Ashes Tour 1997

The Ashes Tour 1997 was the Australian national cricket team's tour to England , which included the 59th edition of the Ashes and was held between June 5 and August 23, 1997. It was part of the 1997 international cricket season and included six tests and three ODIs . Australia won the Test Series 3–2, while England and the ODI Series won 3–0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1994/95 season in Australia .

Stages

Birmingham Leeds London (Lord's) London (oval) Manchester Nottingham

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	1st test
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	4. test; 1. ODI
The oval	London	23,500	6. test; 2. ODI
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	2. test; 3. ODI
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	3rd test
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	5th test

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test		ODI
England	Australia	England	Australia
Mike Atherton Mark Butcher Andy Caddick John Crawley Robert Croft Mark Ealham Darren Gough Dean Headley Adam Hollioake Ben Hollioake Wet Hussain Devon Malcolm Peter Martin Mark Ramprakash Mike Smith Alec Stewart Graham Thorpe Phil Tufnell	Michael Bevan Greg Blewett Matthew Elliott Jason Gillespie Ian Healy Michael Kasprowicz Glenn McGrath Ricky Ponting Paul Reiffel Mark Taylor Shane Warne Mark Waugh Steve Waugh Shaun Young	Mike Atherton Mark Butcher Andy Caddick John Crawley Robert Croft Mark Ealham Darren Gough Dean Headley Adam Hollioake Ben Hollioake Wet Hussain Devon Malcolm Peter Martin Mark Ramprakash Mike Smith Alec Stewart Graham Thorpe Phil Tufnell	Michael Bevan Greg Blewett Matthew Elliott Adam Gilchrist Jason Gillespie Ian Healy Michael Kasprowicz Justin Langer Glenn McGrath Michael Slater Mark Taylor Shane Warne Mark Waugh Steve Waugh

Tour matches

May 15 scorecard	Arundel	Australians 235-5 (50)	-	Duke of Norfolk's XI 122 (34.5)
		Australians win with 113 runs

May 17th scorecard	Northampton	Australians 232 (47.4)	-	Northamptonshire 134-5 (35/35)
		Australians wins with 17 runs ( D / L method )

May 18 scorecard	Worcester	Australians 121 (50)	-	Worcestershire 123-5 (38.5)
		Worcestershire wins by 5 wickets

May 20th scorecard	Chester-le-Street	Durham	-	Australians
		Called off

May 27-29 Scorecard	Bristol	Australians 249 & 354-4d	-	Gloucestershire 350
		draw

May 31st - June 2nd scorecard	Derbyshire	Australians 362-6d (85) & 265-4d (66)	-	Derbyshire 257-9d (65) & 371-9 (68.3)
		Derbyshire wins by 1 wicket

June 11-13 scorecard	Nottingham	Nottinghamshire 239 (70.1)	-	Australians 398-5 (95.2)
		draw

June 14-16 Scorecard	Leicester	Australians 220-8d (61) & 105-3d (23.4)	-	Nottinghamshire 62-4d (30.3) & 179 (51.4)
		Australians wins with 84 runs

June 25-27 Scorecard	Oxford	British Universities	-	Australians
		Called off

June 28-30 scorecard	Southampton	Hampshire 156 (49.1) & 176 (61.4)	-	Australians 465-5 (121)
		Australians win with one innings and 133 runs

July 8th scorecard	Jesmond	Australians 290-7 (50)	-	Minor Counties 281-9 (50)
		Australians win with 9 runs

July 12th scorecard	Edinburgh	Australians 278-9 (50)	-	Scotland 95-6 (21.5 / 21.5)
		No result

July 14th scorecard	Wormsley	Australians 267-5d (44)	-	John Paul Getty Invitation XI 237-4 (37)
		draw

July 16-18 scorecard	Cardiff	Australians 269-4d (88) & 217-7d (69)	-	Glamorgan 254 (68.3) & 211-3 (51)
		draw

July 19-21 Scorecard	London (Lord's)	Middlesex 305 (97.4) & 201-6d (59)	-	Australians 432-7 (116)
		draw

1st - 4th August scorecard	Taunton	Somerset 284 (65.3) & 147-3 (41)	-	Australians 323 (59.3)
		draw

August 16-18 Scorecard	Canterbury	Somerset 201 (50.3) & 343 (98)	-	Australians 315 (81.1) & 231-4 (51.5)
		Australians win with 6 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Leeds

May 22nd scorecard	Leeds	Australia 170-8 (50)	-	England 175-4 (40.1)
		England wins with 6 wickets

Second ODI in London

May 24th scorecard	London (oval)	Australia 249-6 (50)	-	England 253-4 (48.2)
		England wins with 6 wickets

Third ODI in London

June 1st scorecard	London (Lord's)	Australia 269 ​​(49.2)	-	England 270-4 (49)
		England wins with 6 wickets

Testing

First test in Birmingham

June 5-8 Scorecard	Birmingham	Australia 118 (31.5) & 477 (144.4)	-	England 478-9d (138.4) & 119-1 (21.3)
		England wins with 9 wickets

Second test in London

June 19-23 Scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 77 (42.3) & 266-7d (79)	-	Australia 213-4d (61)
		draw

Third test in Manchester

July 3-7 scorecard	Manchester	Australia 235 (77.3) & 395-8d (122)	-	England 162 (84.4) & 200 (73.4)
		Australia wins with 268 runs

Fourth test in Leeds

July 24-28 Scorecard	Leeds	England 172 (59.4) & 268 (91.1)	-	Australia 501-9d (123)
		Australia wins with one innings and 61 runs

Fifth test in Nottingham

August 7-10 Scorecard	Nottingham	Australia 427 (121.5) & 336 (98.5)	-	England 313 (93.5) & 186 (48.5)
		Australia wins with 264 runs

Sixth test in London

August 21-23 Scorecard	London (oval)	England 180 (56.4) & 163 (66.5)	-	Australia 220 (79.3) & 104 (32.1)
		England wins with 19 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo