2015 English cricket season

2015 (2015) English cricket season
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 →

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.

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

County Championship

Division One winners: Yorkshire
Division One runners-up: Middlesex
Division Two winners: Surrey

Royal London One-Day Cup

Winners: Gloucestershire
Runners-up: Surrey

Natwest t20 Blast

Winners: Lancashire Lightning
Runners-up: Hampshire

Minor Counties Championship

Winners: Cumberland
Runners-up: Oxfordshire

MCCA Knockout Trophy

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

Moeen Ali, Gary Ballance, Adam Lyth, Angelo Mathews, Jeetan Patel

PCA Player of the Year

Chris Rushworth

Ashes tour

Cumulative record - Test wins	1876-2015
England	108
Australia	140
Drawn	93

County Championship

Divisions

Division One	Division Two
Durham	Derbyshire
Hampshire	Essex
Middlesex	Glamorgan
Nottinghamshire	Gloucestershire
Somerset	Kent
Sussex	Lancashire
Warwickshire	Leicestershire
Worcestershire	Northamptonshire
Yorkshire	Surrey

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Team promoted from Division Two
Team relegated from Division One

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 v t e	Pld	W	L	D	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts
Yorkshire (C)	16	11	1	4	45	45	0	286
Middlesex	16	7	2	7	29	43	1	218
Nottinghamshire	16	6	5	5	45	45	0	211
Durham	16	7	8	1	26	45	0	188
Warwickshire	16	5	5	6	31	45	0	186
Somerset	16	4	6	6	46	43	0	183
Hampshire	16	4	6	6	31	38	0	163
Sussex (R)	16	4	8	4	36	41	0	161
Worcestershire (R)	16	3	10	3	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 v t e	Pld	W	L	D	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts
Surrey (C)	16	8	1	7	56	45	0	264
Lancashire (P)	16	7	1	8	58	44	0	254
Essex	16	6	5	5	37	42	0	200
Glamorgan	16	4	4	8	42	37	0	183
Northamptonshire	16	3	3	10	38	46	2	180
Gloucestershire	16	5	5	6	31	36	0	177
Kent	16	4	7	5	28	44	0	161
Derbyshire	16	3	7	6	34	42	1	153
Leicestershire	16	2	9	5	36	41	16	118

Source: ^[3]

Royal London One-Day Cup

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Surrey	8	6	1	1	13	1.079
2	Gloucestershire	8	5	2	1	11	0.069
3	Yorkshire Vikings	8	4	2	2	10	0.536
4	Durham	8	4	3	1	9	0.402
5	Northamptonshire Steelbacks	8	4	3	1	9	−0.458
6	Somerset	8	4	4	0	8	0.814
7	Derbyshire Falcons	8	4	4	0	8	0.151
8	Worcestershire	8	1	6	1	3	−0.629
9	Leicestershire Foxes	8	0	7	1	1	−1.914

Source: ^[4]

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Ded	Pts	NRR
1	Nottinghamshire Outlaws	8	5	1	2	0	12	0.755
2	Essex Eagles	8	4	2	2	0	10	0.480
3	Hampshire	8	3	3	2	0	9^[a]	0.554
4	Kent Spitfires	8	3	3	2	0	8	0.031
5	Lancashire Lightning	8	3	3	2	0	8	−0.034
6	Warwickshire Bears	8	3	3	2	0	8	−0.765
7	Middlesex	8	3	4	1	0	7	−0.224
8	Glamorgan	8	2	2	4	4	3^[b]^[a]	0.160
9	Sussex Sharks	8	0	5	3	0	3	−1.063

Source: ^[6]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The match between Glamorgan and Hampshire was abandoned due to a dangerous pitch (the match was recorded as a 'no result', but Hampshire were awarded 2 points and Glamorgan were docked 2 points).^[5]
^ Glamorgan were docked 2 points before the start of season after preparing an unfit pitch in 2014.

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

North Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Birmingham Bears	14	10	4	0	0	20	0.200
2	Worcestershire Rapids	14	9	4	0	1	19	0.682
3	Northamptonshire Steelbacks	14	7	5	0	2	16	0.115
4	Lancashire Lightning	14	7	6	0	1	15	0.469
5	Nottinghamshire Outlaws	14	7	6	0	1	15	0.018
6	Durham Jets	14	5	8	0	1	11	−0.149
7	Leicestershire Foxes	14	4	7	1	2	11	−0.304
8	Yorkshire Vikings	14	5	8	1	0	11	−0.324
9	Derbyshire Falcons	14	4	10	0	0	8	−0.662

Source: ^[7]

South Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Kent Spitfires	14	9	4	1	19	0.166
2	Sussex Sharks	14	7	5	2	16	0.206
3	Hampshire	14	8	6	0	16	−0.120
4	Essex Eagles	14	7	6	1	15	0.208
5	Gloucestershire	14	7	7	0	14	0.354
6	Glamorgan	14	7	7	0	14	−0.522
7	Surrey	14	5	6	3	13	−0.145
8	Somerset	14	4	8	2	10	−0.184
9	Middlesex	14	4	9	1	9	0.030

Source: ^[8]

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.
^ "Hampshire Awarded Two Points from Abandoned Match Against Glamorgan". ageasbowl.com. ageas bowl. Retrieved 17 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.

[table_hth_HAM0.45890408123792-6] The match between Glamorgan and Hampshire was abandoned due to a dangerous pitch (the match was recorded as a 'no result', but Hampshire were awarded 2 points and Glamorgan were docked 2 points).^[5]

[table_hth_2PT0.45890408123792-7] Glamorgan were docked 2 points before the start of season after preparing an unfit pitch in 2014.

[1] "2015 TESTS". ESPN Cricinfo.

[2] "LV= County Championship Division One, 2015 / Points table". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

[3] "LV= County Championship Division Two, 2015 / Points table". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

[4] "Royal London One-Day Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

[5] "Hampshire Awarded Two Points from Abandoned Match Against Glamorgan". ageasbowl.com. ageas bowl. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

[8] "Royal London One-Day Cup". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

[9] "NatWest T20 Blast 2015 - North Table". ECB. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

[10] "NatWest T20 Blast 2015 - South Table". ECB. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

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