1981 NatWest Trophy
Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (60 overs per innings) |
Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
Champions | Derbyshire (1st title) |
Participants | 23 |
Matches played | 22 |
Most runs | 255 Geoff Cook (Northamptonshire) |
Most wickets | 11 Colin Tunnicliffe (Derbyshire) |
Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1981 NatWest Trophy was the first NatWest Trophy since its renaming from the Gillette Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 11 July and 5 September 1981.[1] The tournament was won by Derbyshire County Cricket Club who defeated Northamptonshire County Cricket Club by means of losing fewer wickets following a tie in the final at Lord's.
Contents
Format
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Cheshire, Durham, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire and Suffolk. The Ireland national cricket team also participated. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the quarter-final stage. Winners from the quarter-finals then progressed to the semi-finals from which the winners then went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 5 September 1981.
First round
11 July 1981
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Cheshire
137 all out (42.5 overs) |
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Hampshire
138/4 (41 overs) |
11 July 1981
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Essex
306/8 (60 overs) |
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Hertfordshire
115 all out (39.1 overs) |
11 July 1981
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Gloucestershire
246/8 (60 overs) |
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Ireland
75 all out (45.5 overs) |
11 July 1981
(scorecard) |
Yorkshire
222/6 (60 overs) |
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Kent
223/4 (57.2 overs) |
11, 13 July 1981
(scorecard) |
Durham
187 all out (55.4 overs) |
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Lancashire
190/2 (51.5 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
11 July 1981
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Oxfordshire
150 all out (59.2 overs) |
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Glamorgan
154/2 (44.1 overs) |
11 July 1981
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Derbyshire
270/6 (60 overs) |
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Suffolk
99 all out (46.3 overs) |
Second round
22 July 1981
(scorecard) |
Hampshire
176/7 (60 overs) |
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Glamorgan
146 all out (55.5 overs) |
22 July 1981
(scorecard) |
Essex
207 all out (59.2 overs) |
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Gloucestershire
85 all out (42 overs) |
22 July 1981
(scorecard) |
Kent
154 all out (56.3 overs) |
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Nottinghamshire
156/6 (56.3 overs) |
22 July 1981
(scorecard) |
Lancashire
231/8 (60 overs) |
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Middlesex
189 all out (48.3 overs) |
22 July 1981
(scorecard) |
Somerset
202 all out (59.4 overs) |
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Northamptonshire
204/3 (53.1 overs) |
22, 23, 24 July 1981
(scorecard) |
Leicestershire
261 all out (60 overs) |
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Surrey
12/0 (8 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three. Match was replaced with a 10-over match.
24 July 1981
(scorecard) |
Leicestershire
104/5 (10 overs) |
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Surrey
88/2 (10 overs) |
- Match was reduced before play started to 10 overs per side.
22 July 1981
(scorecard) |
Sussex
274/8 (60 overs) |
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Warwickshire
150 all out (47.5 overs) |
22 July 1981
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Worcestershire
228 all out (60 overs) |
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Derbyshire
229/6 (58.2 overs) |
Quarter-finals
5 August 1981
(scorecard) |
Derbyshire
164 all out (59 overs) |
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Nottinghamshire
141 all out (50.4 overs) |
5 August 1981
(scorecard) |
Hampshire
167/9 (60 overs) |
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Lancashire
169/7 (55.4 overs) |
5 August 1981
(scorecard) |
Leicestershire
227 all out (59.4 overs) |
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Northamptonshire
207/4 (50.5 overs) |
- When play was stopped Northamptonshire needed to have scored 193 runs to win.
5 August 1981
(scorecard) |
Essex
195/9 (60 overs) |
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Sussex
170 all out (56 overs) |
Semi-finals
19 August 1981
(scorecard) |
Essex
149 all out (60 overs) |
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Derbyshire
149/8 (60 overs) |
19 August 1981
(scorecard) |
Lancashire
186/9 (60 overs) |
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Northamptonshire
187/9 (59.5 overs) |
Final
5 September 1981
(scorecard) |
Northamptonshire
235/9 (60 overs) |
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Derbyshire
235/6 (60 overs) |
References
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