Overview

The 1997 English cricket 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. The three-match ODI series which preceded the Tests produced a statistical curiosity, with England winning each match by an identical margin, six wickets. Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. ... The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ... Edgbaston Cricket Ground (sometimes called Edgbaston Stadium) is a cricket venue in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England. ... The result in a game of cricket may be a win for one of the two teams playing, a draw or a tie. ... The Pavilion The Grand Stand Match in progress The Media Centre at Lords Cricket Ground This memorial stone to Lord Harris is in the Harris Garden at Lords Lords Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in St Johns Wood in London, at grid reference TQ268827. ... For other uses of this term, see The Ashes (disambiguation). ... The famous gasometers, which are now listed buildings. ... A One-day International (ODI) cricket match is a one-day cricket match played over 50 overs per side between two international teams each representing a particular country. ...

The 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 and 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. The County Championship is the domestic first class cricket competition in the United Kingdom, mainly in England. ... Glamorgan County Cricket Club was founded in 1888 and is a county cricket club. ... Kent County Cricket Club is an English county cricket club based at Canterbury, Kent. ... Matthew Peter Maynard (born March 21, 1966, Oldham, Lancashire) was a skilled batsman and, later in his career, wicketkeeper famed for his aggressive and dashing strokeplay. ... Stephen Peter James (born 7 September 1967, Lydney, Gloucestershire) is a former English cricketer who played two Tests for England in 1998, making 71 runs in four innings. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Steven Llewellyn Watkin (born 15 September 1964 in Duffryn Rhondda, Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales) was a cricketer with Glamorgan County Cricket Club and England. ... Somerset County Cricket Club is a county cricket club with headquarters at the County Cricket Ground, Taunton. ... Surrey County Cricket Club (SCCC) is an English first-class cricket team, based at The Oval cricket ground in south London. ...

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Honours

• County Championship - Glamorgan
• NatWest Trophy - Essex
• Sunday League - Warwickshire
• Benson & Hedges Cup -
• Minor Counties Championship - Devon
• MCCA Knockout Trophy - Norfolk
• Second XI Championship - Lancashire II
• Wisden - Matthew Elliott, Stuart Law, Glenn McGrath, Matthew Maynard, Graham Thorpe

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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)

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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)

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Tables

County Championship

Points awarded: Win: 16 points. Draw: 3 points. Draw with scores level (DrT): 8 points. Draw in one-innings game (Dr1): 8 points. Abandoned: 3 points.

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AXA Life League

Points awarded: Win: 4 points. Tie / No Result / Abandoned: 2 points.
NRR = Net Run Rate: runs per 100 balls scored less runs per 100 balls conceded, adjusting to team's full allocation if all out, and including no result matches.

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Averages

First-class

Batting

Qualification: eight innings

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Bowling

Qualification: ten wickets

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List A

Batting

Qualification: eight innings

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Bowling

Qualification: ten wickets

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Notes

1. ^ Individual Scores of 150 and More in a ListA Match. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2006-10-14.

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References

• Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
• Playfair Cricket Annual (annual)
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)

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