Administrator: | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket Format: | Limited overs cricket(60 overs per innings) |
Tournament Format: | Knockout |
Champions: | Essex |
Count: | 2 |
Participants: | 32 |
Matches: | 30 |
Most Runs: | 333 Stuart Law (Essex) |
Most Wickets: | 15 Allan Donald (Warwickshire) |
Previous Year: | 1996 |
Previous Tournament: | 1996 NatWest Trophy |
Next Year: | 1998 |
Next Tournament: | 1998 NatWest Trophy |
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.
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 Netherlands teams 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.
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