2016 English cricket season
The 2016 cricket season was the 117th in which the County Championship has been an official competition. The season began in March with a round of university matches, and continued until the conclusion of a round of County Championship matches in late September. Three major men's domestic competitions were contested: the 2016 County Championship, the 2016 Royal London One-Day Cup and the 2016 NatWest t20 Blast. Women's domestic cricket saw the launch of the Women's Cricket Super League, a new franchise competition, and the contesting of the Women's County Championship and knock-out competition.
| County Championship | |
|---|---|
| Champions | Middlesex |
| Runners-up | Somerset |
| Most runs | Keaton Jennings (1,548) |
| Most wickets | Jeetan Patel (69) |
| Royal London One-Day Cup | |
| Champions | Warwickshire |
| Runners-up | Surrey |
| Most runs | Sam Hain (540) |
| Most wickets | Matt Coles (24) |
| NatWest t20 Blast | |
| Champions | Northamptonshire Steelbacks |
| Runners-up | Durham Jets |
| Most runs | Michael Klinger (548) |
| Most wickets | Benny Howell (24) |
| PCA Player of the Year | |
| Ben Duckett | |
| Wisden Cricketers of the Year | |
| Jonny Bairstow Brendon McCullum Steve Smith Ben Stokes Kane Williamson | |
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During the season, two men's Test teams toured England. Sri Lanka competed early in the summer, with Pakistan also touring later in the year.[1]
Roll of honour
- Test series
- England v Sri Lanka: 3 Tests - England won 2–0
- England v Pakistan: 4 Tests - Series drawn 2–2
- ODI series
- England v Sri Lanka: 5 ODIs - England won 3–0
- England v Pakistan: 5 ODIs - England won 4–1
- Twenty20 International series
- England v Sri Lanka: Only T20I - England won by 8 wickets
- England v Pakistan: Only T20I - Pakistan won by 9 wickets
- Division One winners: Middlesex
- Division One runners-up: Somerset
- Division Two winners: Essex
- Relegated from Division One: Durham and Nottinghamshire
- Promoted from Division Two: Essex
- Winners: Warwickshire
- Runners-up: Surrey
- Winners: Northamptonshire Steelbacks
- Runners-up: Durham Jets
- Winners: Berkshire
- Runners-up: Lincolnshire
- Winners: Herefordshire
- Runners-up: Staffordshire
- Winners: Southern Vipers
- Runners-up: Western Storm
- Wisden Cricketers of the Year (i.e., awarded in 2016 for the 2015 season)
- PCA Player of the Year
County Championship
Royal London One-Day Cup
NatWest t20 Blast
Minor Counties Championship
Women's County Championship
Kent won the 2016 Women's County Championship, the county's record seventh Championship title. The runners-up were Sussex. Kent also won the Women's Twenty20 competition.[2]
Women's Super League
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Reid J (ed) (2016) 2016 Kent County Cricket Club Annual, p.3. Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club.