The 2014 English cricket season was the 115th in which the County Championship had been an official competition.
It began on 1 April with a round of university matches, continued until the conclusion of a round of County Championship matches on 23 September.
[1] Three major domestic competitions were contested: the 2014 County Championship, the 2014 Royal London One-Day Cup and the 2014 NatWest t20 Blast.
The Royal London One-Day Cup and the NatWest t20 Blast were newly created competitions as from the 2014 season, replacing the Clydesdale Bank 40 and the Friends Life t20.
Sri Lanka competed early in the summer, with India having also toured later in the year.