The 2006 English cricket season was the 107th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. It included home international series for England against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. England came off a winter with more Test losses than wins, for the first time since 2002-03, but still attained their best series result in India since 1985. The One Day International series against Pakistan and India both ended in losses. In domestic cricket, Nottinghamshire, holders of the County Championship, were relegated, and it was Sussex who took the Championship title as their Pakistani overseas player Mushtaq Ahmed ended with 102 wickets. Sussex pipped Lancashire to the title, as they did in the one-day C&G Trophy, which was changed from a direct knock-out into two regional leagues of 10, from which two teams progressed to the final at Lord's, where Sussex won by 15 runs. Essex Eagles defended their National League title from last season, a league tournament that has been shortened from 16 to eight matches per side and officially named Pro40. They finished level with Northamptonshire Steelbacks in the table, though the Steelbacks lost by 109 runs in their meeting. The Twenty20 Cup completed its fourth instalment during 2006, and was won by Leicestershire Foxes, the first team to win the Twenty20 Cup twice. Roll of honour Test series England v Sri Lanka: 3 Tests - series drawn 1–1. England v Pakistan: 4 Tests - England win 3–0. ODI series England in Ireland: England won by 38 runs. England v Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka won 5-match series 5–0. England v Pakistan: 5-match series tied 2–2. Twenty20 International England v Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka won by two runs. England v Pakistan: Pakistan won by five wickets. County Championship Division One winners: Sussex Division Two winners: Surrey Pro40 (National League) Division One winners: Essex Division Two winners: Gloucestershire C&G Trophy Winners: Sussex - Runners-up: Lancashire Twenty20 Cup Winners: Leicestershire - Runners-up: Nottinghamshire Minor Counties Championship Winners: Devon MCCA Knockout Trophy Winners: Northumberland Second XI Championship Winners: Kent II Second XI Trophy Winners: Warwickshire II Wisden Five Players: tbc Women's Tests England v India: India won 2-match series 1–0. Women's ODIs England v India: England won 5-match series 4–0. Women's Twenty20 Internationals England v India: India won by eight wickets. Under-19 "Tests" England v India: India won 3-match series 1–0. Under-19 "ODIs" England v India: India won 3-match series 3–0. Test