2015 County Championship

































2015 County Championship
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format
First-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Yorkshire
Participants 18
Most runs
James Hildreth (1,390) (Div 1)

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2015 County Championship is located in England

Derbyshire

Derbyshire



Durham

Durham



Essex

Essex



Glamorgan

Glamorgan



Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire



Hampshire

Hampshire



Kent

Kent



Lancashire

Lancashire



Leicestershire

Leicestershire



Middlesex

Middlesex



Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire



Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire



Somerset

Somerset



Surrey

Surrey



Sussex

Sussex



Warwickshire

Warwickshire



Worcestershire

Worcestershire



Yorkshire

Yorkshire




Home grounds of each County.


The 2015 County Championship season, known as the LV= County Championship for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 116th cricket County Championship season. It was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team played all the others in their division both home and away.




Contents






  • 1 Teams


    • 1.1 Division One


    • 1.2 Division Two




  • 2 Standings


    • 2.1 Division One


    • 2.2 Division Two




  • 3 Results summary


    • 3.1 Division One


    • 3.2 Division Two




  • 4 Results in full


    • 4.1 Division One


      • 4.1.1 April


      • 4.1.2 May


      • 4.1.3 June


      • 4.1.4 July


      • 4.1.5 August


      • 4.1.6 September




    • 4.2 Division Two


      • 4.2.1 April


      • 4.2.2 May


      • 4.2.3 June


      • 4.2.4 July


      • 4.2.5 August


      • 4.2.6 September






  • 5 Statistics


    • 5.1 Division One


      • 5.1.1 Most runs


      • 5.1.2 Most wickets




    • 5.2 Division Two


      • 5.2.1 Most runs


      • 5.2.2 Most wickets






  • 6 See also


  • 7 References





Teams



Division One


     Team promoted from Division Two



















































































Team
Primary home ground
Other grounds
Coach
Captain
Overseas player(s)

Durham

Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street


England Jon Lewis

England Paul Collingwood

Australia John Hastings

Hampshire

The Rose Bowl, Southampton


South Africa Dale Benkenstein

England Jimmy Adams (Apr-Jul)
England James Vince (Jul-Sep)

Australia Jackson Bird (Apr-Aug)
South Africa Ryan McLaren (Aug-Sep)

Middlesex

Lord's, London

Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood
Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground, Uxbridge

England Richard Scott

Australia Adam Voges (Apr–May)
New Zealand James Franklin (May–Sep)

Australia Adam Voges (Apr–May)
Australia Joe Burns (May–Jul)

Nottinghamshire

Trent Bridge, Nottingham


England Mick Newell

England Chris Read

South Africa Vernon Philander (Apr–May)
Australia Ben Hilfenhaus (Jun–Sep)

Somerset

County Ground, Taunton


England Matthew Maynard

England Marcus Trescothick

Pakistan Abdur Rehman

Sussex

County Ground, Hove

Arundel Castle Cricket Club Ground, Arundel
Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham

England Mark Robinson

Ireland Ed Joyce

Australia Steve Magoffin

Warwickshire

Edgbaston, Birmingham


Scotland Dougie Brown

England Varun Chopra

New Zealand Jeetan Patel

Worcestershire

County Ground, New Road, Worcester


England Steve Rhodes

England Daryl Mitchell

Sri Lanka Sachithra Senanayake (Apr–May)
New Zealand Colin Munro (May–Jun)
Pakistan Saeed Ajmal

Yorkshire

Headingley, Leeds

North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough

Australia Jason Gillespie

England Andrew Gale

India Cheteshwar Pujara (Apr–May)
Australia Glenn Maxwell (May–Jun)
Australia Aaron Finch (Jun–Sep)


Division Two


     Team relegated from Division One



















































































Team
Primary home ground
Other grounds
Coach
Captain
Overseas player(s)

Derbyshire

County Ground, Derby

Queen's Park, Chesterfield

England Graeme Welch

South Africa Wayne Madsen

New Zealand Martin Guptill (Apr)
South Africa Hashim Amla (May)
Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan (May–Sep)

