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.

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

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

Icon Team promoted from Division Two Team relegated from Division One

• 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
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 (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

• 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
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

	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

Midlands/Wales/West Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Northamptonshire Steelbacks	10	7	3	0	0	14	0.329
2	Somerset	10	6	4	0	0	12	0.841
3	Glamorgan	10	5	5	0	0	10	−0.168
4	Warwickshire Bears	10	5	5	0	0	10	−0.410
5	Worcestershire Royals	10	4	6	0	0	8	−0.327
6	Gloucestershire Gladiators	10	3	7	0	0	6	−0.245

North Group

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

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

South Group

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

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

M2

Somerset

148/6

S2

Surrey (H)

151/7

S2

Surrey

145/6

S1

Hampshire Royals

142/9

S1

Hampshire Royals (H)

202/3

N2

Lancashire Lightning

201/4

S2

Surrey

92

M1

Northamptonshire Steelbacks

194/2

M1

Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H)

183/4

N3

Durham Dynamos

147/6

M1

Northamptonshire Steelbacks

171/3

S3

Essex Eagles

168/5

S3

Essex Eagles

187/6

N1

Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H)

140

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