Cricket Headlines:
June 1997

Monday, 30 June 1997

• Australia score an innings victory over Hampshire.
• County Championship: Surrey and Lancashire win, but Gloucestershire draw. Middlesex (118) hold a narrow lead over Essex (116) and Glamorgan (115) on the table.

Sunday, 29 June 1997

• Mike Smith and Dean Headley in England's Third Test squad, Adam Hollioake out.
• Centuries to Taylor and Mark Waugh on Day Two of Australia's tour match against Hampshire.
• After Week Ten of the Sunday League, Essex (28) lead the table from Lancashire (26) and Kent (24).

Saturday, 28 June 1997

• Tendulkar retained as captain as India's train-on squad for the Asia Cup is announced.
• Innings victories to Essex over Derbyshire and to Glamorgan over Sussex in the County Championship.

Friday, 27 June 1997

• Waqar Younis 8 for 17 as Sussex are all out for 54 against Glamorgan.
• Australia's three-day tour match against British Universities is abandoned due to rain without a ball being bowled.

Thursday, 26 June 1997

• Haroon Rashid is named Pakistan team manager for the next three years.
• Rain in England washes out:
  • Day Two of the Australia v British Universities game;
  • The day-night Sunday League game at The Oval between Surrey and Notts;
  • Opening day on five of the seven scheduled county championship matches.
• Mark Ilott takes 7 for 59 for Essex against Derbyshire.
• Devon Malcolm in doubt for the Third Test with after being hit in the foot while batting.

Wednesday, 25 June 1997

• Rain washes out the opening day of Australia's tour game against the British Universities.
• Warwickshire wicketkeeper Keith Piper is fined and suspended for one match by his County for failing a drug test.

Tuesday, 24 June 1997

• Bad light ends a thrilling final day of the Second Test at St Vincent.
• Rajesh Chauhan is cleared to be considered for Indian selection after video footage of his bowling action proves inconclusive.
• The BCCI appoints former Chief Justice Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud to investigate claims of betting and bribery among Indian players.
• NatWest Trophy Round One highlights:
  • Tony Wright and Nick Trainor set an all-wickets domestic one-day partnership record of 311, opening for Gloucestershire against Scotland;
  • Darren Gough takes 7 for 27, including the hat-trick, as Yorkshire bundle Ireland all out for 53;
  • Warwickshire recover from 25 for 6 to defeat Norfolk by eighty runs.

Monday, 23 June 1997

• England save the Second Test at Lord's.
• Lara scores a century on Day Four of the Second Test at St Vincent.

Sunday, 22 June 1997

• An Elliott century as Australia build a lead on Day Four of the Second Test for the Ashes.
• Rain interferes with Round Nine matches in the Sunday League. Lancashire head the table.

Saturday, 21 June 1997

• Glenn McGrath takes 8 for 38 as England fall to 77 all out on Day Two of the Lord's Test.
• A first-innings lead to Sri Lanka after Day Two of the Second Test against the West Indies.
• Waqar Younis takes a hat-trick as Glamorgan dismiss Lancashire for 51.
• After week eight of the County Championship, Middlesex take a six-point lead over Kent at the top of the ladder.
• First-class career best bowling by Glenn McGrath, Waqar Younis, Carl Hooper, and... David Boon!

Friday, 20 June 1997

• England lose quick wickets, then the rain returns, in the Second Test for the Ashes.
• A first-innings lead to Sri Lanka as wickets tumble on Day One of the Second Test against the West Indies.

Thursday, 19 June 1997

• Rain forces the abandonment of the opening day of the Second Test at Lord's.

Wednesday, 18 June 1997

• Matthew Hayden scores 150 for Hampshire among the opening day highlights of Week Eight of the County Championship.

Tuesday, 17 June 1997

• The 1999 World Cup schedule is announced at the official launch.
• Bangladesh and Kenya both receive full one-day international status from the ICC.
• Brian Lara is fined 50% of his match fee for the First Test by the West Indies team management for arriving in Antigua a day late last week.

