Australian cricket team in England in 1997
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| 1997 Ashes Series | |||||||
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| Teams | |||||||
 England |
 Australia |
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| Captains | |||||||
| Michael Atherton | Mark Taylor | ||||||
| Most Runs | |||||||
| Graham Thorpe (453) Nasser Hussain (431) Alec Stewart (268) |
Matthew Elliott (556) Steve Waugh (390) Greg Blewett (381) |
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| Most Wickets | |||||||
| Andrew Caddick (24) Dean Headley (16) Darren Gough (16) |
Glenn McGrath (36) Shane Warne (24) Jason Gillespie (16) |
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Australia won the 1997 Ashes series against England. Australia won three test matches, England won two test matches and the other test match was drawn:
- 1st Test (Birmingham) — England won by 9 wickets - [1]
- 2nd Test (Lord's) — drawn - [2]
- 3rd Test (Manchester) — Australia won by 268 runs - [3]
- 4th Test (Leeds) — Australia won by an innings and 61 runs - [4]
- 5th Test (Nottingham) — Australia won by 264 runs - [5]
- 6th Test (The Oval) — England won by 19 runs - [6]
[edit] External sources
[edit] References
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
- Playfair Cricket Annual
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack 2006
