2015 English cricket season
The 2015 English cricket season was the 116th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. It began in April with a round of university matches, and continued until the conclusion of a round of County Championship matches in late September. Three major domestic competitions were contested: the 2015 County Championship, the 2015 Royal London One-Day Cup and the 2015 NatWest t20 Blast.
| County Championship | |
|---|---|
| Champions | Yorkshire |
| Runners-up | Middlesex |
| Most runs | Ashwell Prince (1478) |
| Most wickets | Chris Rushworth (83) |
| Royal London One-Day Cup | |
| Champions | Gloucestershire |
| Runners-up | Surrey |
| Most runs | Michael Klinger (531) |
| Most wickets | Reece Topley (20) |
| NatWest t20 Blast | |
| Champions | Lancashire Lightning |
| Runners-up | Northamptonshire Steelbacks |
| Most runs | James Vince (710) |
| Most wickets | James Faulkner (25) |
| PCA Player of the Year | |
| Chris Rushworth | |
| Wisden Cricketers of the Year | |
| Moeen Ali Gary Ballance Adam Lyth Angelo Mathews Jeetan Patel | |
← 2014 2016 → | |
During this season, two international teams toured England. New Zealand toured early in the summer, with Australia also touring later in the year. The latter tour saw England win The Ashes Test series 3-2; it was the 78th test series between the two sides.[1]
Roll of honour
- Test series
- England v New Zealand: 2 Tests - Series drawn 1–1
- England v Australia: 5 Tests - England won 3–2
- ODI series
- England v New Zealand: 5 ODIs - England won 3–2
- England v Australia: 5 ODIs - Australia won 3-2
- Twenty20 International series
- England v New Zealand: Only T20I - England won by 56 runs
- England v Australia: Only T20I - England won by 5 runs
- Winners: Gloucestershire
- Runners-up: Surrey
- Natwest t20 Blast
- Winners: Lancashire Lightning
- Runners-up: Hampshire
- Winners: Cumberland
- Runners-up: Oxfordshire
- Winners: Cornwall
- Runners-up: Northumberland
- MCCA T20 Cup
- Winners: Cheshire
- Runners-up: Oxfordshire
- Second XI Championship
- Winners: Nottinghamshire
- Second XI Trophy
- Winners: Derbyshire
- Second XI Twenty20
- Winners: Middlesex
- Wisden Cricketers of the Year
- PCA Player of the Year
County Championship
Divisions
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Division One Standings
- Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, T = Ties, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Ded = Deducted points, Pts = Points.
Team |
Pld | W | L | T | D | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire (C) | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 286 |
| Middlesex | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 29 | 43 | 1 | 218 |
| Nottinghamshire | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 211 |
| Durham | 16 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 45 | 0 | 188 |
| Warwickshire | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 45 | 0 | 186 |
| Somerset | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 43 | 0 | 183 |
| Hampshire | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 38 | 0 | 163 |
| Sussex (R) | 16 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 41 | 0 | 161 |
| Worcestershire (R) | 16 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 151 |
Source: [2]
Division Two Standings
- Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, T = Ties, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Ded = Deducted points, Pts = Points.
Team |
Pld | W | L | T | D | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surrey (C) | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 56 | 45 | 0 | 264 |
| Lancashire (P) | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 58 | 44 | 0 | 254 |
| Essex | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 42 | 0 | 200 |
| Glamorgan | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 42 | 37 | 0 | 183 |
| Northamptonshire | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 46 | 2 | 180 |
| Gloucestershire | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 36 | 0 | 177 |
| Kent | 16 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 44 | 0 | 161 |
| Derbyshire | 16 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 42 | 1 | 153 |
| Leicestershire | 16 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 41 | 16 | 118 |
Source: [3]
Royal London One-Day Cup
Group stage
Source: [4]
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Source: [5] |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) | 170/4 (24 ov) | |||||||||
| Durham | 144 (21.2 ov) | |||||||||
| Yorkshire Vikings (H) | 263/9 (50 ov) | |||||||||
| Gloucestershire | 267/2 (46.5 ov) | |||||||||
| Gloucestershire (H) | 218/6 (33 ov) | |||||||||
| Hampshire | 217/7 (34 ov) | |||||||||
| Gloucestershire | 220 (47.4 ov) | |||||||||
| Surrey | 214 (49.3 ov) | |||||||||
| Essex Eagles (H) | 232 (47.5 ov) | |||||||||
| Yorkshire Vikings | 252/9 (50 ov) | |||||||||
| Surrey (H) | 300/5 (50 ov) | |||||||||
| Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 296/7 (50 ov) | |||||||||
| Surrey (H) | 273 (49.5 ov) | |||||||||
| Kent Spitfires | 233 (37.4 ov) | |||||||||
NatWest t20 Blast
Group stage
Source: [6]
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Source: [7] |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Sussex Sharks (H) | 165/7 (20 ov) | |||||||||
| Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 166/6 (16 ov) | |||||||||
| Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 153/5 (18 ov) | |||||||||
| Birmingham Bears | 131/6 (20 ov) | |||||||||
| Birmingham Bears (H) | 189/5 (20 ov) | |||||||||
| Essex Eagles | 165/6 (20 ov) | |||||||||
| Lancashire Lightning | 166/7 (20.0 ov) | |||||||||
| Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 153/6 (20.0 ov) | |||||||||
| Worcestershire Rapids (H) | 196/4 (20 ov) | |||||||||
| Hampshire (D/L) | 58/2 (8.1 ov) | |||||||||
| Hampshire | 115 (19.5 ov) | |||||||||
| Lancashire Lightning | 119/4 (18.5 ov) | |||||||||
| Kent Spitfires (H) | 142 (20 ov) | |||||||||
| Lancashire Lightning | 142/6 (20 ov) | |||||||||
References
- "2015 TESTS". ESPN Cricinfo.
- "LV= County Championship Division One, 2015 / Points table". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- "LV= County Championship Division Two, 2015 / Points table". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- "Royal London One-Day Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- "Royal London One-Day Cup". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- "NatWest T20 Blast 2015 - North Table". ECB. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- "NatWest T20 Blast 2015 - South Table". ECB. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
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