Tournament format(s) Knockout Participants 23 | Champions Middlesex (2nd title) Matches played 22 | |
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board Cricket format Limited overs cricket
(60 overs per innings) | ||
The 1980 Gillette Cup was the eighteenth and final Gillette Cup before its renaming to the NatWest Trophy in 1981. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 2 July and 6 September 1980. Middlesex County Cricket Club won the tournament, defeating Surrey County Cricket Club 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.