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Tenth edition of Gillette Cup, a cricket tournament From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1972 Gillette Cup was the tenth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 5 July and 2 September 1972.[1] The tournament was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club who defeated Warwickshire County Cricket Club by 4 wickets in the final at Lord's.
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 (3rd title) |
Participants | 22 |
Matches | 21 |
Most runs | 272 Clive Lloyd (Lancashire) |
Most wickets | 14 Bob Willis (Warwickshire) |
Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The seventeen first-class counties were joined by five Minor Counties: Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Durham, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. 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 2 September 1972.
2, 3 August 1972 (scorecard) |
Kent 137 all out (52 overs) |
v |
Essex 127 all out (57.3 overs) |
2, 3 August 1972 (scorecard) |
Warwickshire 214/9 (60 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 204/9 (60 overs) |
17, 18 August 1972 (scorecard) |
Lancashire 224/6 (60 overs) |
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Kent 217 all out (60 overs) |
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