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.

2015 (2015) English cricket season
County Championship
ChampionsYorkshire
Runners-upMiddlesex
Most runsAshwell Prince (1478)
Most wicketsChris Rushworth (83)
Royal London One-Day Cup
ChampionsGloucestershire
Runners-upSurrey
Most runsMichael Klinger (531)
Most wicketsReece Topley (20)
NatWest t20 Blast
ChampionsLancashire Lightning
Runners-upNorthamptonshire Steelbacks
Most runsJames Vince (710)
Most wicketsJames 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

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Test series
ODI series
Twenty20 International series
County Championship
Royal London One-Day Cup
Natwest t20 Blast
Minor Counties Championship
MCCA Knockout Trophy
MCCA T20 Cup
Second XI Championship
Second XI Trophy
Second XI Twenty20
Wisden Cricketers of the Year
PCA Player of the Year

Ashes tour

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

County Championship

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Divisions

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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

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  • Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, T = Ties, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Ded = Deducted points, Pts = Points.
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

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  • Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, T = Ties, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Ded = Deducted points, Pts = Points.
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

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Group stage

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Knockout stage

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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

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Group stage

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Knockout stage

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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

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  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.
  6. ^ "Royal London One-Day Cup". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  7. ^ "NatWest T20 Blast 2015 - North Table". ECB. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  8. ^ "NatWest T20 Blast 2015 - South Table". ECB. Retrieved 24 July 2015.