| 1997 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain | Dean Jones | ||
| County Championship | 16 | ||
| AXA Life League | 14 | ||
| National Westminster Bank Trophy | Quarter-final | ||
| Benson & Hedges Cup. | Group | ||
| Most runs | Kim Barnett | ||
| Most wickets | Devon Malcolm | ||
| Most catches | Karl Krikken | ||
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1997 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and twenty-six years. In the County Championship, they won two matches to finish sixteenth in their ninety fourth season in the Championship. They came fourteenth in the AXA Life League and did not progress from the group in the National Westminster Bank Trophy. They reached the semi-final of the Benson & Hedges Cup.