Season

Season is a period during which the cricket championship takes place.

Due to the fact that top-tier cricket matches are generally played outside, the season in each nation corresponds with the months of the year that see the highest levels of precipitation. When it comes to this particular scenario, it is important to take into account not only the meteorological conditions (precipitation) but also the length of the daylight hours and the temperature regime.

Let us assume that the winter days in England are too short and, as a general rule, the darkness is sufficient, despite the fact that the temperature is quite low. Because of the weather, it is very difficult to play cricket under such situations. In light of this, the last matches of the season in the United Kingdom are switched to being played indoors.

When determining the seasons, it is common practice to use one year to denote the summer season in the Northern Hemisphere of the Earth, but in the Southern Hemisphere, the summer season is designated as a time period that spans two years. As it turns out, the cricket season in England is completely in line with the year when the official games are conducted, which also happens to be the year 2010. Taking into consideration the summer season in Australia, this time period corresponds to the season 2010-2011, which means that it is a few months ahead of the changing of the calendar year. While living in the tropics, you may even play cricket throughout the whole year.

If we take this into consideration, it should not come as a surprise that the cricket season in the United Kingdom begins in the middle of April and continues until September, but in Australia, it begins in October and continues until February or March. As a result, many cricket players might be seen playing for several clubs during the course of a single year due to the calendar requirements of the season in cricket.