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1980 Gillette Cup

Field	Value
administrator	Test and County Cricket Board
cricket format	Limited overs cricket(60 overs per innings)
tournament format	Knockout
champions	Middlesex
count	2
participants	23
matches	22
most runs	296 Gehan Mendis (Sussex)
most wickets	17 Robin Jackman (Surrey)
previous_year	1979
previous_tournament	1979 Gillette Cup
next_year	1981
next_tournament	1981 NatWest Trophy

The 1980 Gillette Cup was an English limited overs county cricket tournament held between 2 July and 6 September 1980. It was the eighteenth and final Gillette Cup before it was renamed as the NatWest Trophy in 1981. Middlesex won the tournament, defeating Surrey by 7 wickets in the final at Lord's.

Format

The seventeen first-class counties were joined by five Minor Counties: Cornwall, Devon, Durham, Oxfordshire and Suffolk. The tournament also marked the first time that Ireland were included. 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 1980.

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References

"Gillette Trophy, 1980 – Fixtures". CricketArchive.

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