# 1980 Benson & Hedges Cup

The 1980 Benson & Hedges Cup was the ninth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The Minor Counties were restricted to one team and Scotland entered the competition for the first time.
The competition was won by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club.

## Fixtures and results
### Group stage
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | BowSR |
| Lancashire | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 34.083 |
| Nottinghamshire | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 38.606 |
| Leicestershire | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 39.939 |
| Derbyshire | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 53.833 |
| Scotland | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 104.889 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | BowSR |
| Northamptonshire | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 36.528 |
| Worcestershire | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 42.581 |
| Warwickshire | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 67.684 |
| Yorkshire | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 42.355 |
| Oxford and Cambridge Universities | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 75.4 |

#### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | BowSR |
| Essex | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 41.548 |
| Sussex | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 45.207 |
| Glamorgan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 48.917 |
| Gloucestershire | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 42.387 |
| Minor Counties | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 53.05 |

#### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | BowSR |
| Middlesex | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 35.306 |
| Surrey | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 43.172 |
| Somerset | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 44.207 |
| Kent | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 51.708 |
| Hampshire | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42.367 |

### Quarter-finals

* 11 June 1980 (scorecard)
| Essex 270/5 (55 overs) | v | Surrey 184 all out (48 overs) |
| Ken McEwan 95 Roger Knight 2/40 (11 overs) | | Geoff Howarth 42 Keith Pont 3/26 (9.2 overs) |
* Essex won by 86 runs County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: Ray Julian & John Langridge Player of the match: Ken McEwan (Essex)
* 11, 12 June 1980 (scorecard)
| Worcestershire 314/5 (55 overs) | v | Lancashire 269 all out (54.2 overs) |
| Phil Neale 128 Bernard Reidy 2/70 (11 overs) | | Ian Cockbain 53 Hartley Alleyne 3/39 (10.2 overs) |
* Worcestershire won by 45 runs Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Sam Cook & Arthur Jepson Player of the match: Glenn Turner (Worcestershire)
* Reserve day used. No play first day
* 11 June 1980 (scorecard)
| Middlesex 195 all out (54.5 overs) | v | Sussex 166 all out (53.3 overs) |
| John Emburey 34* Colin Wells 4/21 (11 overs) | | Paul Parker 59 Wayne Daniel 3/21 (11 overs) |
* Middlesex won by 29 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Jack van Geloven & Peter Wight Player of the match: John Emburey (Middlesex)
* 11 June 1980 (scorecard)
| Nottinghamshire 143 all out (51.1 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 145/3 (47.1 overs) |
| Derek Randall 48 Tim Lamb 4/11 (11 overs) | | Geoff Cook 66 Richard Hadlee 2/24 (11 overs) |
* Northamptonshire won by 7 wickets County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Bill Alley & Tom Spencer Player of the match: Tim Lamb (Northamptonshire)

### Semi-finals

* 25, 26 June 1980 (scorecard)
| Northamptonshire 206/8 (55 overs) | v | Middlesex 195 all out (53.4 overs) |
| Richard Williams 73* Mike Gatting 3/68 (11 overs) | | Mike Gatting 91 Sarfraz Nawaz 5/21 (11 overs) |
* Northamptonshire won by 11 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Richard Williams (Northamptonshire)
* Reserve day used. Middlesex were 128/5 (41 overs) at the close of the scheduled day's play
* 25, 26, 27 June 1980 (scorecard)
| Worcestershire 236/9 (55 overs) | v | Essex 240/2 (51 overs) |
| Alan Ormrod 70 John Lever 2/46 (9 overs) | | Graham Gooch 81 Hartley Alleyne 1/48 (11 overs) |
* Essex won by 8 wickets New Road, Worcester Umpires: David Evans & Ken Palmer Player of the match: Mike Denness (Essex)
* Two reserve days used. Worcestershire were 42/1 (11 overs) at the close of the scheduled day's play, and 55/1 (15 overs) at the close of the second day's play

### Final

* 19, 21 July 1980 (scorecard)
| Northamptonshire 209 all out (54.5 overs) | v | Essex 203/8 (55 overs) |
| Allan Lamb 72 Keith Pont 4/60 (11 overs) | | Graham Gooch 60 Sarfraz Nawaz 3/23 (11 overs) |
* Northamptonshire won by 6 runs Lord's, London Umpires: David Constant & Barrie Meyer Player of the match: Allan Lamb (Northamptonshire)
* Reserve day used. No play first day