1997 Women's Cricket World Cup
Dates | 9 – 29 December 1997 |
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Administrator(s) | International Women's Cricket Council |
Cricket format | Women's One Day International |
Tournament format(s) | Round robin and Knockout |
Host(s) |
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Champions | Australia (4th title) |
Runners-up | New Zealand |
Participants | 11 |
Matches | 33 |
Most runs | Debbie Hockley (456) |
Most wickets | Katrina Keenan (13) |
The 1997 Women's Cricket World Cup, also known as the
The 1997 World Cup also set a number of records for the tournament. In their match against Denmark, Australia scored the highest team score in a World Cup, 412/3, and achieved the largest winning margin in a World Cup, 363 runs.[4][5] In the same match, Australia's Belinda Clark scored 229*, the highest individual score in a World Cup.[6] Australia also bowled out Pakistan for 27 in 82 balls, the shortest completed innings in a Women's One Day International.[7]
Venues
Venue | City | Matches | Map |
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Eden Gardens | Kolkata | 1 | |
Eklavya Sports Stadium | Agra | 1 | |
Feroz Shah Kotla | Delhi | 1 | |
Gangothri Glades Cricket Ground
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Mysore | 1 | |
Gymkhana Ground | Secunderabad | 1 | |
Harbaksh Stadium | Delhi | 2 | |
Indira Gandhi Stadium
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Vijayawada | 1 | |
Jamia Millia Islamia University Ground | New Delhi | 1 | |
K.D.Singh Babu Stadium | Lucknow | 1 | |
Karnail Singh Stadium | Delhi | 1 | |
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium | Hyderabad | 2 | |
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium
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Bangalore | 1 | |
MA Chidambaram Stadium
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Chennai | 2 | |
Middle Income Group Club Ground | Mumbai | 1 | |
Moin-ul-Haq Stadium | Patna | 1 | |
Nahar Singh Stadium | Faridabad | 1 | |
Mohan Meakins Cricket Stadium | Ghaziabad
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Nehru Stadium | Gurgaon | 1 | |
Nehru Stadium
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Indore | 1 | |
Nehru Stadium | Pune | 2 | |
Punjab C.A. Stadium
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Chandigarh | 1 | |
Reliance Stadium
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Vadodara | 2 | |
Sector 16 Stadium | Chandigarh | 2 | |
Vidarbha C.A. Ground
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Nagpur | 1 | |
Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | 1 | |
Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium | Mohali | 1 | |
Gymkhana Ground | Hyderabad | 1 |
Group stage
The competition began with twenty-five matches between 11 teams, the highest participation of any Women's Cricket World Cup to date.
Group A
Table
Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts |
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Australia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
England | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
South Africa | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Ireland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
Denmark | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Pakistan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fixtures
10 December 1997
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- No toss.
- No play possible due to rain.
- Points: Australia Women 3, Ireland Women 3
10 December 1997
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- Denmark Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Sadia Butt, Asma Farzand, Shazia Hassan, Ruksana Khan, Nazia Nazir and Nazia Sadiq (Pak) all made their WODI debuts.
- Points: Denmark Women 6, Pakistan Women 0
10 December 1997
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Match reduced to 20 overs per side due to rain.
- Elizabeth Akehurst (SA) made her WODI debut.
- Points: England Women 6, South Africa Women 0
12 December 1997
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Belinda Clark 93* (98)
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Belinda Dermota (SA) made her WODI debut.
- Points: Australia Women 6, South Africa Women 0
12 December 1997
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Janni Jonsson 1/18 (5 overs) |
- Denmark Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Match reduced to 23 overs per side due to rain.
- Heather Whelan (Ire) made her WODI debut.
- Points: Ireland Women 6, Denmark Women 0
12 December 1997
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- Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Pakistan Women were penalised three overs for a slow over rate.
- Deebah Sherazi (Pak) made her WODI debut.
- Points: England Women 6, Pakistan Women 0
14 December 1997
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Michelle Goszko 18* (25)
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- Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kiran Ahtazaz (Pak) made her WODI debut.
