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2000 English cricket season

Cricket season review

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The 2000 cricket season was the 101st in which the County Championship has been an official competition. Surrey in first-class cricket and Gloucestershire in limited overs cricket were the dominant teams. The West Indies toured England to compete in a test series which England won 3–1. Zimbabwe also played their first test series on English soil losing 1–0.

Honours

County Championship - Surrey
NatWest Trophy - Gloucestershire
National League - Gloucestershire
Benson & Hedges Cup - Gloucestershire
Minor Counties Championship - Dorset
MCCA Knockout Trophy - Herefordshire
Second XI Championship - Middlesex II
Wisden - Mark Alleyne, Martin Bicknell, Andy Caddick, Justin Langer, Darren Lehmann

Test series

England played five Test matches against West Indies following two against Zimbabwe.

West Indies tour

Main article: West Indian cricket team in England in 2000

Zimbabwe tour

Main article: Zimbabwean cricket team in England in 2000

County Championship

Main article: 2000 County Championship

National League

Main article: 2000 Norwich Union National League

NatWest Trophy

Main article: 2000 NatWest Trophy

Benson & Hedges Cup

Main article: 2000 Benson & Hedges Cup

Leading batsmen

Michael Bevan topped the averages with 1124 runs @ 74.93

The top runscorer was Darren Lehmann with 1477 @ 67.13

Leading bowlers

Courtney Walsh topped the averages with 40 wickets @ 11.42

The leading wicket taker was Glenn McGrath, playing for Worcestershire, who took 80 @ 13.21

References

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 2001
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2001

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