1997 NatWest Trophy
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 | Essex (2nd title) |
Participants | 32 |
Matches played | 30 |
Most runs | 333 Stuart Law (Essex) |
Most wickets | 15 Allan Donald (Warwickshire) |
Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1997 NatWest Trophy was the 17th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 24 June and 7 September 1997.[1] The tournament was won by Essex County Cricket Club who defeated Warwickshire County Cricket Club by 9 wickets in the final at Lord's.
Contents
Format and highlights
The 18 first-class counties, were joined by eleven Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cumberland, Devon, Herefordshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Shropshire and Staffordshire.
The Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands also participated. There was some controversy in the semi final at the County Ground, Chelmsford, when in a tense contest Mark Ilott of Essex and Robert Croft of Glamorgan had an on-field confrontation.[2]
The final at Lord's which was held on 7 September 1997 and was won by Essex with Stuart Law scoring 80 and collecting the Man of the Match medal.
First round
24 June 1997
(scorecard) |
Essex
327/7 (60 overs) |
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Buckinghamshire
238/7 (60 overs) |
24 June 1997
(scorecard) |
Hampshire
321/4 (60 overs) |
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Cambridgeshire
82 all out (32.2 overs) |
24 June 1997
(scorecard) |
Northamptonshire
223 all out (56.4 overs) |
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Cumberland
187/9 (60 overs) |
24 June 1997
(scorecard) |
Leicestershire
225/8 (60 overs) |
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Devon
172/9 (60 overs) |
24 June 1997
(scorecard) |
Bedfordshire
179/9 (60 overs) |
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Glamorgan
182/3 (30.2 overs) |
24 June 1997
(scorecard) |
Gloucestershire
351/2 (60 overs) |
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Scotland
250/9 (60 overs) |
24 June 1997
(scorecard) |
Lancashire
351/7 (60 overs) |
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Berkshire
182/5 (60 overs) |
24 June 1997
(scorecard) |
Lincolnshire
116 all out (50.2 overs) |
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Derbyshire
121/2 (19 overs) |
24 June 1997
(scorecard) |
Kent
225 all out (59.5 overs) |
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Middlesex
227/7 (59.2 overs) |
24 June 1997
(scorecard) |
Staffordshire
95 all out (45.3 overs) |
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Nottinghamshire
96/0 (31.5 overs) |
24 June 1997
(scorecard) |
Somerset
367/5 (60 overs) |
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Herefordshire
136 all out (37.4 overs) |
24 June 1997
(scorecard) |
Durham
247/7 (60 overs) |
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Surrey
251/5 (48.5 overs) |
24 June 1997
(scorecard) |
Shropshire
116 all out (47.5 overs) |
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Sussex
119/0 (45.4 overs) |
24 June 1997
(scorecard) |
Warwickshire
207 all out (59.3 overs) |
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Norfolk
127 all out (48.2 overs) |
24 June 1997
(scorecard) |
Worcestershire
336/6 (60 overs) |
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Netherlands
225 all out (54.2 overs) |
24 June 1997
(scorecard) |
Yorkshire
249 all out (59.4 overs) |
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Ireland
53 all out (18.5 overs) |
Second round
9 July 1997
(scorecard) |
Derbyshire
324/7 (60 overs) |
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Northamptonshire
180 all out (48.1 overs) |
9 July 1997
(scorecard) |
Worcestershire
286/9 (60 overs) |
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Essex
287/3 (57.3 overs) |
9 July 1997
(scorecard) |
Hampshire
302/6 (60 overs) |
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Glamorgan
304/8 (59.4 overs) |
9 July 1997
(scorecard) |
Yorkshire
310/5 (60 overs) |
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Leicestershire
182 all out (47.2 overs) |
9 July 1997
(scorecard) |
Gloucestershire
277/9 (60 overs) |
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Middlesex
280/6 (59.3 overs) |
9 July 1997
(scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire
176 all out (55.1 overs) |
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Surrey
154 all out (55.5 overs) |
9 July 1997
(scorecard) |
Lancashire
283/6 (60 overs) |
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Sussex
286/3 (56.3 overs) |
9 July 1997
(scorecard) |
Warwickshire
220 all out (58.1 overs) |
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Somerset
209 all out (58.3 overs) |
Quarter-finals
29 July 1997
(scorecard) |
Derbyshire
327/8 (60 overs) |
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Sussex
329/5 (59.2 overs) |
29 July 1997
(scorecard) |
Yorkshire
236/8 (60 overs) |
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Glamorgan
237/9 (59 overs) |
29 July 1997
(scorecard) |
Warwickshire
286/6 (60 overs) |
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Middlesex
258/9 (60 overs) |
29 July 1997
(scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire
288/5 (60 overs) |
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Essex
289/7 (58.2 overs) |
Semi-finals
12, 13 August 1997
(scorecard) |
Glamorgan
301/8 (60 overs) |
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Essex
303/9 (55 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
13, 14 August 1997
(scorecard) |
Warwickshire
342/3 (60 overs) |
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Sussex
237 all out (53.1 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
Final
7 September 1997
(scorecard) |
Warwickshire
170/8 (60 overs) |
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Essex
171/1 (26.3 overs) |
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Mark Ilott - Cricinfo