Essex

County Ground, Chelmsford

Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester

England Paul Grayson

England James Foster

New Zealand Jesse Ryder

Glamorgan

SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff

Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea
St Helen's, Swansea

Wales Toby Radford

South Africa Jacques Rudolph

South Africa Jacques Rudolph

Gloucestershire

County Ground, Bristol

College Ground, Cheltenham

England Richard Dawson

Papua New Guinea Geraint Jones

Australia Peter Handscomb (Apr–May)
Australia Michael Klinger (May–Sep)

Kent

St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

Kent County Cricket Ground, Beckenham
Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells

West Indies Cricket Board Jimmy Adams

England Robert Key


Lancashire

Old Trafford, Manchester

Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport

England Ashley Giles

England Glen Chapple

Australia Peter Siddle (Apr–May)
Australia James Faulkner (May–Jun)

Leicestershire

Grace Road, Leicester


Australia Andrew McDonald

Australia Mark Cosgrove

Australia Clint McKay

Northamptonshire

County Ground, Northampton


England David Ripley

England Alex Wakely

South Africa Rory Kleinveldt

Surrey

The Oval, London

Woodbridge Road, Guildford

South Africa Graham Ford

England Gareth Batty

Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara


Standings


Teams receive 16 points for a win, 8 for a tie and 5 for a draw. Bonus points (a maximum of 5 batting points and 3 bowling points) may be scored during the first 110 overs of each team's first innings.[2]











Results summary


The first fixtures began on 12 April 2015. The final set of fixtures commenced on 22 September 2015.[5]



Division One




























































































































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Durham

Hampshire

Middlesex

Nottinghamshire

Somerset

Sussex

Warwickshire

Worcestershire

Yorkshire

Durham

Hampshire
7 wickets
Middlesex
71 runs
Durham
6 wickets
Durham
120 runs
Durham
6 wickets
Warwickshire
2 wickets
Durham
3 wickets
Yorkshire
inns & 47 runs

Hampshire

Match drawn


Match drawn

Match drawn
Somerset
9 wickets
Sussex
92 runs
Hampshire
216 runs

Match drawn
Yorkshire
5 wickets

Middlesex
Middlesex
187 runs
Middlesex
9 wickets


Match drawn

Match drawn
Middlesex
20 runs

Match drawn

Match drawn
Middlesex
246 runs

Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
52 runs
Hampshire
8 wickets

Match drawn

Somerset
133 runs
Nottinghamshire
159 runs
Nottinghamshire
inns & 123 runs
Nottinghamshire
113 runs

Match drawn

Somerset
Durham
7 wickets

Match drawn
Middlesex
5 wickets
Somerset
2 wickets


Match drawn
Somerset
17 runs

Match drawn

Match drawn

Sussex
Durham
178 runs
Hampshire
6 wickets
Middlesex
79 runs
Nottinghamshire
inns & 103 runs

Match drawn

Sussex
1 wicket
Sussex
61 runs

Match drawn

Warwickshire
Warwickshire
8 wickets

Match drawn

Match drawn

Match drawn
Warwickshire
7 wickets

Match drawn

Warwickshire
181 runs
Yorkshire
174 runs

Worcestershire
Durham
6 wickets
Worcestershire
inns & 33 runs
Worcestershire
inns & 128 runs
Nottinghamshire
5 wickets
Worcestershire
inns & 62 runs
Sussex
inns & 63 runs
Warwickshire
inns & 17 runs

Yorkshire
10 wickets

Yorkshire
Yorkshire
183 runs
Yorkshire
305 runs
Yorkshire
4 wickets
Yorkshire
inns & 8 runs
Yorkshire
inns & 126 runs
Yorkshire
100 runs

Match drawn
Yorkshire
7 wickets






Home team won
Visiting team won
Match drawn




Division Two




























































































































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Derbyshire

Essex

Glamorgan

Gloucestershire

Kent

Lancashire

Leicestershire

Northamptonshire

Surrey

Derbyshire

Essex
inns & 188 runs
Match drawn

Match drawn

Match drawn
Lancashire
250 runs
Match drawn
Match drawn
Surrey
222 runs

Essex
Essex
inns & 31 runs

Essex
248 runs
Gloucestershire
9 wickets
Essex
5 wickets
Match drawn
Leicestershire
6 wickets
Match drawn
Surrey
3 wickets