- Points: Australia Women 6, Pakistan Women 0
- Pakistan Women's 27 all out in 82 balls is the shortest completed innings in a Women's One Day International.[7]
14 December 1997
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- Denmark Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: England Women 6, Denmark Women 0
14 December 1997
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: South Africa Women 6, Ireland Women 0
16 December 1997
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- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Australia Women 6, Denmark Women 0
- Belinda Clark's 229* is the highest individual score in a Women's Cricket World Cup.[6]
- Australia Women's 412/3 is the highest team score in a Women's Cricket World Cup.[4]
- Australia Women's winning margin of 363 runs is the largest winning margin in a Women's Cricket World Cup.[5]
16 December 1997
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: England Women 6, Ireland Women 0
16 December 1997
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Anne Stears and Karin Swart (SA) both made their WODI debuts.
- Points: South Africa Women 6, Pakistan Women 0
18 December 1997
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Australia Women 6, England Women 0
18 December 1997
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- Denmark Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: South Africa Women 6, Denmark Women 0
18 December 1997
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- Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Tracey Skoyles (Ire) made her WODI debut.
- Points: Ireland Women 6, Pakistan Women 0
Group B
Table
Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts |
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New Zealand | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
India | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
West Indies | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Fixtures
9 December 1997
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- No toss.
- No play possible due to rain.
- Points: India Women 3, Sri Lanka Women 3
9 December 1997
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- No toss.
- No play possible due to rain.
- Points: Netherlands Women 3, West Indies Women 3
11 December 1997
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- New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Match reduced to 20 overs per side due to rain.
- Points: New Zealand Women 6, Netherlands Women 0
11 December 1997
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- Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Verena Felicien, Ann McEwen, Gwen Smith, Brenda Solzano-Rodney and Envis Williams (WI) all made their WODI debuts.
- Points: Sri Lanka Women 6, West Indies Women 0
13 December 1997
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- West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Match reduced to 40 overs per side due to rain.
- Purnima Choudhary, Deepa Marathe (Ind) and Roselyn Emmanuel (WI) all made their WODI debuts.
- Points: India Women 6, West Indies Women 0
13 December 1997
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- Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: New Zealand Women 6, Sri Lanka Women 0
15 December 1997
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Ariette van Noortwijk 4/25 (8 overs) |
- Netherlands Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Match reduced to 40 overs per side due to rain.
- Points: India Women 6, Netherlands Women 0
15 December 1997
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- West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Lorna McKoy (WI) made her WODI debut.
- Points: New Zealand Women 6, West Indies Women 0
17 December 1997
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- New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: India Women 3, New Zealand Women 3
17 December 1997
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- Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Netherlands Women 6, Sri Lanka 0
Knockout stage
9th-place play-off
20 December 1997
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- Denmark Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Match reduced to 45 overs per side due to rain.
Quarter-finals
20 December 1997
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Ariette van Noortwijk 17 (54) 1/3 (4 overs)Bronwyn Calver |
- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
21 December 1997
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- Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Match was reduced to 46 overs per side due to rain.
Semi-finals
24 December 1997
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- India Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Bad light reduced the match to 32 overs a side.
- India were penalised by two overs for a slow over rate.
India and Australia both qualified for the semi-finals, and faced each other on Christmas Eve at Delhi. The start of the match was delayed for two hours and 15 minutes for bad light, and as a result each side was given 32 overs to bat.[9] India won the toss, and captain Pramila Bhatt chose to field first. Australia, put into bat, began well with an opening partnership of 66 between captain Belinda Clark (31) and Joanne Broadbent (33). Bhatt herself broke the partnership, reducing Australia from 66/0 to 83/3 with the wickets of Bhatt, Mel Jones (5) and Michelle Goszko (0), ending with figures of 3/25.[9] A knock of 23 from Karen Rolton and support from Bronwyn Calver (11) saw Australia past 100, however both Olivia Magno and Charmaine Mason were stumped by Anju Jain off the bowling of Neetu David for ducks, and Australia managed 123 from their 32 overs. For slow bowling, two overs were deducted from India's batting innings.[9]
