Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1997

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons

1997 season
Captain	Dean Jones
County Championship	16
AXA Life League	14
National Westminster Bank Trophy	Quarter Final
Benson & Hedges Cup.	Group
Most runs	Kim Barnett
Most wickets	Devon Malcolm
Most catches	Karl Krikken
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1997 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and twenty-six years. In the County Championship, they won two matches to finish sixteenth in their ninety fourth season in the Championship. They came fourteenth in the AXA Life League and did not progress from the group in the National Westminster Bank Trophy. They reached the semi-final of the Benson & Hedges Cup.

Contents 1 1997 season 2 Matches 2.1 First Class 2.2 AXA Life League 2.3 National Westminster Bank Trophy 2.4 Benson and Hedges Cup 3 Statistics 3.1 Competition batting averages 3.2 Competition bowling averages 3.3 Wicket Keeping 4 See also 5 References

1997 season

Derbyshire played seventeen matches in the County Championship, one against Cambridge University, one against the touring Australians and one against the Pakistan A team. They won five first class matches overall but three wins were in the non-championship games leaving only two wins in the championship. They won four and lost nine matches in the Sunday league.

Dean Jones was in his second season as captain. Kim Barnett was top scorer although Chris Adams scored most runs in the one-day game including five centuries. Devon Malcolm took most wickets.

The team set two partnership records during the season - the second wicket partnertship of 417 by Kim Barnett and Tim Tweats against Yorkshire and the third wicket partnership of 316* by Adrian Rollins and Kim Barnett against Leicestershire.

Matches

First Class

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	15 Apr 1997 [1]	Cambridge University FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	Won	Innings and 12 runs
2	23 Apr 1997[2]	Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury	Drawn		CJ Adams 108; DE Malcolm 6-74; McCague 5-75; PAJ DeFreitas 7-64
3	7 May 1997[3]	Surrey County Ground, Derby	Drawn
4	14 May 1997[4]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Lost	131 runs	DE Malcolm 5-50 and 6-75; PAJ DeFreitas 5-46
5	21 May 1997[5]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Lost	2 wickets	Bowen 7-75
6	31 May 1997 [6]	Australians County Ground, Derby	Won	1 wicket	Blewit 121; Bevan 104; Warne 7-103
7	04 Jun 1997[7]	Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	7 wickets	AS Rollins 210; R Smith 154; KJ Barnett 101; Hayden 136; Renshaw 5-110
8	12 Jun 1997[8]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Drawn		VP Clarke 99; DE Malcolm 5-85
9	18 Jun 1997[9]	Sussex County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Prichard 106; Law 157; Ilott 7-59; Such 5-27
10	26 Jun 1997[10]	Essex Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea	Lost	Innings and 145 runs
11	05 Jul 1997[11]	Pakistan A team in England in 1997 County Ground, Derby	Won	7 wickets	MR May 107
12	16 Jul 1997[12]	Gloucestershire College Ground, Cheltenham	Lost	Innings and 35 runs	Young 237; A Smith 6-47
13	23 Jul 1997[13]	Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		AS Rollins 148; MR May 116; Dale 142
14	31 Jul 1997[14]	Durham Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street	Lost	6 wickets	CJ Adams 107; Lewis 160; PAJ DeFreitas 5-37; Brown 5-58
15	15 Aug 1997[15]	Lancashire County Ground, Derby	Won	Innings and 37 runs	Crawley 133; DE Malcolm 6-23
16	20 Aug 1997[16]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Lost	163 runs	Wells 190; AS Rollins 171; KJ Barnett 147; PAJ DeFreitas 5-120; Pierson 6-56
17	27 Aug 1997[17]	Somerset County Ground, Derby	Drawn
18	02 Sep 1997[18]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	9 wickets	Davies 5-46
19	10 Sep 1997[19]	Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Lost	10 wickets	Weston 188; Moody 101
20	18 Sep 1997[20]	Yorkshire County Ground, Derby	Won	9 wickets	KJ Barnett 210; TA Tweats 189; PAJ DeFreitas 6-98

