The 2011 English cricket season began on 2 April with a round of university matches, and will continue until the final of the Clydesdale Bank 40

Clydesdale Bank 40

The ECB40, currently known as the Clydesdale Bank 40 for sponsorship reasons, is a forty-over limited overs cricket competition for the English first-class counties. It began in the 2010 English cricket season as a replacement for the Pro40 and Friends Provident Trophy competitions...

 on 17 September. Three major domestic competitions are contested: the 2011 County Championship

2011 County Championship

The 2011 County Championship season, known as the LV County Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the 112th cricket County Championship season. It is contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team plays all the others in their division both home and away...

, the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40

2011 Clydesdale Bank 40

The 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40 tournament is the second season of the Clydesdale Bank 40 limited overs cricket competition for the England and Wales first-class counties...

 and the 2011 Friends Life t20

2011 Friends Life t20

The 2011 Friends Life t20 was the second season of the Friends Life t20, England's premier domestic Twenty20 competition. The season ran from June 1 to August 27 2011. The teams in the tournament remained the same as the previous season....

. During this season, two Test teams toured England: Sri Lanka lost both the Test

Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

 series (1–0) and the One Day International (ODI) series (3–2), but won the solitary Twenty20 International

Twenty20 International

A Twenty20 International is a form of cricket which is played over 20 overs per side between two national cricket teams. The game is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket...

(T20I). India are currently touring, and lost to England in four Tests; five ODIs and one T20I have yet to be played.