2013 English cricket season

2013 (2013) English cricket season
County Championship
Champions	Durham
Runners-up	Yorkshire
Most runs	Gary Ballance (1251)
Most wickets	Graham Onions (70)
Yorkshire Bank 40
Champions	Nottinghamshire
Runners-up	Glamorgan
Most runs	Peter Trego (745)
Most wickets	Michael Hogan (28)
Friends Life t20
Champions	Northamptonshire
Runners-up	Surrey
Most runs	Craig Kieswetter (517)
Most wickets	Azharullah (27)
PCA Player of the Year
	Moeen Ali
Wisden Cricketers of the Year
	Nick Compton; Hashim Amla; Jacques Kallis; Dale Steyn; Marlon Samuels
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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

Divisions

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

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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	D	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts
Durham (C)	16	10	4	2	36	46	2.5	245.5
Yorkshire	16	7	2	7	49	39	0.0	221
Sussex	16	5	3	8	45	39	0.0	188
Warwickshire	16	5	2	9	37	42	0.0	186
Middlesex	16	6	5	5	32	39	0.0	182
Somerset	16	3	5	8	33	41	0.0	146
Nottinghamshire	16	2	5	9	47	40	0.0	146
Derbyshire (R)	16	3	10	3	31	34	0.0	122
Surrey (R)	16	1	6	9	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	D	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts
Lancashire (C)	16	8	1	7	45	45	1.0	238
Northamptonshire (P)	16	5	3	8	55	43	0.0	202
Essex	16	5	4	7	43	41	3.0	182
Hampshire	16	4	3	9	45	35	0.0	171
Worcestershire	16	5	6	5	29	43	0.0	167
Gloucestershire	16	4	4	8	43	36	0.0	167
Kent	16	3	2	11	39	31	0.0	151
Glamorgan	16	3	6	7	41	39	0.0	149
Leicestershire	16	0	8	8	23	32	0.0	79

Yorkshire Bank 40

Group stage

Group A

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

Group B

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

Group C

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

Knockout stage

Semi-finals			Final

1	Hampshire Royals	203/8

4	Glamorgan	234/4
			Glamorgan	157

			Nottinghamshire Outlaws	244/8
3	Nottinghamshire Outlaws	122/2

2	Somerset	119

Friends Life t20

Group stage

Midlands/Wales/West Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Northamptonshire Steelbacks	10	7	3	14	0.329
2	Somerset	10	6	4	12	0.841
3	Glamorgan	10	5	5	10	−0.168
4	Warwickshire Bears	10	5	5	10	−0.410
5	Worcestershire Royals	10	4	6	8	−0.327
6	Gloucestershire Gladiators	10	3	7	6	−0.245

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

North Group

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	Pts	NRR
1	Nottinghamshire Outlaws	10	7	3	0	14	1.009
2	Lancashire Lightning	10	5	3	2	12	0.177
3	Durham Dynamos^†	10	6	4	0	11.75	0.317
4	Leicestershire Foxes	10	4	5	1	9	0.417
5	Derbyshire Falcons	10	4	6	0	8	−0.604
6	Yorkshire Vikings	10	2	7	1	5	−1.223

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

^†Durham were deducted 0.25 points for a breach of team salary payments in 2012.

South Group

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Hampshire Royals	10	8	1	1	17	0.810
2	Surrey	10	7	3	0	14	0.915
3	Essex Eagles	10	5	4	1	11	−0.040
4	Middlesex Panthers	10	5	5	0	10	−0.194
5	Kent Spitfires	10	3	7	0	6	−0.941
6	Sussex Sharks	10	1	9	0	2	−0.520