2021 English cricket season
The 2021 English cricket season began on 4 April and finished on 3 October 2021. It was the 121st season in which the County Championship has been an official competition and featured First-Class, List-A and Twenty20 cricket competitions throughout England and Wales.
| County Championship | |
|---|---|
| Champions | Warwickshire |
| Runners-up | Lancashire |
| Most runs | Tom Haines (1,176) |
| Most wickets | Luke Fletcher (66) |
| Royal London One-Day Cup | |
| Champions | Glamorgan |
| Runners-up | Durham |
| Most runs | Graham Clark (646) |
| Most wickets | Joe Cooke (19) |
| T20 Blast | |
| Champions | Kent Spitfires |
| Runners-up | Somerset |
| Most runs | Josh Inglis (531) |
| Most wickets | Naveen-ul-Haq (26) |
| Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy | |
| Champions | Southern Vipers |
| Runners-up | Northern Diamonds |
| Most runs | Sophie Luff (417) |
| Most wickets | Kirstie Gordon (16) |
| Charlotte Edwards Cup | |
| Champions | South East Stars |
| Runners-up | Northern Diamonds |
| Most runs | Evelyn Jones (276) |
| Most wickets | Bryony Smith (14) |
| Bob Willis Trophy | |
| Champions | Warwickshire |
| Runners-up | Lancashire |
| Most runs | Will Rhodes (156) |
| Most wickets | Craig Miles (6) |
| The Hundred | |
| Champions | Oval Invincibles (Women's) Southern Brave (Men's) |
| Runners-up | Southern Brave (Women's) Birmingham Phoenix (Men's) |
| Most runs | Dane van Niekerk (Women's) (259) Liam Livingstone (Men's) (348) |
| Most wickets | Tash Farrant (Women's) (18) Adam Milne (Men's) (12) |
| PCA Player of the Year | |
| Joe Root (Men's) Evelyn Jones (Women's) | |
| Wisden Cricketers of the Year | |
| Zak Crawley, Darren Stevens, Jason Holder, Dom Sibley, Mohammad Rizwan | |
← 2020 2022 → | |
The 18 first-class counties competed in the 2021 County Championship, One-Day Cup and T20 Blast competitions, whilst the women's regional teams competed for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the inaugural Charlotte Edwards Cup. The season also saw the inaugural season of The Hundred, which was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
The season also had the 2021 Bob Willis Trophy, which was played as a five-day final between the teams that finished first and second in County Championship Division One.