Monday, 16 June 1997

• Australia defeat Leicestershire in their final outing before the Lord's Test.
• Pakistan XI defeat the Indian XI to lift Siyaram's Cup.
• In County Championship, Paul Strang takes 11 wickets for the match as Kent defeat Lancashire. Worcestershire beat Gloucestershire, who hang on to a five-point lead over Kent on the competition ladder.

Sunday, 15 June 1997

• West Indies defeat Sri Lanka in the First Test.
• Ruwan Kalpage and Naveed Nawaz are added to the Sri Lankan touring party.
• Stuart Law and Graham Thorpe score centuries in Week Eight of the Sunday League. Essex and Lancashire share the lead on the competition table.

Saturday, 14 June 1997

• Seventeen wickets fall on the second day of the First Test between West Indies and Sri Lanka, with a home victory on the third day appearing likely.
• Australia's batsmen struggle against Leicestershire.
• Rain curtails Saturday's India-Pakistan encounter in the Hyderabad carnival.
• Glamorgan all out for 31 against Middlesex to lose by an innings.
• Kevan James takes 8-49 and match figures of 13-93 as Hampshire defeat Somerset by nine runs.
• In the British Queen's Birthday honours list, Sir Colin Cowdrey receives a life peerage. Mike Atherton is awarded the OBE, and umpire David Shephard is awarded an MBE.

Friday, 13 June 1997

• Sri Lanka out for 223 on Day One of the First Test.
• Curtly Ambrose claims his 300th Test wicket when he dismissed Sanjeeva De Silva in Sri Lanka's first innings.
• Centuries to Matthew Elliott and Steve Waugh as Australia draw their tour match with Nottinghamshire.
• Moin Khan and Mark Greatbatch score centuries as a Pakistan XI defeat the New Zealand players (known as the Dipak Patel XI after the player responsible for organising the team) on Day Two of Hyderabad's Siyaram Cup. Indian XI and Pakistan XI thus qualify for the final.
• Alec Stewart scores 271 not out for Surrey - his highest first-class score, the highest score so far this season in England, and the highest score against Yorkshire in the twentieth century.
• A century as nightwatchman by Ben Phillips of Kent is among the other highlights of the day's County Championship action.

Thursday, 12 June 1997

• Ganguly and Tendulkar score centuries in an Indian-XI run riot over the team of New Zealanders on the opening day of the Siyaram Cup in Hyderabad.
• Dean Jones unexpectedly quits Derbyshire and plans to fly home to Australia as soon as possible. poor performances by the team and internal dissension are believed to be behind the decision. Phil DeFreitas takes over as Derbyshire captain.
• Alec Stewart scores 200 not out for Surrey against Yorkshire on the opening day of their County Championship match.
• Australia's tour game at Trent Bridge commences on the second scheduled day. Nathan Astle scores 99 for Nottinghamshire.

Wednesday, 11 June 1997

• John Emburey retires from first-class cricket.
• Australia lose another day's play on tour as the opening day against Nottinghamshire is washed out. Andy Bichel is sent home due to injury.
• The final of the Costcutter Cup between Durham and Gloucestershire at Harrogate is washed out. Durham win the title on the toss of a coin after the umpires decide that playing conditions are too unsafe for a single-wicket shoot-out.
• The Bangladesh Cricket Board retain Akram Khan and Aminul Islam Bulbul as captain and vice-captain respectively for the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka next month. The rest of the squad will be named at a later date.

Tuesday, 10 June 1997

• Kent and Surrey win their Benson & Hedges Cup semi-finals. Kent's victory is marred by a brawl between Kent and Northamptonshire supporters outside the ground after the game.
• Arnold and Atapattu score centuries as the tour match against the Leeward Islands is drawn.

