlesex won on toss of a coin)
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/43/43526.html (scorecard)]
| venue = County Ground, Bristol
| umpires = Ray Julian & Ken Palmer
| motm = None
| rain = Two reserve days used. Gloucestershire were 12/0 (4 overs) at the close of the first day's play. No play on either reserve day.
}}
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 1, 2 June 1983
| team1 = Kent
| score1 = 198/9 (55 overs)
| score2 = 193/9 (55 overs)
| team2 = Hampshire
| runs1 = Neil Taylor 47
| wickets1 = Malcolm Marshall 4/26 (11 overs)
| runs2 = Paul Terry 72
| wickets2 = Richard Ellison 3/22 (11 overs)
| result = Kent won by 5 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/43/43527.html (scorecard)]
| venue = St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
| umpires = Dickie Bird & Jack Birkenshaw
| motm = Richard Ellison (Kent)
| rain = Reserve day used. No play first day.
}}
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 1, 2, 3 June 1983
| team1 = Lancashire
| score1 = 290/5 (55 overs)
| score2 = 154/9 (55 overs)
| team2 = Northamptonshire
| runs1 = Graeme Fowler 97
| wickets1 = Tim Lamb 2/54 (11 overs)
| runs2 = Kapil Dev 49
| wickets2 = Paul Allott 2/25 (7.1 overs)
| result = Lancashire won by 107 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/43/43528.html (scorecard)]
| venue = Old Trafford, Manchester
| umpires = Barrie Meyer & Don Oslear
| motm = Graeme Fowler (Lancashire)
| rain = Two reserve days used. Lancashire were 186/2 (42.4 overs) at the close of the first day's play. No play first reserve day.
}}
=Semi-finals=
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 6 July 1983
| team1 = Kent
| score1 = 128 all out (51 overs)
| score2 = 130/1 (46 overs)
| team2 = Essex
| runs1 = Bob Woolmer 33
| wickets1 = John Lever 3/29 (11 overs)
| runs2 = Brian Hardie 58*
| wickets2 = Richard Ellison 1/23 (11 overs)
| result = Essex won by 9 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/43/43743.html (scorecard)]
| venue = St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
| umpires = Roy Palmer & Alan Whitehead
| motm = Stuart Turner (Essex)
| rain =
}}
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 6 July 1983
| team1 = Lancashire
| score1 = 90 all out (31.5 overs)
| score2 = 91/4 (30.2 overs)
| team2 = Middlesex
| runs1 = David Hughes 27
| wickets1 = Norman Cowans 4/33 (11 overs)
| runs2 = Clive Radley 32*
| wickets2 = Paul Allott 2/23 (11 overs)
| result = Middlesex won by 6 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/43/43744.html (scorecard)]
| venue = Lord's, London
| umpires = Barrie Leadbeater & David Shepherd
| motm = Norman Cowans (Middlesex)
| rain =
}}
=Final=
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 23 July 1983
| team1 = Middlesex
| score1 = 196/8 (55 overs)
| score2 = 192 all out (54.1 overs)
| team2 = Essex
| runs1 = Clive Radley 89
| wickets1 = Neil Foster 3/26 (11 overs)
| runs2 = Brian Hardie 49
| wickets2 = Norman Cowans 4/39 (10.1 overs)
| result = Middlesex won by 4 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/43/43831.html (scorecard)]
| venue = Lord's, London
| umpires = Dickie Bird & Barrie Meyer
| motm = Clive Radley (Middlesex)
| rain =
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References
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=General references=
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/Benson_and_Hedges_Cup_1983.html CricketArchive – 1983 Benson & Hedges Cup]
See also
{{Benson & Hedges Cup seasons}}
{{1983 English cricket season}}
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Category:Benson & Hedges Cup seasons
Category:1983 in English cricket
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