1999 NatWest Trophy
The 1999 NatWest Trophy was the 19th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 4 May and 29 August 1999.[1] The tournament was won by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club who defeated Somerset County Cricket Club by 50 runs in the final at Lord's.
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(50 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Gloucestershire (2nd title) |
| Participants | 60 |
| Matches played | 51 |
| Most runs | 318 Tim Hancock (Gloucestershire) |
| Most wickets | 15 Saqlain Mushtaq (Surrey) |
| Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
Format
For the 1999 edition of the competition, radical changes were made to the structure and format of the competition. Each sides innings was reduced from 60 overs per side to 50, in order to bring the county one-day game in line with the format One Day Internationals were played in. This in turn reduced the number of overs a bowler could bowl in an innings, down from 12 to 10.
Competition was also greatly expanded. The 18 first-class counties, were joined by all twenty Minor Counties, plus Huntingdonshire. In a major change to previous tournaments, the cricket boards of Derbyshire, Durham, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Yorkshire were added to the competition. The Ireland national cricket team, Scotland national cricket team and the Netherlands national cricket team also participated. The Denmark national cricket team also made its debut in the tournament.
Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the third round. Winners in the third round progressed to the fourth round and winners from that round 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 29 August 1999.
First round
4 May 1999 (scorecard) |
Warwickshire Cricket Board 149 all out (48 overs) |
v |
Berkshire 150/4 (45.3 overs) |
4 May 1999 (scorecard) |
Yorkshire Cricket Board 145 all out (40 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire Cricket Board 138 all out (49 overs) |
4 May 1999 (scorecard) |
Lincolnshire 232/9 (50 overs) |
v |
Wales Minor Counties 236/6 (47.3 overs) |
Steve Plumb 52 Steve Barwick 3/44 (10 overs) |
4 May 1999 (scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire Cricket Board 212 all out (50 overs) |
v |
Scotland 215/1 (41.4 overs) |
Stephen Crawley 109* |
Second round
17 May 1999 (scorecard) |
Somerset Cricket Board 200 all out (50 overs) |
v |
Bedfordshire 201/6 (43.1 overs) |
19 May 1999 (scorecard) |
Wales Minor Counties 250/9 (50 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire Cricket Board 198 all out (49.5 overs) |
19 May 1999 (scorecard) |
Kent Cricket Board 250/3 (50 overs) |
v |
Worcestershire Cricket Board 245/7 (50 overs) |
19 May 1999 (scorecard) |
Lancashire Cricket Board 122 all out (49.2 overs) |
v |
Netherlands 126/0 (31.2 overs) |
19 May 1999 (scorecard) |
Cumberland 207/9 (50 overs) |
v |
Middlesex Cricket Board 114 all out (42.2 overs) |
19 May 1999 (scorecard) |
Hampshire Cricket Board 217 all out (49.4 overs) |
v |
Shropshire 216 all out (50 overs) |
19 May 1999 (scorecard) |
Yorkshire Cricket Board 91 all out (40.5 overs) |
v |
Buckinghamshire 92/3 (20.4 overs) |
Mike Rindel 31 Greg Lambert 2/22 (3 overs) |
19 May 1999 (scorecard) |
Scotland 245/7 (50 overs) |
v |
Dorset 169 all out (47 overs) |
David Miller 41 Craig Wright 3/20 (10 overs) |
Third round
23 June 1999 (scorecard) |
Warwickshire 249/7 (50 overs) |
v |
Buckinghamshire 136 all out (40 overs) |
Tim Scriven 33 Mohamed Sheikh 2/18 (7 overs) |
23 June 1999 (scorecard) |
Gloucestershire 271/8 (50 overs) |
v |
Durham Cricket Board 109 all out (34 overs) |
Fourth round
7 July 1999 (scorecard) |
Sussex 192/8 (50 overs) |
v |
Somerset 195/5 (46.2 overs) |
Rajesh Rao 67 Steffan Jones 4/25 (9 overs) |
Quarter-finals
28 July 1999 (scorecard) |
Gloucestershire 274/6 (50 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 138 all out (41.1 overs) |
Adrian Dale 38 Mike Smith 2/19 (10 overs) |
28 July 1999 (scorecard) |
Yorkshire 263/7 (50 overs) |
v |
Lancashire 208 all out (45.4 overs) |
Mike Atherton 61 (97) Greg Blewett 4/18 (5.4 overs) |
Semi-finals
14 August 1999 (scorecard) |
Gloucestershire 240/7 (50 overs) |
v |
Yorkshire 234/6 (50 overs) |
Kim Barnett 98 (145) Paul Hutchison 2/38 (8 overs) |
Final
References
- "NatWest Trophy, 1999 - Fixtures". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2010.