1995 NatWest Trophy
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format |
(60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Warwickshire (5th title) |
| Participants | 32 |
| Matches played | 30 |
| Most runs | 310 Alan Fordham (Northamptonshire) |
| Most wickets |
11 Anil Kumble (Northamptonshire) 11 Allan Donald (Warwickshire) |
| Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1995 NatWest Trophy was the 15th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 27 June and 2 September 1995.[1] The tournament was won by Warwickshire County Cricket Club who defeated Northamptonshire County Cricket Club by 4 wickets in the final at Lord's.
Format
The 18 first-class counties, were joined by eleven Minor Counties: Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, Devon, Dorset, Herefordshire, Norfolk, Staffordshire and Suffolk. The Ireland national cricket team and the Scotland national cricket team also participated. A place in the tournament reserved for a Minor County was given to the Netherlands national cricket team, who took part in the competition for the first time. 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 1995.
First round
Second round
Quarter-finals
1 August 1995 (scorecard) |
| Northamptonshire 226 all out (58.2 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 202 all out (57.4 overs) |
Semi-finals
Final
2, 3 September 1995 (scorecard) |
| Northamptonshire 200 all out (59.5 overs) |
v |
Warwickshire 203/6 (58.5 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
References
- ↑ "NatWest Trophy, 1995 - Fixtures". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 June 2010.