2016 English cricket season
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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 Women's Twenty20 Cup.
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County Championship | |
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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) |
t20 Blast | |
Champions | Northamptonshire Steelbacks |
Runners-up | Durham Jets |
Most runs | Michael Klinger (548) |
Most wickets | Benny Howell (24) |
Women's Cricket Super League | |
Champions | Southern Vipers |
Runners-up | Western Storm |
Most runs | Stafanie Taylor (289) |
Most wickets | Stafanie Taylor (11) |
Women's County Championship | |
Champions | Kent |
Runners-up | Sussex |
Most runs | Kirstie White (337) |
Most wickets | Samantha Betts (18) |
Women's Twenty20 Cup | |
Champions | Kent |
Runners-up | Warwickshire |
Most runs | Laura Newton (272) |
Most wickets | Nicole Richards (15) |
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] Pakistan Women also toured, playing England in three WODIs and three WT20Is.[2]