1970 Gillette Cup
Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(60 overs per innings) |
Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
Champions | Lancashire (1st title) |
Participants | 22 |
Matches | 21 |
Most runs | 220 – Roy Virgin (Somerset) |
Most wickets | 13 – Bob Willis (Surrey) |
The 1970 Gillette Cup was the eighth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 25 April and 5 September 1970.[1] The tournament was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club who defeated Sussex County Cricket Club by 6 wickets in the final at Lord's.
Format
[edit]The 17 first-class counties were joined by five Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, Norfolk and Oxfordshire. 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 1970.
First round
[edit] 25, 27, 28 April 1970 Scorecard |
Middlesex 264/5 (60 overs) | v | Norfolk 117 (49.5 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
25, 27 April 1970 Scorecard |
Oxfordshire 99/9 (60 overs) | v | Worcestershire 101/3 (54.5 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
25, 27, 28 April 1970 Scorecard |
Warwickshire 215/9 (60 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire 216/5 (53 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
25, 26, 27 April 1970 Scorecard |
Surrey 134/8 (60 overs) | v | Yorkshire 76 (29.4 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
Second round
[edit]Quarter-finals
[edit] 8, 9 July 1970 Scorecard |
Nottinghamshire 232/5 (60 overs) | v | Somerset 233/5 (58 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
Semi-finals
[edit]Final
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Gillette Trophy, 1970 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 May 2010.