Glamorgan

Match drawn
Glamorgan
89 runs

Gloucestershire
7 wickets
Kent
316 runs
Lancashire
inns & 157 runs
Glamorgan
137 runs
Glamorgan
10 wickets

Match drawn

Gloucestershire
Derbyshire
7 wickets
Essex
5 wickets

Match drawn

Kent
8 wickets
Lancashire
91 runs
Gloucestershire
155 runs
Gloucestershire
9 wickets

Match drawn

Kent
Derbyshire
8 wickets
Kent
inns & 207 runs
Match drawn
Match drawn

Match drawn

Match drawn
Northamptonshire
inns & 23 runs
Surrey
3 wickets

Lancashire
Lancashire
inns & 15 runs
Match drawn

Match drawn
Gloucestershire
91 runs
Lancashire
9 wickets

Lancashire
inns & 157 runs

Match drawn
Match drawn

Leicestershire
Leicestershire
3 wickets
Essex
5 wickets

Match drawn
Match drawn
Kent
8 wickets
Lancashire
244 runs

Northamptonshire
92 runs
Surrey
178 runs

Northamptonshire
Derbyshire
7 wickets

Match drawn
Match drawn

Match drawn
Northamptonshire
8 wickets

Match drawn

Match drawn


Match drawn

Surrey
Surrey
inns & 98 runs

Match drawn
Glamorgan
7 wickets
Surrey
inns & 180 runs
Surrey
6 wickets

Match drawn
Surrey
7 wickets
Match drawn






Home team won
Visiting team won
Match drawn


Results in full



Division One



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June























































































































































































































































































































July































































































































































































































August



















































































































































































September













































































































































































































































































































































Division Two



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Statistics



Division One



Most runs






































































Player
Team
Matches
Innings
Runs
Average
HS
100s
50s

James Hildreth
Somerset 16 27 1390 53.46 220*
3 8

Scott Borthwick
Durham 16 32 1286 42.86 103 1 11

Marcus Trescothick
Somerset 16 29 1284 45.85 210*
3 8

Luke Wright
Sussex 16 28 1210 46.53 226*
2 8

Michael Carberry
Hampshire 16 30 1129 38.93 97*
0 10

Source:[6]


Most wickets






































































Player
Team
Matches
Overs
Wickets
Average
BBI
5W
10W

Chris Rushworth
Durham 16 585.4 83 20.61 6/39 7 0

Steve Magoffin
Sussex 16 582.0 69 24.05 6/50 4 1

James Harris
Middlesex 16 460.2 69 25.73 9/34 3 1

Jack Brooks
Yorkshire 14 420.5 65 22.76 5/35 3 0

Graham Onions
Durham 15 467.5 65 26.83 7/68 3 0

Source:[7]


Division Two



Most runs






































































Player
Team
Matches
Innings
Runs
Average
HS
100s
50s

Ashwell Prince
Lancashire 16 23 1478 67.18 261 5 5

Sam Northeast
Kent 16 28 1168 46.72 139 1 9

Nick Browne
Essex 16 29 1157 42.85 151*
5 3

Mark Cosgrove
Leicestershire 15 28 1093 40.48 156 4 4

Billy Godleman
Derbyshire 14 28 1069 44.54 108 3 7

Source:[8]


Most wickets






































































Player
Team
Matches
Overs
Wickets
Average
BBI
5W
10W

Tom Curran
Surrey 16 544.4 76 23.07 7/20 5 1

Mark Footitt
Derbyshire 16 537.4 76 23.63 7/71 5 1

Matt Coles
Kent 14 433.0 67 23.49 6/55 2 1

Kyle Jarvis
Lancashire 13 450.5 62 24.72 5/13 4 0

Darren Stevens
Kent 15 419.1 61 20.36 5/58 2 0

Source:[9]


See also



  • 2015 Royal London One-Day Cup

  • 2015 NatWest t20 Blast



References





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  2. ^ "LV= County Championship - Scoring of points". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 1 June 2014.


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


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


  5. ^ BBC Sport County Championship fixtures


  6. ^ "LV= County Championship Division One, 2015 / Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 August 2015.


  7. ^ "LV= County Championship Division One, 2015 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2015.


  8. ^ "LV= County Championship Division Two, 2015 / Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 August 2015.


  9. ^ "LV= County Championship Division Two, 2015 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 August 2015.











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