1997 English cricket season

none March 2014 March 2014 1996 1996 English cricket season 1998 1998 English cricket season The 1997 cricket season was the 98th in which the County Championship has been an official competition. The season centred on the six-Test Ashes series against Australia. England won the first, at Edgbaston, by the decisive margin of nine wickets, and the rain-affected second Test at Lord's was drawn, but any English optimism was short-lived. Australia won the next three games by huge margins to secure the series and retain The Ashes, and England's three-day victory in the final game at The Oval was little more than a consolation prize. It was the 68th test series between the two teams with Australia finally winning 3-2http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997/AUS_IN_ENG/ Ashes on CricInfo ESPN Cricinfo The three-match ODI series which preceded the Tests produced a statistical curiosity, with England winning each match by an identical margin, six wickets. The Britannic Assurance County Championship went to Glamorgan for the first time since 1969, by a margin of just four points from Kent. The combination of captain Matthew Maynard and Steve James' batting along with Waqar Younis' and Steve Watkin's bowling propelled them to the title, although the matter was not settled until the final match of the season, when Glamorgan's maximum-points thrashing of Somerset at Taunton ensured that Kent's own victory over Surrey was irrelevant.Engel Matthew Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494 2004 John Wisden & Company Ltd 0-947766-83-9http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF502232946&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Alan Lee Cricket Correspondent. "Glamorgan prove value of team ethic." Times [London, England] 22 Sept. 1997 The Times In one-day cricket, Warwickshire won the AXA Life League by two points from Kent, but were themselves thrashed by nine wickets by Essex in the final of the NatWest Trophy. The honours in the Benson & Hedges Cup went to Surrey, who beat Kent by eight wickets in the final. Ali Brown's 203 for Surrey in the AXA Life League against Hampshire in July remains the only double century ever scored in a 40-over List A match. http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Records/ListA/Overall/Highest_Player_Scores.html Individual Scores of 150 and More in a ListA Match 2006-10-14 CricketArchive Honours County Championship - Glamorgan NatWest Trophy - Essex Sunday League - Warwickshire Benson & Hedges Cup - Surrey Minor Counties Championship - Devon MCCA Knockout Trophy - Norfolk Second XI Championship - Lancashire II Wisden - Matthew Elliott, Stuart Law, Glenn McGrath, Matthew Maynard, Graham Thorpe Statistical highlights First-class Highest team total: 631/7 dec by Warwickshire v Hampshire at Southampton, 29–30 May Lowest team total: 31 by Glamorgan v Middlesex at Cardiff, 14 June Highest individual innings: 303* by Graeme Hick (Worcestershire) v Hampshire at Southampton, 18–19 September Most runs in season: 1,775 by Steve James (Glamorgan) Best innings bowling: 9–64 by Melvyn Betts (Durham) v Northamptonshire at Northampton, 28 August Most wickets in season: 83 by Mike Smith (Gloucestershire and England) List A Highest team total: 371/6 (50 overs) by Leicestershire v Scotland at Leicester, 28 April Lowest team total: 53 by Ireland v Yorkshire at Leeds, 24 June Highest individual innings: 203 by Ali Brown (Surrey) v Hampshire at Guildford, 20 July Most runs in season: 1,088 by Stuart Law (Essex) Best innings bowling: 7–24 by Mushtaq Ahmed (Somerset) v Ireland at Taunton, 2 May Most wickets in season: 53 by Allan Donald (Warwickshire) Ashes tour Australian cricket team in England in 1997 Cumulative record - Test wins 1876–1997England92Australia114Drawn85 County Championship 1997 County Championship Sunday League 1997 AXA Life League NatWest Trophy 1997 NatWest Trophy Benson & Hedges Cup 1997 Benson & Hedges Cup Averages First-class Batting Qualification: eight innings English first-class batting averages, 1997PlayerTeam(s)MINO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Graeme HickWorcestershire182861,524303*69.2764Steve JamesGlamorgan183041,77516268.2678Matthew MaynardGlamorgan182571,170161*65.0037Ricky PontingAustralia812357112763.4422Darren LehmannYorkshire172721,57518263.00410Neil JohnsonLeicestershire1218581915063.0025 Bowling Qualification: ten wickets English first-class bowling averages, 1997PlayerTeam(s)BallsMdnsRunsWkts BB Ave 5wI 10wMHamish AnthonyMCC25211113106-3411.3011Allan DonaldWarwickshire2,327123928606-5515.6331Mike SmithEngland, Gloucestershire3,0741251,464836-4517.6353Paul ReiffelAustralia1,13249520285-4918.2720Kevan JamesHampshire96737504278-4918.6621Saqlain MushtaqSurrey1,52975617325-1719.2842 List A Batting Qualification: eight innings English List A batting averages, 1997PlayerTeam(s)MINO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Mike RoseberryDurham109525291*63.0002Chris AdamsDerbyshire1919398813861.7553Neil FairbrotherLancashire202077928860.9209Kim BarnettDerbyshire16141751112*57.7623Rob BaileyNorthamptonshire23225859153*50.5218Matthew HaydenHampshire23221920120*46.6634 Bowling Qualification: ten wickets English List A bowling averages, 1997PlayerTeam(s)BallsMdnsRunsWkts BB Ave 5wI Allan DonaldWarwickshire1,11621718535-1013.543Peter MartinLancashire99820649435-2115.092David LeatherdaleWorcestershire6635512325-1016.001Devon MalcolmDerbyshire3786262167-3516.371Phil NewportWorcestershire60613370224-3716.810Darren GoughEngland, Yorkshire1,06112752417-2718.342 References External sources CricketArchive – season and tournament itineraries England Domestic Season 1997 at Cricinfo Annual reviews Playfair Cricket Annual 1998 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1998 Category:English cricket seasons in the 20th century English Cricket Season, 1997 Cricket season Category:Welsh cricket in the 20th century