Batting averages
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| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (40 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | League |
| Champions | Warwickshire (3rd title) |
| Participants | 18 |
| Matches | 153 |
| Most runs | 654 Matthew Hayden (Hampshire) |
| Most wickets | 31 Peter Martin (Lancashire) |
The 1997 Axa Life League was the twenty-ninth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the third time by Warwickshire County Cricket Club.
| Team | Pld | W | T | L | N/R | A | Pts | NetRRN100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwickshire (C) | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 14.141 |
| Kent | 17 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 7.709 |
| Lancashire | 17 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 1.894 |
| Leicestershire | 17 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 7.116 |
| Surrey | 17 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 1.061 |
| Somerset | 17 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 4.316 |
| Essex | 17 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 40 | -2.382 |
| Worcestershire | 17 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 6.871 |
| Northamptonshire | 17 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 2.789 |
| Yorkshire | 17 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 5.249 |
| Gloucestershire | 17 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 1.011 |
| Nottinghamshire | 17 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 34 | -0.199 |
| Glamorgan | 17 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 26 | -4.016 |
| Derbyshire | 17 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 24 | -3.047 |
| Hampshire | 17 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 22 | -4.733 |
| Middlesex | 17 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 20 | -8.287 |
| Durham | 17 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 | -12.273 |
| Sussex | 17 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 12 | -16.724 |
| Team marked (C) finished as champions. Source: CricketArchive [1] | ||||||||
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