The 2016 cricket season was the 117th in which the County Championship has been an official competition. The season began in March with a round of university matches, and continued until the conclusion of a round of County Championship matches in late September. Three major men's domestic competitions were contested: the 2016 County Championship, the 2016 Royal London One-Day Cup and the 2016 NatWest t20 Blast. Women's domestic cricket saw the launch of the Women's Cricket Super League, a new franchise competition, and the contesting of the Women's County Championship and Women's Twenty20 Cup.

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During the season, two men's Test teams toured England. Sri Lanka competed early in the summer, with Pakistan also touring later in the year.^[1] Pakistan Women also toured, playing England in three WODIs and three WT20Is.^[2]

Test series

• England v Sri Lanka: 3 Tests - England won 2–0
• England v Pakistan: 4 Tests - Series drawn 2–2

ODI series

• England v Sri Lanka: 5 ODIs - England won 3–0
• England v Pakistan: 5 ODIs - England won 4–1

Twenty20 International series

• England v Sri Lanka: Only T20I - England won by 8 wickets
• England v Pakistan: Only T20I - Pakistan won by 9 wickets

WODI series

• England v Pakistan: 3 WODIs - England won 3–0

Women's Twenty20 International series

• England v Pakistan: 3 WT20Is - England won 3–0

County Championship

• Division One winners: Middlesex
• Division One runners-up: Somerset
• Division Two winners: Essex
• Relegated from Division One: Durham and Nottinghamshire
• Promoted from Division Two: Essex

Royal London One-Day Cup

• Winners: Warwickshire
• Runners-up: Surrey

NatWest t20 Blast

• Winners: Northamptonshire Steelbacks
• Runners-up: Durham Jets

Minor Counties Cricket Championship

• Winners: Berkshire
• Runners-up: Lincolnshire

MCCA Knockout Trophy

• Winners: Herefordshire
• Runners-up: Staffordshire

Women's County Championship

• Winners: Kent
• Runners-up: Sussex

Women's Twenty20 Cup

• Winners: Kent
• Runners-up: Warwickshire

Women's Cricket Super League

• Winners: Southern Vipers
• Runners-up: Western Storm

Wisden Cricketers of the Year (i.e., awarded in 2016 for the 2015 season)

• Jonny Bairstow, Brendon McCullum, Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, Kane Williamson

PCA Player of the Year

• Ben Duckett

Kent won the 2016 Women's County Championship, the county's record seventh Championship title. The runners-up were Sussex.^[3]

Kent won the tournament, their third Twenty20 title.^[3]