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.
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. Pakistan Women also toured, playing England in three WODIs and three WT20Is.
Roll of honour Test series England v Sri Lanka: 3 Tests - England won 2–0 England v Pakistan: 4 Tests - Series drawn 2–2
ODI series England v Sri Lanka: 5 ODIs - England won 3–0 England v Pakistan: 5 ODIs - England won 4–1
Twenty20 International series England v Sri Lanka: Only T20I - England won by 8 wickets England v Pakistan: Only T20I - Pakistan won by 9 wickets
WODI series England v Pakistan: 3 WODIs - England won 3–0
Women's Twenty20 International series England v Pakistan: 3 WT20Is - England won 3–0
County Championship Division One winners: Middlesex Division One runners-up: Somerset Division Two winners: Essex Relegated from Division One: Durham and Nottinghamshire Promoted from Division Two: Essex
Royal London One-Day Cup Winners: Warwickshire Runners-up: Surrey
NatWest t20 Blast Winners: Northamptonshire Steelbacks Runners-up: Durham Jets
Minor Counties Cricket Championship Winners: Berkshire Runners-up: Lincolnshire
MCCA Knockout Trophy Winners: Herefordshire Runners-up: Staffordshire
Women's County Championship Winners: Kent Runners-up: Sussex
Women's Twenty20 Cup Winners: Kent Runners-up: Warwickshire
Women's Cricket Super League Winners: Southern Vipers Runners-up: Western Storm
Wisden Cricketers of the Year (i.e., awarded in 2016 for the 2015 season) Jonny Bairstow, Brendon McCullum, Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, Kane Williamson
PCA Player of the Year Ben Duckett
County Championship
Royal London One-Day Cup
NatWest t20 Blast
Minor Counties Championship
Women's County Championship
Kent won the 2016 Women's County Championship, the county's record seventh Championship title. The runners-up were Sussex.Reid J (ed) (2016) 2016 Kent County Cricket Club Annual, p.3. Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club.
Women's Twenty20 Cup
Kent won the tournament, their third Twenty20 title.
Women's Super League
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