1986 English cricket season explained

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Previous Tournament:	1985 English cricket season
Next Year:	1987
Next Tournament:	1987 English cricket season

The 1986 English cricket season was the 87th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. Essex won the title for the third time in four seasons. England were defeated in both their Test series against New Zealand and India.

Honours

• County Championship - Essex
• NatWest Trophy - Sussex
• Sunday League - Hampshire
• Benson & Hedges Cup - Middlesex
• Minor Counties Championship - Cumberland
• MCCA Knockout Trophy - Norfolk
  • Second XI Championship - Lancashire II Wisden - John Childs, Graeme Hick, Dilip Vengsarkar, Courtney Walsh, James Whitaker

Test series

New Zealand tour

See main article: New Zealand cricket team in England in 1986.

India tour

See main article: Indian cricket team in England in 1986.

Zimbabwe visit

The Zimbabwe national cricket team made a short visit to England and played a single limited overs match against Northamptonshire, the county winning by 7 wickets.^[1]

County Championship

See main article: article and 1986 County Championship.

NatWest Trophy

See main article: article and 1986 NatWest Trophy.

Benson & Hedges Cup

See main article: article.

Sunday League

See main article: article and 1986 John Player Special League.

Rest of the World team

The Rest of the World XI played a one-day versus a West Indies XI for the Sport Aid charity at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham. The match was a no result due to rain.^[2]

Annual reviews

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1987
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1987

Notes and References

1. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/47/47271.html CricketArchive – scorecard
2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/47/47173.html CricketArchive