2013 English cricket season

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. 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. 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

;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

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

Yorkshire Bank 40

Group stage

;Group A

Team
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

Team
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

Team
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

Friends Life t20

Group stage

;Midlands/Wales/West Division
;North Group
;South Group

Test Series

Ashes tour

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