1978 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s)Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket
(55 overs per innings)
ChampionsKent (3rd title)
Participants20
Matches47
Most runs349 Alan Hill (Derbyshire)
Most wickets18 Eddie Barlow (Derbyshire)/Wayne Daniel (Middlesex)

The 1978 Benson & Hedges Cup was the seventh edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Kent County Cricket Club.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Derbyshire440001240.719
Warwickshire43100936.636
Lancashire42200646.143
Gloucestershire41300338.727
Minor Counties West40400051.667

Group B

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Somerset430011031.556
Glamorgan43100936.629
Hampshire42101737.87
Worcestershire41300337.667
Oxford and Cambridge Universities40400080.154

Group C

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Sussex43100926.344
Middlesex43100930.912
Leicestershire43100938.529
Northamptonshire41300344.407
Minor Counties East40400049.208

Group D

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Kent43100946.25
Nottinghamshire42110743.043
Surrey42110748.92
Yorkshire41300331.242
Essex41300354.632

Quarter-finals

7, 8 June 1978
(scorecard)
Derbyshire
154 all out (52 overs)
v
Middlesex
125 all out (48.4 overs)
Alan Hill 69
Mike Selvey 2/26 (10 overs)
Mike Gatting 50
Eddie Barlow 3/22 (7.4 overs)
Derbyshire won by 29 runs
County Ground, Derby
Umpires: Ray Julian & Tom Spencer
Player of the match: Eddie Barlow (Derbyshire)
  • Reserve day used. Derbyshire were 11/0 (6 overs) at the close of the scheduled day’s play
7 June 1978
(scorecard)
Nottinghamshire
209/7 (55 overs)
v
Kent
210/3 (49 overs)
Derek Randall 51
Bob Woolmer 2/32 (10 overs)
Alan Ealham 60*
Kevin Cooper 1/23 (11 overs)
Kent won by 7 wickets
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: John Langridge & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Alan Ealham (Kent)
7, 8 June 1978
(scorecard)
Somerset
218/9 (55 overs)
v
Sussex
116 all out (42.2 overs)
Ian Botham 54
John Spencer 3/37 (11 overs)
Jeremy Groome 28
Keith Jennings 3/20 (11 overs)
Somerset won by 102 runs
County Ground, Hove
Umpires: David Constant & David Halfyard
Player of the match: Ian Botham (Somerset)
  • Reserve day used. Sussex were 76/6 (30 overs) at the close of the scheduled day's play
7, 8 June 1978
(scorecard)
Warwickshire
205/6 (55 overs)
v
Glamorgan
159 all out (49.2 overs)
John Whitehouse 70
Rodney Ontong 2/21 (8 overs)
John Hopkins 26
Stephen Rouse 3/28 (8.2 overs)
Warwickshire won by 46 runs
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Cec Pepper & Albert Rhodes
Player of the match: John Whitehouse (Warwickshire)
  • Reserve day used. No play first day

Semi-finals

21, 22 June 1978
(scorecard)
Derbyshire
203/9 (55 overs)
v
Warwickshire
162 all out (50.4 overs)
Anthony Borrington 77
Bob Willis 3/30 (11 overs)
Geoff Humpage 78
Eddie Barlow 3/26 (6.4 overs)
Derbyshire won by 41 runs
County Ground, Derby
Umpires: Bill Alley & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Anthony Borrington (Derbyshire)
  • Reserve day used. Derbyshire were 119/2 (36.5 overs) at the close of the scheduled day's play
21, 22, 23 June 1978
(scorecard)
Kent
204/8 (55 overs)
v
Somerset
163 all out (51.2 overs)
Chris Tavaré 56
Ian Botham 3/39 (11 overs)
Brian Rose 48
Asif Iqbal 3/49 (9 overs)
Kent won by 41 runs
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Tom Spencer
Player of the match: Chris Tavaré (Kent)
  • Two reserve days used. Kent were 149/5 (41.2 overs) at the close of the scheduled day's play, and Somerset were 33/1 (13 overs) at the close of the second day's play

Final

22 July 1978
(scorecard)
Derbyshire
147 all out (54.4 overs)
v
Kent
151/4 (41.4 overs)
Peter Kirsten 41
John Shepherd 4/25 (11 overs)
Bob Woolmer 79
Philip Russell 3/28 (11 overs)
Kent won by 6 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: David Constant & John Langridge
Player of the match: Bob Woolmer (Kent)

See also

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