India's reply did not begin as successfully, falling to 24/2 with both Jain and Anjum Chopra out cheaply for 18 and two respectively. Chanderkanta Kaul scored 48, however only two other players reached double figures, and together with Smitha Harikrishna and Renu Margrate (both scoring one) they were all run out. Bhatt hit six runs herself before she was bowled by Cathryn Fitzpatrick, who took 3/18. India's last three players all failed to score, and she fell 19 runs short by the end of her 30 overs on 104/9.[9]
On
England, set 176 runs from 49 overs, having been fined one over for their own slow over rate, reached 100 for the loss of four wickets, with Charlotte Edwards scoring 25, Jan Brittin 32 and Barbara Daniels 30.[10] Only two other players reached double figures, however, as England slumped from 100/4 to 155 all out from 47.5 overs. Clare Nicholson took 2/29 for New Zealand, with Katrina Keenan, Hockley, Catherine Campbell and Sarah McLauchlan taking one wicked each, and the remaining four England players being run out. This gave New Zealand a 20 run victory, and they progressed to the finals.[10]
Final
The final between
Australia bowled well,
Records and statistics
Batting records
- Highest totals: Australia 412/3.[13]
- Most runs: NZ) 456 runs.[14]
- Highest score: Aus) 229*.[15]
- Highest average: Aus) 148.33.[16]
- Most hundreds: NZ) Two.[17]
- Most fifties: NZ) Two.[18]
- Most ducks: SL) Three.[19]
Bowlings records
- Most wickets: NZ) 13.[20]
- Best bowling figures in an innings: IND) 5/21.[21]
- Best averages: Aus) 7.25.[22]
- Best economy rate: IND) 1.5.[23]
- Best strike rate: SA) 14.3.[24]
- Most four-wickets-in-an-innings: SL) One.[25]
- Most five-wickets-in-an-innings: IND) One.[26]
- Best economy rates in an innings: AUS) 0.2. (5 overs)[27]
- Best strike rate in an innings: AUS) 3.3.[28]
- Most runs conceded in an innings: DEN) 77 (10 overs).[29]
Wicket-keeping records
Fielding records
Partnership records
- Highest partnership:
References
- ^ a b Matches – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ a b Points table – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ a b Grounds – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ a b "Records/Women's World Cup/Highest Totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Records/Women's World Cup/Largest Victories". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Records/Women's World Cup/High Scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Records/Women's One Day Internationals/Team Records/Shortest Completed Innings (by balls)". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ Great Step Forward The Tribune Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ a b c d India Women v Australia Women – Hero Honda Women's World Cup – 1st Semi-final from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ a b c d England Women v New Zealand Women – Hero Honda Women's World Cup – 2nd Semi-final from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Some contemporary and retrospective reports state the crowd was 60,000 while other sources claim it was 80,000:
- 1997 News Reports _Cricket _ Boxing Day Test _ Women's World Cup, retrieved 21 September 2021,
1.50 mark: "An estimated 80,000 fans..."; 3.13 mark: "A crowd of 60,000..."
- "Change in the air". The Guardian. 7 September 1999. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- Bell, Jamie (11 June 2017). "The 1997 Women's Cricket World Cup". NZ CRICKET MUSEUM. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
...played in front of a crowd of 50 to 60,000. If you asked the Indian organisers, there were 80,000 there.
- "The women's game – A triumph of spirit". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- "ICC Women's World Cup History". icc-cricket.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- "Stars inspired by Clark's '97 champs". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- 1997 News Reports _Cricket _ Boxing Day Test _ Women's World Cup, retrieved 21 September 2021,
- ^ a b c d Australia Women v New Zealand Women – Hero Honda Women's World Cup – Final from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Highest totals = Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Most runs – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ High scores – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Highest averages – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Most hundreds – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Most fifties – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Most ducks – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Most wickets – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Best bowling figures in an innings – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Best averages – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Best economy rate – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Best strike rate – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Most four-wickets-in-an-innings – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Most five-wickets-in-an-innings – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Best economy rates in an innings – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Best strike rates in an innings – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Most runs conceded in an innings – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Most dismissals – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Most dismissals in an innings – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Most catches – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Most catches in an innings – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
- ^ Highest partnerships by runs – Hero Honda Women's World Cup, 1997/98 from ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2008
Further reading
- Davies, Pete (1998). Mad Dogs and English Women: The Story of England at the 6th Women's Cricket World Cup in India. London: Abacus. ISBN 0349110093.
External links
- Hero Honda Women's World Cup from ESPNcricinfo
- The Game Changers: An oral history of Australia's 1997 World Cup winners, Part I" Archived 9 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine, "Part II" and "Part III" – retrospective by the Australian Cricketers' Association (published in 2020)