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) |
Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
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
The seventeen
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
25, 27, 27 April 1970
(scorecard) |
Middlesex
264/5 (60 overs) |
v
|
Norfolk
117 all out (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 all out (29.4 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
Second round
30 May 1970
(scorecard) |
Hampshire
278/3 (60 overs) |
v
|
Buckinghamshire
136 all out (58.1 overs) |
John Holder 2/10 (11 overs) |
30 May 1970
(scorecard) |
Lancashire
278/8 (60 overs) |
v
|
Gloucestershire
251 all out (58.1 overs) |
Tony Brown 4/56 (12 overs) |
Ron Nicholls 75 3/39 (12 overs)Jack Simmons |
Quarter-finals
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.
8 July 1970
(scorecard) |
Surrey
280/5 (60 overs) |
v
|
Middlesex
272/9 (60 overs) |
John Price 3/63 (12 overs) |
Semi-finals
22 July 1970
(scorecard) |
Somerset
207 all out (58.2 overs) |
v
|
Lancashire
210/6 (56.2 overs) |
John Sullivan 50 2/43 (12 overs)Brian Langford |
Final
References
- ^ "Gillette Trophy, 1970 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 May 2010.