1997 Axa Life League

1997 Axa Life League

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.

Standings

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

See also

Sunday League