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| Previous Tournament: | 1999 English cricket season |
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| Next Tournament: | 2001 English cricket season |
The 2000 cricket season was the 101st in which the County Championship has been an official competition. Surrey in first-class cricket and Gloucestershire in limited overs cricket were the dominant teams. The West Indies toured England to compete in a test series which England won 3–1. Zimbabwe also played their first test series on English soil losing 1–0.
England played five Test matches against West Indies following two against Zimbabwe.
See main article: West Indian cricket team in England in 2000.
See main article: Zimbabwean cricket team in England in 2000.
See main article: article and 2000 County Championship.
See main article: article and 2000 Norwich Union National League.
See main article: article and 2000 NatWest Trophy.
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Michael Bevan topped the averages with 1124 runs @ 74.93
The top runscorer was Darren Lehmann with 1477 @ 67.13
Courtney Walsh topped the averages with 40 wickets @ 11.42
The leading wicket taker was Glenn McGrath, playing for Worcestershire, who took 80 @ 13.21