A very strong Warwickshire team won both the Britannic Assurance County Championship and the Sunday League.
England defeated New Zealand 1-0 and drew with South Africa 1–1 in the two Test series.
South Africa toured England, playing three test matches winning one, drawing one and losing one.
Brian Lara posted the highest individual innings score in first class cricket (501*) playing for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston, and also scored the largest number of runs throughout the season (2,066 @ 89.82).
He also hit an unprecedented 7 centuries in a period of 8 innings (although the first of these was not achieved in the county championship, but playing for the West Indies in a test match against England in Antigua.