| Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Sussex (4th title) |
| Participants | 32 |
| Matches | 30 |
| Most runs | 202 Allan Green (Sussex) |
| Most wickets | 11 Imran Khan (Sussex) |
The 1986 NatWest Trophy was the 6th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 25 June and 6 September 1986.[1] The tournament was won by Sussex who defeated Lancashire by 7 wickets in the final at Lord's.
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by thirteen Minor Counties: Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Hertfordshire, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire and Suffolk. The Ireland and Scotland teams also participated.
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 6 September 1986.
In the first round at Derby, Derbyshire batsmen Alan Hill and Iain Anderson put on a then record partnership for any wicket in limited overs cricket. 286, for the 2nd wicket versus Cornwall. The semi-final between Worcestershire and Sussex at Worcester took three days to complete due to bad weather. Sussex won by 5 wickets and Imran Khan was the man of the match. At The Oval, Lancashire won by 4 runs Trevor Jesty scored 112 and was man of the match for Surrey.[2]
In the final, Ian Gould's Sussex beat Lancashire by 7 wickets. Medium pace bowler Dermot Reeve took 4-20 and was man of the match. Paul Parker scored the highest score of the game, 85. This was the last big game for Lancashire, and former West Indies, captain Clive Lloyd who retired at the end of the season.[2]
9, 10 July 1986
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Gloucestershire
177 all out (55.4 overs) |
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Leicestershire
179/4 (56.1 overs) |
9, 10 July 1986
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Yorkshire
205/9 (60 overs) |
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Middlesex
185 all out (57.3 overs) |
30, 31 July, 1 August 1986
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Leicestershire
223/8 (60 overs) |
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Lancashire
226/4 (53.3 overs) |
30, 31 July 1986
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Warwickshire
136/8 (60 overs) |
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Worcestershire
137/2 (39.3 overs) |
30, 31 July 1986
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Sussex
213/7 (60 overs) |
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Yorkshire
125 all out (38.3 overs) |
13, 14, 15 August 1986
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Worcestershire
125 all out (51 overs) |
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Sussex
126/5 (49 overs) |