The 2001 English cricket season saw Yorkshire win the County Championship for the first time since 1968. Australia again won the Ashes

The Ashes

The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. It is one of the most celebrated rivalries in international cricket and dates back to 1882. It is currently played biennially, alternately in the United Kingdom and Australia. Cricket being a summer sport, and the venues...

, this time largely due to some fine performances by Adam Gilchrist.

In limited overs cricket, a change of sponsor meant that the NatWest Trophy became the C&G Trophy

C&G Trophy

The Friends Provident Trophy was a one-day cricket competition in the United Kingdom.It was one of the four tournaments in which the eighteen first-class counties compete each season. They were joined by teams from Scotland and Ireland...

. The Second XI Trophy was inaugurated as a limited overs knockout competition.

Honours

• County Championship - Yorkshire
• C&G Trophy - Somerset
• National League - Kent
• Benson & Hedges Cup -
• Minor Counties Championship - Cheshire, Lincolnshire (shared title)
• MCCA Knockout Trophy - Norfolk
• Second XI Championship - Hampshire II
• Second XI Trophy - Surrey II
• Wisden - Andy Flower
  Andy Flower
  Andrew "Andy" Flower OBE is a former international cricketer for Zimbabwe and is currently the England coach.-Playing career:...
  
  , Adam Gilchrist
  Adam Gilchrist
  Adam Craig Gilchrist AM , nicknamed "Gilly" or "Churchy", is an Australian international cricketer who currently captains Kings XI Punjab and recently captained Middlesex. He is an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australian national...
  
  , Jason Gillespie
  Jason Gillespie
  Jason Neil Gillespie is an Australian cricketer who formerly represented Australia at international level, in both Tests and One Day Internationals, and South Australia, Yorkshire and Glamorgan at first-class level. His primary role is as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, but he is also a competent...
  
  , V V S Laxman, Damien Martyn
  Damien Martyn
  Damien Richard Martyn is a former Australian cricketer. He played for the national team sporadically in 1992–1994 before becoming a regular ODI player in 1999–2000 and a regular Test player in 2001 until his retirement in late 2006...
  
  

External sources

• CricketArchive – season and tournament itineraries

Annual reviews

• Playfair Cricket Annual
  Playfair Cricket Annual
  Playfair Cricket Annual is a compact annual about cricket that is published in the United Kingdom each April, just before the English cricket season is due to begin. Its main purposes are to review the previous English season and to provide detailed career records and potted biographies of current...
  
   2002
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack 2002