2021 English cricket season

In June 2021, New Zealand toured England to play two Test matches,[16] prior to playing the inaugural final of 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship which was held at Southampton.[17]

New Zealand played two test matches against England at Lord's and Edgbaston.[15] The first test ended in a draw[18] and New Zealand won the second test by 8 wickets to win the series 1–0.[19] Prior to the Test series, New Zealand was scheduled to play a tour match against Somerset which was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[20] Thus, New Zealand played an intra-squad match for preparation.[21]

During the end of the June and July, Sri Lanka played three ODIs and three T20Is against England.[22]

England won all the three T20I matches to win the series 3–0.[23][24][25]

England won the first two ODI matches to win the series 2–0,[26][27] and the third ODI ended as No result being washed out by the rain after Sri Lanka's first innings.[28]

Before the start of the series, Sri Lanka were scheduled to play two one-day tour matches against Kent and Sussex, which were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[20] Thus, Sri Lanka played a 50-over and also a 20-over intra-squad match at Manchester.[29][30]

In July 2021, Pakistan toured England to play three ODIs and three T20Is.[15]

England won all the three ODIs to win the series 3–0.[31][32][33]

Pakistan won the first T20I at Nottingham.[34] England won the last two T20Is to win the series 2–1.[35][36] Prior to the ODI series, Pakistan were scheduled to play two one-day matches against Northamptonshire and Worcestershire, which were cancelled due to safety concerns.[37] Instead, they were due to had two 50-over intra-squad matches,[38] with the second match was cancelled due to rain.[39]

India toured England to play a five-match test series during August.[15] Prior to the England series, India were scheduled to play the inaugural final of 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship from 18 to 22 June at Southampton.[40]

The first Test at Trent Bridge was affected by rain and was ended in a draw.[41] India won the second Test match at Lord's,[42] with England winning the third Test at Headingley.[43] India won the fourth Test at The Oval to lead the series 2–1.[44] The fifth and final Test match at Manchester was cancelled[45][46] due to COVID-19 cases in the Indian team's coaching and support staff,[47] with the result of the series yet to be decided officially.[48]

Before the start of the series, India were scheduled to play two intra-squad warm-up matches against India A at Northampton and Leicester,[49] which were called off following the cancellation of India A tour of England due to COVID-19 pandemic.[50] Later, India were planned to play two first-class matches against counties,[51] which was replaced by intra-squad warm-up matches at Durham.[52] Finally, India were played a three-day warm-up match against a County Select XI at Durham.[53]

The New Zealand women's cricket team toured England to play three WT20Is and five WODIs.[54]