1801 English cricket season

The 1801 English cricket season was the 30th in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status and the 15th after the foundation of the Marylebone Cricket Club. The season saw three top-class matches played in the country.

Thomas Boxall published the earliest known instructional book on cricket called Rules and Instructions for Playing at the Game of Cricket etc..

Matches
Only three top-class matches were played during the season, all of them staged at Lord's Old Ground. Two matches saw an England XI play Surrey sides. The other match was played between sides assembled by Thomas Mellish and W Turner.

Debutants
1801 debutants included:
 * Henry Burrows
 * William Lambert
 * Thomas Onslow