AXA Life League

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	27 Apr 1997[21]	Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury	Lost	6 wickets
2	4 May 1997[22]	Lancashire County Ground, Derby	Lost	35 runs
3	11 May 1997[23]	Surrey County Ground, Derby	Abandoned
4	18 May 1997[24]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Lost	4 wickets
5	25 May 1997[25]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Lost	32 runs	Johnson 117; Archer 104; CJ Adams 121
6	08 Jun 1997[26]	Hampshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	4 wickets
7	15 Jun 1997[27]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Lost	108 runs
8	22 Jun 1997[28]	Sussex County Ground, Derby	Abandoned
9	29 Jun 1997[29]	Essex Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea	Lost	1 run
10	13 Jul 1997[30]	Yorkshire County Ground, Derby	Won	114 runs	CJ Adams 109
11	20 Jul 1997[31]	Gloucestershire College Ground, Cheltenham	Lost	7 wickets	KJ Barnett 99
12	27 Jul 1997[32]	Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	8 wickets	DG Cork 6-21
13	03 Aug 1997[33]	Durham Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street	Lost	5 wickets
14	24 Aug 1997[34]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Abandoned
15	31 Aug 1997[35]	Somerset County Ground, Derby	Abandoned
16	07 Sep 1997[36]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	7 wickets
17	14 Sep 1997[37]	Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Won	5 wickets	Moody 112

National Westminster Bank Trophy

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1st Round	24 Jun 1997[38]	Lincolnshire Lindum Sports Club Ground, Lincoln	Won	8 wickets
2nd Round	09 Jul 1997[39]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Won	144 runs	CJ Adams101; KJ Barnett 111; DE Malcolm 7-35
Quarter Final	29 Jul 1997[40]	Sussex County Ground, Derby	Lost	5 wickets	CJ Adams 129; Rao 158

Benson and Hedges Cup

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
Group A 1	28 Apr 1997[41]	Minor Counties cricket team County Ground, Lakenham	Won	6 wickets	CJ Adams 138
Group A 2	30 Apr 1997[42]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Won	6 wickets	KJ Barnett 112
Group A 3	2 May 1997[43]	Yorkshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	Faster rate
Group A 4	5 May 1997[44]	Worcestershire County Ground, Derby	Won	20 runs
Group A 5	12 May 1997[45]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	1 wicket

