2021 English cricket season

2021 (2021) English cricket season
County Championship
ChampionsWarwickshire
Runners-upLancashire
Most runsTom Haines (1,176)
Most wicketsLuke Fletcher (66)
Royal London One-Day Cup
ChampionsGlamorgan
Runners-upDurham
Most runsGraham Clark (646)
Most wicketsJoe Cooke (19)
T20 Blast
ChampionsKent Spitfires
Runners-upSomerset
Most runsJosh Inglis (531)
Most wicketsNaveen-ul-Haq (26)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
ChampionsSouthern Vipers
Runners-upNorthern Diamonds
Most runsSophie Luff (417)
Most wicketsKirstie Gordon (16)
Charlotte Edwards Cup
ChampionsSouth East Stars
Runners-upNorthern Diamonds
Most runsEvelyn Jones (276)
Most wicketsBryony Smith (14)
Bob Willis Trophy
ChampionsWarwickshire
Runners-upLancashire
Most runsWill Rhodes (156)
Most wicketsCraig Miles (6)
The Hundred
ChampionsOval Invincibles (Women's)
Southern Brave (Men's)
Runners-upSouthern Brave (Women's)
Birmingham Phoenix (Men's)
Most runsDane van Niekerk (Women's) (259)
Liam Livingstone (Men's) (348)
Most wicketsTash Farrant (Women's) (18)
Adam Milne (Men's) (12)
PCA Player of the Year
Joe Root (Men's)
Evelyn Jones (Women's)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year
Zak Crawley, Darren Stevens, Jason Holder, Dom Sibley, Mohammad Rizwan
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The 2021 English cricket season began on 4 April and finished on 3 October 2021.[1] It was the 121st season in which the County Championship[2] has been an official competition and featured First-Class, List-A and Twenty20 cricket competitions throughout England and Wales.[3][4][5][6]

The 18 first-class counties competed in the 2021 County Championship,[7] One-Day Cup[8] and T20 Blast[9] competitions, whilst the women's regional teams competed for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the inaugural Charlotte Edwards Cup.[10][11][6] The season also saw the inaugural season of The Hundred,[12] which was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.[13]

The season also had the 2021 Bob Willis Trophy, which was played as a five-day final between the teams that finished first and second in County Championship Division One.[14]

  1. ^ "England announce busy 2021 home schedule". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  2. ^ "County Championship: Revamped competition to return in 2021". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Vitality Blast and Royal London Cup 2021 fixtures announced". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  4. ^ "2021 Men's County Championship Group Stage fixtures announced". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  5. ^ "County Championship: Revamped competition to return in 2021". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Women's domestic fixtures announced: Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy returns alongside new Regional T20 competition". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  7. ^ "All you need to know about the 2021 LV= Insurance County Championship". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  8. ^ "All you need to know about the 2021 Royal London Cup". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  9. ^ "All you need to know about the 2021 Vitality Blast". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Women's cricket: Domestic 50-over competition named Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy". BBC Sport. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Women's Regional T20 Competition is named Charlotte Edwards Cup". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  12. ^ "The Hundred 2021 Schedule: Full List Of Men's & Women's Fixtures". Wisden. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  13. ^ "The launch of The Hundred moved to 2021". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Three-league county structure confirmed for 2021, with separate Lord's final". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2021.