2013 English cricket season explained

Tourney Name:	English cricket season
Year:	2013
Tournament1:	County Championship
Champions1:	Durham
Runnersup1:	Yorkshire
Runs1:	Gary Ballance (1251)
Wickets1:	Graham Onions (70)
Tournament2:	Yorkshire Bank 40
Champions2:	Nottinghamshire
Runnersup2:	Glamorgan
Runs2:	Peter Trego (745)
Wickets2:	Michael Hogan (28)
Tournament3:	Friends Life t20
Champions3:	Northamptonshire
Runnersup3:	Surrey
Runs3:	Craig Kieswetter (517)
Wickets3:	Azharullah (27)
Pca:	Moeen Ali
Wisden:	Nick Compton Hashim Amla Jacques Kallis Dale Steyn Marlon Samuels
Prevseason:	2012
Nextseason:	2014

The 2013 English cricket season was the 114th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. It began on 5 April with a round of university matches, and continued until the conclusion of a round of County Championship matches on 27 September.^[1] Three major domestic competitions were contested: the 2013 County Championship, the 2013 Clydesdale Bank 40 and the 2013 Friends Life t20.

Australia toured England to compete for the Ashes. It was the 76th test series between the two sides with England winning 3-0.^[2] The New Zealand cricket team toured earlier in the summer.

Roll of honour

Test series:

• England v New Zealand: 2 Tests - England won 2–0.
• England v Australia: 5 Tests - England won 3–0.

ODI series:

• England v New Zealand: 3 ODIs - New Zealand won 2–1.
• England v Australia: 5 ODIs - Australia won 2–1.

Twenty20 International series:

• England v New Zealand: 2 T20Is - New Zealand won 1–0.
• England v Australia: 2 T20Is - Series drawn 1-1.

ICC Champions Trophy

• Champions Trophy

Winners - India

County Championship

• Division One winners: Durham
• Division One runners-up: Yorkshire
• Division Two winners: Lancashire

Yorkshire Bank 40

• • Winners: Nottinghamshire Outlaws Runners-up: Glamorgan Dragons

Friends Life t20

• Winners: Northamptonshire Steelbacks
• Runners-up: Surrey

Minor Counties Championship

• Winners: Cheshire
• Runners-up: Cambridgeshire

MCCA Knockout Trophy

• Winners: Berkshire
• Runners-up: Shropshire

Second XI Championship

• Winners: Lancashire II and Middlesex II (shared title)

Second XI Trophy

• Winners: Lancashire II

Second XI Twenty20

• Winners: Surrey II

Wisden Cricketers of the Year

• Nick Compton, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, Dale Steyn, Marlon Samuels

PCA Player of the Year

• Moeen Ali

County Championship

See main article: 2013 County Championship.

Divisions

Division One Division Two Derbyshire Essex Durham Glamorgan Middlesex Gloucestershire Nottinghamshire Hampshire Somerset Kent Lancashire Sussex Leicestershire Warwickshire Northamptonshire Yorkshire Worcestershire

Icon Team promoted from Division Two Team relegated from Division One

Division One Standings

• Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, T = Ties, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Ded = Deducted points, Pts = Points.

Team	Pld	W	L	T	D	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts
Durham (C)	16	10	4	0	2	0	36	46	2.5	245.5
	16	7	2	0	7	0	49	39	0.0	221
	16	5	3	0	8	0	45	39	0.0	188
	16	5	2	0	9	0	37	42	0.0	186
	16	6	5	0	5	0	32	39	0.0	182
	16	3	5	0	8	0	33	41	0.0	146
	16	2	5	0	9	0	47	40	0.0	146
Derbyshire (R)	16	3	10	0	3	0	31	34	0.0	122
Surrey (R)	16	1	6	0	9	0	36	37	0.0	116

Division Two Standings

• Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, T = Ties, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Ded = Deducted points, Pts = Points.

Team	Pld	W	L	T	D	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts
Lancashire (C)	16	8	1	0	7	0	45	45	1.0	238
Northamptonshire (P)	16	5	3	0	8	0	55	43	0.0	202
	16	5	4	0	7	0	43	41	3.0	182
	16	4	3	0	9	0	45	35	0.0	171
	16	5	6	0	5	0	29	43	0.0	167
	16	4	4	0	8	0	43	36	0.0	167
	16	3	2	0	11	0	39	31	0.0	151
	16	3	6	0	7	0	41	39	0.0	149
	16	0	8	0	8	0	23	32	0.0	79

Yorkshire Bank 40

See main article: 2013 Yorkshire Bank 40.

Group stage

Group A

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Nottinghamshire Outlaws	12	9	3	0	0	18	+0.457
Northamptonshire Steelbacks	12	8	3	0	1	17	+0.393
Sussex Sharks	12	6	4	0	2	14	+0.464
Kent Spitfires	12	6	6	0	0	12	+0.229
Worcestershire Royals	12	5	7	0	0	10	+0.249
Netherlands	12	2	7	0	3	7	–1.157
Warwickshire Bears	12	2	8	0	2	6	–0.929

Group B

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Hampshire Royals	12	9	3	0	0	18	+0.734
Essex Eagles	12	8	4	0	0	16	+0.972
Lancashire Lightning	12	7	4	0	1	15	–0.023
Durham Dynamos	12	7	4	0	1	14.75	+0.657
Surrey	12	4	6	0	2	10	–0.524
Derbyshire Falcons	12	3	6	0	3	9	–0.250
Scottish Saltires	12	0	11	0	1	1	–1.940

Group C

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Somerset	12	8	3	0	1	17	+1.006
Glamorgan	12	8	3	0	1	17	+0.576
Middlesex Panthers	12	7	4	0	1	15	+0.315
Gloucestershire Gladiators	12	7	4	0	1	15	+0.163
Leicestershire Foxes	12	5	7	0	0	10	–0.353
Yorkshire Vikings	12	3	9	0	0	6	–0.468
Unicorns	12	1	9	0	2	4	–1.196

Knockout stage

Friends Life t20

See main article: 2013 Friends Life t20.

Group stage

Midlands/Wales/West Division

North Group

South Group

Knockout stage

Test Series

Ashes tour

See main article: 2013 Ashes series.

See main article: Australian cricket team in England in 2013.

Cumulative record - Test wins	1876-2013
	105
	133
Drawn	93

England vs New Zealand

See main article: New Zealand cricket team in England in 2013.

Notes and References

1. Web site: County Cricket 2013 : Fixtures. ESPNcricinfo.com. 19 November 2021.
2. Web site: 2013 TESTS. ESPNcricinfo.com. 19 November 2021.