Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (60 overs per innings) |
Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
Champions | Middlesex (4th title) |
Participants | 32 |
Matches played | 30 |
Most runs | 296 Graeme Hick (Worcestershire) |
Most wickets | 12 Angus Fraser (Middlesex) |
Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1988 NatWest Trophy was the 8th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 22 June and 3 September 1988. The tournament was won by Middlesex County Cricket Club who defeated Worcestershire County Cricket Club by 3 wickets in the final at Lord's.
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by thirteen Minor Counties: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cumberland, Devon, Durham, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk and Wiltshire. The Ireland national cricket team and the Scotland national cricket team 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 3 September 1988.