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Name	County Championship						AXA Life League						NWB Trophy						B & H Cup
	M	I	Runs	HS	Ave	100	M	I	Runs	HS	Ave	100	M	I	Runs	HS	Ave	100	M	I	Runs	HS	Ave	100
CJ Adams	12	21	611	108	30.55	2	11	11	427	121	42.70	2	3	3	301	129*	301.00	2	5	5	260	138	52.00	1
P Aldred	6	5	111	83	27.75	0	10	6	53	17	10.60	0	3	2	4	4	4.00	0
KJ Barnett	15	24	1055	210*	50.23	3	8	7	297	99	42.42	0	3	2	129	111	64.50	1	5	5	325	112*	81.25	1
ID Blackwell	3	3	46	42	15.33	0	4	4	54	29	13.50	0							1	0
ME Cassar	7	8	227	78	32.42	0	4	3	36	33	12.00	0
VP Clarke	16	25	728	99	36.40	0	13	13	244	77*	24.40	0	3	2	35	24*	35.00	0	5	5	81	52	20.25	0
DG Cork	6	9	192	55*	24.00	0	3	3	67	33	22.33	0	1	1	16	16	16.00	0
KJ Dean	7	9	41	16	6.83	0	10	3	2	1*	2.00	0	1	0					5	1	6	6	6.00	0
PAJ DeFreitas	16	20	417	96	21.94	0	12	10	140	45	15.55	0	3	2	50	26	25.00	0	5	3	44	32*	22.00	0
SP Griffiths							1	0
AJ Harris	16	22	140	36	7.36	0	13	7	27	10*	9.00	0	2	1	5	5*	0	0	5	2	6	4*	6.00	0
AN Hayhurst	1	1	6	6	6.00	0	2	2	20	12	10.00	0
DM Jones	5	9	312	99*	39.00	0	5	5	189	58	37.80	0							5	5	105	35	21.00	0
GA Khan	2	3	77	62*	38.50	0	7	6	124	71*	24.80	0	2	2	19	19	9.50	0	5	5	88	33	22.00	0
KM Krikken	17	24	492	72	23.42	0	12	11	153	39	19.12	0	3	2	39	38	19.50	0	5	4	123	42*	123.00	0
SJ Lacey	5	7	126	50	31.50	0	3	1	9	9	9.00	0
DE Malcolm	13	18	61	21*	6.10	0	1	1	3	3	3.00	0	3	0					3	3	16	13	5.33	0
MR May	7	13	383	116	31.91	1							1	1	5	5	5.00	0
JEH Owen	4	6	83	22	13.83	0	2	1	5	5	5.00	0	1	1	10	10	10.00	0
GM Roberts	1	2	15	13	7.50	0	6	5	19	9	6.33	0							5	3	15	12	7.50	0
AS Rollins	14	24	854	210	40.66	3	8	8	212	36	35.33	0	3	3	67	40	22.33	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0
TM Smith	1	0
BL Spendlove	1	1	15	15*	0	0	1	1	4	4	4.00	0
SD Stubbings	1	2	27	22	13.50	0
TA Tweats	7	13	590	189	53.63	1	4	4	40	19	13.33	0	1	1	5	5*	0
MJ Vandrau	4	7	168	54	28.00	0	3	2	16	10	8.00	0												[46][47][48][49]

Competition bowling averages

Name	County Championship					AXA Life League					NWB Trophy					B & H Cup
	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave
CJ Adams	17	16	0			60	85	1	1-49	85.00
P Aldred	738	291	10	3-28	29.10	330	290	7	3-40	41.42	140	99	4	4-30	24.75
KJ Barnett						12	20	2	2-20	10.00	60	48	0			60	52	3	3-52	17.33
ID Blackwell	168	121	1	1-27	121.00											30	38	0
ME Cassar	313	224	8	3-31	28.00	66	85	2	1-15	42.50
VP Clarke	1029	668	7	1-10	95.42	312	292	9	2-28	32.44	162	92	2	1-38	46.00	168	142	7	4-49	20.28
DG Cork	792	457	11	4-48	41.54	102	80	6	6-21	13.33	68	67	1	1-67	67.00
KJ Dean	952	541	14	3-21	38.64	417	329	10	3-24	32.90	54	24	1	1-24	24.00	180	149	3	1-16	49.66
PAJ DeFreitas	2917	1574	54	7-64	29.14	383	309	10	3-19	30.90	186	102	2	1-20	51.00	294	171	5	2-43	34.20
AJ Harris	2607	1531	33	3-66	46.39	530	479	21	4-22	22.80	108	79	3	2-12	26.33	287	234	8	3-41	29.25
AN Hayhurst						42	37	2	2-37	18.50
DM Jones	12	0	0			24	45	0
SJ Lacey	564	291	7	3-97	41.57	66	62	1	1-38	62.00
DE Malcolm	2241	1262	60	6-23	21.03	48	51	1	1-51	51.00	169	95	10	7-35	9.50	161	116	5	2-38	23.20
MR May	25	50	0
GM Roberts	36	8	0			195	195	0								276	228	9	3-45	25.33
AS Rollins	6	9	0			12	15	0
TM Smith	108	51	1	1-27	51.00
MJ Vandrau	264	182	4	3-78	45.50	60	63	2	2-32	31.50										[50][51][52][53]

Wicket Keeping

KM Krikken

County Championship Catches 51, Stumping 2

AXA League Catches 11, Stumping 3

National Westminster Trophy Catches 1, Stumping 0

Benson and Hedges Cup Catches 3, Stumping 0

See also

• Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
• 1997 English cricket season

References