1982 English cricket season

The 1982 English cricket season saw the welcome return to top class cricket of the leg spinner's art as Abdul Qadir proved the most entertaining player of an otherwise disappointing season.

Honours

County Championship - Middlesex
NatWest Trophy - Surrey
Sunday League - Sussex
Benson & Hedges Cup -
Minor Counties Championship - Oxfordshire
Second XI Championship - Worcestershire II
Wisden - Imran Khan, Trevor Jesty, Alvin Kallicharran, Kapil Dev, Malcolm Marshall

Test series

In May-July the Indian cricket team in England in 1982 played 3 Tests and 2 ODIs. Pakistan played a similar itinerary from June to September.

Zimbabwe tour

The Zimbabwe team made its inaugural tour of England in 1982 and played two first-class matches, both of which were drawn.

External sources

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 1983
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1983

English cricket seasons: 1969 to 2000

1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

to 1815 1816–1863 1864–1889 1890–1918 1919–1945 1946–1968 1969–2000 from 2001

International cricket tours of England

Test and LOI tours

Australia	1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1893 1896 1899 1902 1905 1909 1912 1921 1926 1930 1934 1938 1948 1953 1956 1961 1964 1968 1972 1975 1977 1980 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2010 2012 2013 2015 2019

Bangladesh	2005 2010

India	1932 1936 1946 1952 1959 1967 1971 1974 1979 1982 1986 1990 1996 2002 2004 2007 2011 2014 2018

New Zealand	1931 1937 1949 1958 1965 1969 1973 1978 1983 1986 1990 1994 1999 2004 2008 2013 2015

Pakistan	1954 1962 1967 1971 1974 1978 1982 1987 1992 1996 2001 2006 2010 2016 2018

South Africa	1894 1901 1904 1907 1912 1924 1929 1935 1947 1951 1955 1960 1965 1994 1998 2003 2008 2012 2017

Sri Lanka	1984 1988 1990 1991 1998 2002 2006 2011 2014 2016

West Indies	1928 1933 1939 1950 1957 1963 1966 1969 1973 1976 1980 1984 1988 1991 1995 2000 2004 2007 2009 2011 2012 2017

Zimbabwe	2000 2003

Tournaments hosted

Multiple teams	1912 1975 1979 1983 1999 2004 2009 2013

Other tours

Australian	1868 1878 1919 1945

Bangladeshi	1979 1982 1986 1998

Canadian	1880 1887 1922 1936 1954 1974 1979 1982 1986 2005 2012

Indian	1886 1888 1911

Kenyan	1982 1984 1986 2008

Multi-national	1932 1970 1972 1987

New Zealand	1927 1945

Philadelphian	1884 1889 1897 1903 1908

Sri Lankan	1975 1979 1981

West Indian	1900 1906 1923 1964

Zimbabwean	1982 1985 1986 1990 1993