Tournament format(s) Knockout Participants 22 | Champions Lancashire (3rd title) Matches played 21 | |
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board Cricket format Limited overs cricket
(60 overs per innings) | ||
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. The tournament was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club who defeated Warwickshire County Cricket Club by 4 wickets in the final at Lord's.
Format
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.
References
1972 Gillette Cup Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA