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LINKS TO DOMESTIC CRICKET IN TEST PLAYING COUNTRIES
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Traditionally only one Test country played its cricket in the nothern hemisphere summer season-April to September. This was England and it is much the busiest.Its season is marked for archive purposes by the year, 1999, 2000, 2001 etc.
The rest play in the southern hemisphere summer or northern hemisphere winter- September to May.This is known as 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001=02 etc.
For most of cricket's history these season's were discreet but recently they have overlapped more and more with Sri Lanka and Australia holding tests 'out of season'. Despite the overlap statisticians refer to the split year season for 9 Test countries and for England at home by the single years.
With the introduction of the ICC Test championship there is already a move to a wider spread for the Test programme but the domestic First Class, club and school cricket schedules remain within the traditional seasons.
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