Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1997

Derbyshire County 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.

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 partnership 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.

First Class
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge |- St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury County Ground, Derby | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | 131 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 2 wickets County Ground, Derby | 1 wicket Queen's Park, Chesterfield | 7 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham County Ground, Derby | Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea | Innings and 145 runs County Ground, Derby College Ground, Cheltenham Queen's Park, Chesterfield Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street County Ground, Derby Grace Road, Leicester | 163 runs County Ground, Derby County Ground, Derby County Ground, New Road, Worcester County Ground, Derby
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1
 * 15 Apr 1997
 * Cambridge University
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * Innings and 12 runs
 * 2
 * 23 Apr 1997
 * Kent
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * CJ Adams 108; DE Malcolm 6-74; McCague 5-75; PAJ DeFreitas 7-64
 * 3
 * 7 May 1997
 * Surrey
 * 7 May 1997
 * Surrey
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * 4
 * 14 May 1997
 * Middlesex
 * 14 May 1997
 * Middlesex
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * DE Malcolm 5-50 and 6-75; PAJ DeFreitas 5-46
 * 5
 * 21 May 1997
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Nottinghamshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Bowen 7-75
 * 6
 * 31 May 1997
 * Australians
 * Australians
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * Blewit 121; Bevan 104; Warne 7-103
 * 7
 * 04 Jun 1997
 * Hampshire
 * Hampshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * AS Rollins 210; R Smith 154; KJ Barnett 101; Hayden 136; Renshaw 5-110
 * 8
 * 12 Jun 1997
 * Warwickshire
 * Warwickshire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * VP Clarke 99; DE Malcolm 5-85
 * 9
 * 18 Jun 1997
 * Sussex
 * 18 Jun 1997
 * Sussex
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * Prichard 106; Law 157; Ilott 7-59; Such 5-27
 * 10
 * 26 Jun 1997
 * Essex
 * Essex
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 11
 * 05 Jul 1997
 * Pakistan A team in England in 1997
 * 05 Jul 1997
 * Pakistan A team in England in 1997
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 7 wickets
 * MR May 107
 * 12
 * 16 Jul 1997
 * Gloucestershire
 * Gloucestershire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 35 runs
 * Young 237; A Smith 6-47
 * 13
 * 23 Jul 1997
 * Glamorgan
 * Glamorgan
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * AS Rollins 148; MR May 116; Dale 142
 * 14
 * 31 Jul 1997
 * Durham
 * 31 Jul 1997
 * Durham
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 6 wickets
 * CJ Adams 107; Lewis 160; PAJ DeFreitas 5-37; Brown 5-58
 * 15
 * 15 Aug 1997
 * Lancashire
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * Innings and 37 runs
 * Crawley 133; DE Malcolm 6-23
 * 16
 * 20 Aug 1997
 * Leicestershire
 * Leicestershire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Wells 190; AS Rollins 171; KJ Barnett 147; PAJ DeFreitas 5-120; Pierson 6-56
 * 17
 * 27 Aug 1997
 * Somerset
 * Somerset
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * 18
 * 02 Sep 1997
 * Northamptonshire
 * 18
 * 02 Sep 1997
 * Northamptonshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 9 wickets
 * Davies 5-46
 * 19
 * 10 Sep 1997
 * Worcestershire
 * Worcestershire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 10 wickets
 * Weston 188; Moody 101
 * 20
 * 18 Sep 1997
 * Yorkshire
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 9 wickets
 * KJ Barnett 210; TA Tweats 189; PAJ DeFreitas 6-98

AXA Life League
{| class="wikitable" width="70%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury County Ground, Derby County Ground, Derby Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Trent Bridge, Nottingham Queen's Park, Chesterfield Edgbaston, Birmingham County Ground, Derby | Essex Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea County Ground, Derby College Ground, Cheltenham Queen's Park, Chesterfield Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Grace Road, Leicester County Ground, Derby County Ground, Derby County Ground, New Road, Worcester
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1
 * 27 Apr 1997
 * Kent
 * Kent
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 6 wickets
 * 2
 * 4 May 1997
 * Lancashire
 * 4 May 1997
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 35 runs
 * 3
 * 11 May 1997
 * Surrey
 * 11 May 1997
 * Surrey
 * Abandoned
 * 4
 * 18 May 1997
 * Middlesex
 * 4
 * 18 May 1997
 * Middlesex
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 4 wickets
 * 5
 * 25 May 1997
 * Nottinghamshire
 * 25 May 1997
 * Nottinghamshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 32 runs
 * Johnson 117; Archer 104; CJ Adams 121
 * 6
 * 08 Jun 1997
 * Hampshire
 * Hampshire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 4 wickets
 * 7
 * 15 Jun 1997
 * Warwickshire
 * 15 Jun 1997
 * Warwickshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 108 runs
 * 8
 * 22 Jun 1997
 * Sussex
 * 22 Jun 1997
 * Sussex
 * Abandoned
 * 9
 * 29 Jun 1997
 * 9
 * 29 Jun 1997
 * 29 Jun 1997
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 1 run
 * 10
 * 13 Jul 1997
 * Yorkshire
 * 13 Jul 1997
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 114 runs
 * CJ Adams 109
 * 11
 * 20 Jul 1997
 * Gloucestershire
 * Gloucestershire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 7 wickets
 * KJ Barnett 99
 * 12
 * 27 Jul 1997
 * Glamorgan
 * Glamorgan
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 8 wickets
 * DG Cork 6-21
 * 13
 * 03 Aug 1997
 * Durham
 * Durham
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 5 wickets
 * 14
 * 24 Aug 1997
 * Leicestershire
 * 24 Aug 1997
 * Leicestershire
 * Abandoned
 * 15
 * 31 Aug 1997
 * Somerset
 * 15
 * 31 Aug 1997
 * Somerset
 * Abandoned
 * 16
 * 07 Sep 1997
 * Northamptonshire
 * 16
 * 07 Sep 1997
 * Northamptonshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 7 wickets
 * 17
 * 14 Sep 1997
 * Worcestershire
 * 14 Sep 1997
 * Worcestershire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 5 wickets
 * Moody 112

National Westminster Bank Trophy
{| class="wikitable" width="70%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- | Lincolnshire Lindum Sports Club Ground, Lincoln County Ground, Derby County Ground, Derby
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1st Round
 * 24 Jun 1997
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 8 wickets
 * 2nd Round
 * 09 Jul 1997
 * Northamptonshire
 * 09 Jul 1997
 * Northamptonshire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 144 runs
 * CJ Adams101; KJ Barnett 111; DE Malcolm 7-35
 * Quarter Final
 * 29 Jul 1997
 * Sussex
 * Sussex
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 5 wickets
 * CJ Adams 129; Rao 158

Benson and Hedges Cup
{| class="wikitable" width="60%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes County Ground, Lakenham Old Trafford, Manchester County Ground, Derby County Ground, Derby County Ground, Derby
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * Group A 1
 * 28 Apr 1997
 * Minor Counties cricket team
 * Minor Counties cricket team
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 6 wickets
 * CJ Adams 138
 * Group A 2
 * 30 Apr 1997
 * Lancashire
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 6 wickets
 * KJ Barnett 112
 * Group A 3
 * 2 May 1997
 * Yorkshire
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Faster rate
 * Group A 4
 * 5 May 1997
 * Worcestershire
 * 5 May 1997
 * Worcestershire
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 20 runs
 * Group A 5
 * 12 May 1997
 * Warwickshire
 * 12 May 1997
 * Warwickshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 1 wicket

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