International cricket in 1997

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The 1997 international cricket season was from May 1997 to September 1997. [1] [2]

Contents

Season overview

International tours
Start dateHome teamAway teamResults [Matches]
Test ODI FC LA
22 May 1997 Flag of England.svg  England Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2–3 [6]3–0 [3]
13 June 1997 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1–0 [2]1–0 [1]
2 August 1997 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of India.svg  India 0–0 [2]3–0 [3]
International tournaments
Start dateTournamentWinners
9 May 1997 Flag of India.svg 1997 Pepsi Independence Cup Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
14 July 1997 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 1997 Asia Cup Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
13 September 1997 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1997 'Friendship' Cup Flag of India.svg  India

May

Pepsi Independence Cup 1997

TeamPWLTNRNRRPoints
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 32100+0.4784
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 32100−0.2874
Flag of India.svg  India 31200−0.3312
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 31200−0.4522
Group stage
No.DateTeam 1Captain 1Team 2Captain 2VenueResult
ODI 1204 9 MayFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Stephen Fleming Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rameez Raja Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand by 22 runs
ODI 1205 12 MayFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rameez Raja Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan by 30 runs
ODI 1206 14 MayFlag of India.svg  India Sachin Tendulkar Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Stephen Fleming M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Flag of India.svg  India by 8 wickets
ODI 1207 17 MayFlag of India.svg  India Sachin Tendulkar Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka by 5 wickets
ODI 1208 20 MayFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Stephen Fleming Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka by 52 runs
ODI 1209 21 MayFlag of India.svg  India Sachin Tendulkar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rameez Raja MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan by 35 runs
Finals
No.DateTeam 1Captain 1Team 2Captain 2VenueResult
ODI 1212 24 MayFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rameez Raja Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka by 115 runs
ODI 1214 27 MayFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rameez Raja Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Eden Gardens, Kolkata Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka by 85 runs

Australia in England

Texaco Trophy - ODI series
No.DateHome captainAway captainVenueResult
ODI 1210 22 May Mike Atherton Mark Taylor Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds Flag of England.svg  England by 6 wickets
ODI 1211 24 May Mike Atherton Mark Taylor The Oval, London Flag of England.svg  England by 6 wickets
ODI 1213 25 May Mike Atherton Steve Waugh Lord's, London Flag of England.svg  England by 6 wickets
The Ashes Test series
No.DateHome captainAway captainVenueResult
Test 1368 5–8 June Mike Atherton Mark Taylor Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Flag of England.svg  England by 9 wickets
Test 1370 19–23 June Mike Atherton Mark Taylor Lord's, London Match drawn
Test 1372 3–7 July Mike Atherton Mark Taylor Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia by 268 runs
Test 1373 24–28 July Mike Atherton Mark Taylor Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia by an innings and 61 runs
Test 1375 7–10 August Mike Atherton Mark Taylor Trent Bridge, Nottingham Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia by 264 runs
Test 1377 21–23 August Mike Atherton Mark Taylor The Oval, London Flag of England.svg  England by 19 runs

June

Sri Lanka in the West Indies

One-off ODI series
No.DateHome captainAway captainVenueResult
ODI 1215 6 June Courtney Walsh Arjuna Ranatunga Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies by 35 runs
Test series
No.DateHome captainAway captainVenueResult
Test 1369 5–8 June Courtney Walsh Arjuna Ranatunga Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies by 6 wickets
Test 1371 20–24 June Courtney Walsh Arjuna Ranatunga Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown Match drawn

July

Asia Cup 1997

PldWLTNRPts NRR
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 3300061.035
Flag of India.svg  India 3110131.405
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 3110130.940
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 303000-2.895
Group stage
No.DateTeam 1Captain 1Team 2Captain 2VenueResult
ODI 1216 14 JulyFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rameez Raja R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka by 15 runs
ODI 1217 16 JulyFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Akram Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rameez Raja R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan by 109 runs
ODI 1218 18 JulyFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Flag of India.svg  India Sachin Tendulkar R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka by 6 wickets
ODI 1219 20 JulyFlag of India.svg  India Sachin Tendulkar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rameez Raja Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo No result
ODI 1219a 21 JulyFlag of India.svg  India Sachin Tendulkar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rameez Raja Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Match abandoned
ODI 1220 22 JulyFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Akram Khan Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka by 6 wickets
ODI 1221 22 JulyFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Akram Khan Flag of India.svg  India Sachin Tendulkar Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Flag of India.svg  India by 9 wickets
Final
No.DateTeam 1Captain 1Team 2Captain 2VenueResult
ODI 1222 26 JulyFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Flag of India.svg  India Sachin Tendulkar R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka by 8 wickets

August

India in Sri Lanka

Test series
No.DateHome captainAway captainVenueResult
Test 1374 2–6 August Arjuna Ranatunga Sachin Tendulkar R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Match drawn
Test 1376 9–13 August Arjuna Ranatunga Sachin Tendulkar Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Match drawn
ODI series
No.DateHome captainAway captainVenueResult
ODI 1223 17 August Arjuna Ranatunga Sachin Tendulkar R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka by 2 runs
ODI 1224 20 August Arjuna Ranatunga Sachin Tendulkar R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka by 7 wickets
ODI 1225 23 August Arjuna Ranatunga Sachin Tendulkar Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo No result
ODI 1226 24 August Arjuna Ranatunga Sachin Tendulkar Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka by 9 runs

September

Sahara Cup 1997

Friendship Cup
No.DateTeam 1Captain 1Team 2Captain 2VenueResult
ODI 1227 13 SeptemberFlag of India.svg  India Sachin Tendulkar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rameez Raja Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto Flag of India.svg  India by 20 runs
ODI 1228 14 SeptemberFlag of India.svg  India Sachin Tendulkar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rameez Raja Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto Flag of India.svg  India by 7 wickets
ODI 1229 17 SeptemberFlag of India.svg  India Sachin Tendulkar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rameez Raja Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto No result
ODI 1230 18 SeptemberFlag of India.svg  India Sachin Tendulkar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rameez Raja Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto Flag of India.svg  India by 34 runs
ODI 1231 20 SeptemberFlag of India.svg  India Sachin Tendulkar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rameez Raja Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto Flag of India.svg  India by 7 wickets
ODI 1232 21 SeptemberFlag of India.svg  India Sachin Tendulkar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rameez Raja Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan by 5 wickets

References

  1. "Season 1998". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. "Season 1998 overview". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2017.