Which county match was completed in 10 minutes?

Which county match was completed in 10 minutes?

A Benson & Hedges cricket match between Worcester and Somerset in 1979 was completed in 10 minutes. At a certain stage in the tournament, the Somerset team had the maximum 9 points followed closely by Worcestershire and Glamorgan with 6 points. There was one more condition to qualify for the finals and that was that Worcester and Glamorgan must significantly improve their wicket taking rates so that they were superior to that of Somerset.


Somerset opened the bowling. In a single over, they conceded just one run, and that too, from a no ball. Then Captain Brian Rose declared his innings closed and asked Worcester to go in and bat. They did. They scored the required two runs without loss of wicket. This drama took just ten minutes to unfold. Somerset lost! But Rose’s real aim was to ensure that Worcester team did not improve their wicket taking rate and eventually overtake his team in the points count!