1997 County Championship
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The 1997 Britannic Assurance County Championship was the 98th officially organised running of the County Championship. Glamorgan won the Championship.[1][2]
The Championship was sponsored by Britannic Assurance for the 14th time.[3]
Points awarded:
- 16 points for a win
- 8 points to each team for a tie
- 8 points to team still batting in a match in which scores finish level
- 3 points for a draw
- 3 points for a match abandoned without a ball bowled
- Bonus points awarded in first 120 overs of first innings
- Batting:
- 200 runs – 1 point
- 250 runs – 2 points
- 300 runs – 3 points
- 350 runs – 4 points
- Bowling:
- 3 or 4 wickets – 1 point,
- 5 or 6 wickets – 2 points
- 7 or 8 wickets – 3 points
- 9 or 10 wickets – 4 points
- Batting:
- No bonus points awarded in a match starting with less than 8 hours' play remaining. A one-innings match is played, with the winner gaining 12 points.
- Position determined by points gained.
- If equal, then decided on most wins.
| Britannic Assurance County Championship, 1997 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Lst | Drn | DrT | Dr1 | Abd | BatB | BwlB | Pts | ||
| 1 | Glamorgan | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 57 | 256 | ||
| 2 | Kent | 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 60 | 252 | ||
| 3 | Worcestershire | 17 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 54 | 228 | ||
| 4= | Middlesex | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 56 | 219 | ||
| 4= | Warwickshire | 17 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 51 | 219 | ||
| 6 | Yorkshire | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 54 | 215 | ||
| 7 | Gloucestershire | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 60 | 206 | ||
| 8= | Essex | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 55 | 192 | ||
| 8= | Surrey | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 52 | 192 | ||
| 10 | Leicestershire | 17 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 54 | 191 | ||
| 11 | Lancashire | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 54 | 186 | ||
| 12 | Somerset | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 64 | 183 | ||
| 13 | Nottinghamshire | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 55 | 175 | ||
| 14 | Hampshire | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 41 | 158 | ||
| 15 | Northamptonshire | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 48 | 156 | ||
| 16 | Derbyshire | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 59 | 141 | ||
| 17 | Durham | 17 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 56 | 131 | ||
| 18 | Sussex | 17 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 57 | 115 | ||
References
- ↑ Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
- ↑ "Alan Lee Cricket Correspondent. "Glamorgan prove value of team ethic." Times [London, England] 22 Sept. 1997". The Times.
- ↑ "That's out: the sponsors who walked". The Guardian. 20 August 1999. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
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