Administrator: | Test and County Cricket Board |
Cricket Format: | Limited overs cricket(60 overs per innings) |
Tournament Format: | Knockout |
Champions: | Lancashire |
Count: | 1 |
Participants: | 22 |
Matches: | 21 |
Most Runs: | 220 – Roy Virgin (Somerset) |
Most Wickets: | 13 – Bob Willis (Surrey) |
Previous Year: | 1969 |
Previous Tournament: | 1969 Gillette Cup |
Next Year: | 1971 |
Next Tournament: | 1971 Gillette Cup |
The 1970 Gillette Cup was the eighth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 25 April and 5 September 1970.[1] The tournament was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club who defeated Sussex County Cricket Club by 6 wickets in the final at Lord's.
The 17 first-class counties were joined by five Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, Norfolk and Oxfordshire. 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 5 September 1970.
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