Women's T20 County Cup | |
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Champions | Lancashire |
Runners-up | Surrey |
Wisden Cricketers of the Year | |
Gus Atkinson, Liam Dawson, Sophie Ecclestone, Jamie Smith & Daniel Worrall [1] | |
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The 2025 English cricket season commenced on 4 April and will finish on 27 September 2025. [2]
It is the 125th 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.
Following a restructure of domestic women's cricket, this was the inaugural season of competition in which counties were divided into Tiers. [3]
For both men and women, the fifth edition of The Hundred will be played from 5 – 31 August 2025. [4]
In May, Zimbabwe played England in a one-off Test match at Trent Bridge. England won the match by an innings and 45 runs. [5]
In May and June, West Indies toured England to play three Twenty20 International (T20I) and three One Day International (ODI) matches. England completed a clean sweep to win both series 3–0. [6]
In June, the final of the 2023–2025 World Test Championship took place at Lord's. South Africa beat Australia by five wickets to win a senior ICC tournament for the first time in 27 years. [7]
From June to August, India are touring England to play five Test matches which form part of the 2025–2027 World Test Championship.
In September, South Africa will tour England for three T20I and three ODI matches.
The West Indies women's team toured England in May and June to play three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) and three Women's One Day International (WODI) matches. England completed a clean sweep to win both series 3–0. [8]
The India women's team toured England in June and July to play five WT20I and three WODI matches. India won the WT20I series 3–2. [9]
The County Championship began on 4 April and will finish on 27 September with each team playing 14 fixtures.
The One-Day Cup will run from 5 August to 20 September with the counties separated into two groups of nine.
The T20 Blast runs from 29 May until 13 September with the eighteen counties divided into two groups of nine - the North Group and the South Group.
The fifth season of The Hundred will take place in August, with eight men's and eight women's teams competing.
The Women's T20 Blast runs from 30 May to 27 July. The eight 'Tier 1' counties competed in a round-robin group and the 10 'Tier 2' counties were split into two groups, both competitions end with a finals day.
The Women's One-Day Cup takes place from 19 April until 21 September. The 'Tier 1' counties and 'Tier 2' counties compete in separate round-robin groups before knockout matches in September.
The Women's Twenty20 Cup took place from 5 May to 26 May, with all 37 counties taking part in a knock-out competition. Lancashire beat Surrey in the final to claim the inaugural title. [10]