Monday, 9 June 1997

• Russel Arnold unbeaten on 104 at stumps of Day Two of Sri Lanka's tour match against the Leeward Islands.
• In the Australian Queen's Birthday honours list, Peter Burge is awarded the AM (Member of the Order of Australia), and Barry Jarman an OAM (Medal of the Order of Australia).

Sunday, 8 June 1997

• England win the First Test against Australia at Edgbaston by nine wickets. Earlier, Greg Blewett scores his third century in three consecutive Tests against England - an Australian record, and Mike Atherton passes 5000 Test runs.
• Leeward Islands are 30 for 2 at stumps in reply to Sri Lanka's 192 for 6 declared on the first day of the three-day match at St John's.
• In the Sunday League, Shaun Young hits a Gloucestershire record 146 not out from 105 balls against Yorkshire. Essex, Kent and Lancashire share the lead on the table. Derbyshire defeat Hampshire despite the Duckworth-Lewis rule actually increasing their run target!

Saturday, 7 June 1997

• Mark Taylor scores an unbeaten century as Australia begin a courageous fightback on Day Three of the Edgbaston Test.
• Oxford University defeat Glamorgan - their first first-class victory over a county since 1993. Captain Mark Wagh scores twin centuries.
• Gloucestershire regain the lead on the County Championshire table following their victory over Yorkshire. Other Round Six winners: Essex, Hampshire, Kent, Nottinghamshire.
• Paul Reiffel added to the Australian touring squad.

Friday, 6 June 1997

• Lara and Williams lead the way in the West Indies' one-day victory over Sri Lanka.
• A record partnership with Thorpe and a double century for Hussain on Day Two of the First Test for The Ashes.

Thursday, 5 June 1997

• England well on top after Day One of the First Test for The Ashes.
• A double-century on first-class debut for Mike Powell of Glamorgan against Oxford University.
• County Championship highlights: Somerset defeat Lancashire inside two days, and Adrian Rollins scores 210 for Derbyshire.
• David Houghton decides to continue his Zimbabwe playing career at age forty.

Wednesday, 4 June 1997

• Australia announce their First Test eleven
• Opening day of Round Six of the County Championship. Kevin Shine takes 7 for 43 as Lancashire are all out for 88 against Somerset.
• Trinidad and Tobago defeat Sri Lanka on a rain-reduced target in the opening one-day tour game.

Tuesday, 3 June 1997

• Announcement of an unofficial, privately organised one-day international series at Hyderabad, India between June 12 and 17 involving teams from India, New Zealand and Pakistan.
• More fallout from the Prabhakar allegations as Wadekar states he tapped players' telephones on last season's South African tour.
• Former county player Paul Smith banned for 22 months over cocaine use.
• Nathan Astle signs for Nottinghamshire to replace Mohammad Zahid.
• Chris Adams decides not to pursue an appeal (see June 2)

Monday, 2 June 1997

• No room for Bishop or Campbell as the West Indian Squad for the ODI against Sri Lank a is announced.
• Derbyshire defeat Australia by one wicket in the final over of the tour match - their first-ever win over the Australians.
• Matthew Hayden scores 119 in Hampshire's second innings against Warwickshire to add to his 235 not out in the first on Saturday, and his 118 in the Sunday League.
• Glamorgan go to the top of the County Championship ladder with an innings win over Durham. Middlesex and Yorkshire the other Round Five winners.
• Chris Adams decides to appeal to the ECB over the £750 fines imposed by his club Derbyshire for dissent during the game against the Australians.

Sunday, 1 June 1997

• The England selectors name their First Test squad - Malcolm recalled, Knight dropped, Butcher and Hollioake in.
• Manoj Prabhakar claims in an Indian magazine that he was offered a bribe by an unnamed Indian team-mate during the Singer Cup in 1994.
• Centuries to Hayden, Hick and Gallian in Round Six of the Sunday League. Lancashire retain their perfect record to lead the table.