The 2015 English cricket season was the 116th in which the
County Championship
The County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). It bec ...
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
The County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). It bec ...
matches in late September. Three major domestic competitions were contested: the
2015 County Championship, the
2015 Royal London One-Day Cup
The 2015 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was the scheduled limited overs cricket competition for 2015 season of England and Wales first-class counties. It was won by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, who defeated Surrey by the narrow ma ...
and the
2015 NatWest t20 Blast.
During this season, two international teams toured England.
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
toured early in the summer, with
Australia also touring later in the year. The latter tour saw England win
The Ashes
The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. The term originated in a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, '' The Sporting Times'', immediately after Australia's 1882 victory at The Oval, its first ...
Test series 3–2; it was the 78th test series between the two sides.
Roll of honour
;Test series:
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England v New Zealand: 2 Tests - Series drawn 1–1
*
England v Australia: 5 Tests - England won 3–2
;ODI series:
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England v New Zealand: 5 ODIs - England won 3–2
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England v Australia: 5 ODIs - Australia won 3-2
;Twenty20 International series:
*
England v New Zealand: Only T20I - England won by 56 runs
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England v Australia: Only T20I - England won by 5 runs
;
County Championship
The County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). It bec ...
:
* Division One winners:
Yorkshire
Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have ...
* Division One runners-up:
Middlesex
Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county in southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the ceremonial county of Greater London, with small sections in neighbour ...
* Division Two winners:
Surrey
;
Royal London One-Day Cup
The Royal London One-Day Cup is a fifty-over limited overs cricket competition for the England and Wales first-class counties. It began in 2014 as a replacement for the ECB 40 tournament, which ran from 2010 to 2013. In contrast to its 40-ove ...
:
* Winners:
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean.
The county town is the city of Gl ...
* Runners-up:
Surrey
;
Natwest t20 Blast
The T20 Blast, currently named the Vitality Blast for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket competition for English and Welsh first-class counties. The competition was established by the England and Wales Cricket Board (E ...
:
* Winners:
Lancashire Lightning
* Runners-up:
Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...
;
Minor Counties Championship:
* Winners:
Cumberland
* Runners-up:
Oxfordshire
;
MCCA Knockout Trophy
The National Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the National Counties in English cricket. At first it was known as the ''English Industrial Estates Cup'', before being called the ...
* Winners:
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
* Runners-up:
Northumberland
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It is bordered by land ...
;MCCA T20 Cup
* Winners:
Cheshire
* Runners-up:
Oxfordshire
;Second XI Championship
* Winners:
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...
;Second XI Trophy
* Winners:
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...
;Second XI Twenty20
* Winners:
Middlesex
Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county in southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the ceremonial county of Greater London, with small sections in neighbour ...
;Wisden Cricketers of the Year
*
Moeen Ali
Moeen or Moein or Moien is a given name and surname. It is a Quranic name which means: helper, supporter, or provider of refuge.
Notable persons with the name include:
Persons with the given name
* Moein (singer) (born 1951), Iranian singer
* ...
,
Gary Ballance,
Adam Lyth
Adam Lyth (born 25 September 1987) is an English Test cricketer, who has played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club since 2007. He is a left-handed opening batsman.
Career
Domestic career
Born 25 September 1987, Whitby, North Yorkshire, Lyth ma ...
,
Angelo Mathews
Angelo Davis Mathews, (Tamil: அஞ்செலோ மத்தியூஸ்; born 2 June 1987) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain in all formats. Even though he represented Sri Lanka in all three formats, Mathews cur ...
,
Jeetan Patel
;PCA Player of the Year
*
Chris Rushworth
Christopher Rushworth (born 11 July 1986) is an English cricketer who plays for Warwickshire. Rushworth is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. His cousin is the former Durham wicket-k ...
Ashes tour
County Championship
Divisions
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.''
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.''
Royal London One-Day Cup
Group stage
;Group A
;Group B
Knockout stage
NatWest t20 Blast
Group stage
;North Division
;South Division
Knockout stage
References
2015
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Cricket season
Cricket seasons are the times of the year when cricket is played.
Because top-class cricket is almost always played outdoors, on uncovered pitches, and rain prevents play, the seasons in each country are geared to coincide with the driest months ...
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