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
Participants 18

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

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 Australia Jackson Bird (May–Jun)
Middlesex Lord's, London Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood
Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground, Uxbridge
England Richard Scott Australia Adam Voges Australia Adam Voges
Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham England Mick Newell England Chris Read South Africa Vernon Philander (Apr–Jun)
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)
Pakistan Saeed Ajmal
Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough Australia Jason Gillespie England Andrew Gale India Cheteshwar Pujara (Apr–May)
Australia Aaron Finch (May–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–Jun)
Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan (Jun–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 (Jun–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)
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]

Division One

Team
Pld W L T D A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Sussex 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 44
Yorkshire 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 6 0 33
Durham 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 23
Nottinghamshire 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 4 0 21
Hampshire 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 5 0 14
Worcestershire 2 0 2 0 0 0 7 6 0 13
Warwickshire 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 10
Middlesex 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 8
Somerset 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 5

Source: [3][4]

Division Two

Team
Pld W L T D A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Lancashire 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 21
Glamorgan 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 3 0 21
Essex 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19
Surrey 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 12
Leicestershire 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 11
Northamptonshire 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 11
Gloucestershire 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 10
Derbyshire 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 4
Kent 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3

Source: [5][6]

Results summary

The first fixtures begin on 12 April 2015; the final fixtures are scheduled to commence on 22 September 2015.[7]

Division One

Durham Hampshire Middlesex Nottinghamshire Somerset Sussex Warwickshire Worcestershire Yorkshire
Durham Match A58 Match A54 Match A15 Match A27 Match A8 Match A45 Match A65 Match A36
Hampshire Match A47 Match A18 Match A9 Match A33 Sussex
92 runs
Match A50 Match A24 Match A66
Middlesex Match A12 Match A37 Match drawn Match A44 Match A51 Match A25 Match A34 Match A62
Nottinghamshire Match A63 Match A69 Match A40 Match A19 Match A26 Match A55 Match A39 Match drawn
Somerset Durham
7 wickets
Match A64 Match A10 Match A30 Match A41 Match A70 Match A56 Match A21
Sussex Match A32 Match A28 Match A16 Match A48 Match A67 Match A22 Sussex
61 runs
Match A57
Warwickshire Match A20 Match drawn Match A59 Match A68 Match A46 Match A38 Match A14 Match A42
Worcestershire Match A23 Match A43 Match A71 Match A52 Match A13 Match A60 Match A31 Yorkshire
10 wickets
Yorkshire Match A53 Match A17 Match A29 Match A35 Match A61 Match A72 Match A11 Match A49
Home team won Visiting team won Match drawn


Division Two

Derbyshire Essex Glamorgan Gloucestershire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Northamptonshire Surrey
Derbyshire Match B63 Match B42 Match B24 Match B55 Lancashire
250 runs
Match B69 Match B14 Match B36
Essex Match B32 Match B45 Match B10 Essex
5 wickets
Match B70 Match B25 Match B59 Match B53
Glamorgan Match B11 Match B19 Match B52 Match B64 Match B49 Match B38 Match B26 Match drawn
Gloucestershire Match B6 Match B37 Match B71 Match B20 Match B28 Match B47 Match B44 Match B56
Kent Match B29 Match B50 Match B15 Match B65 Match B60 Match B12 Match B51 Match B22
Lancashire Match B23 Match B43 Match B57 Match B16 Match B7 Match B33 Match B40 Match B66
Leicestershire Match B54 Match B67 Match drawn Match B61 Match B41 Match B18 Match B8 Match B30
Northamptonshire Match B48 Match B31 Match B68 Match drawn Match B35 Match B13 Match B58 Match B21
Surrey Match B62 Match B9 Match B34 Match B39 Match B46 Match B27 Match B17 Match B72
Home team won Visiting team won Match drawn

Results in full

Division One

April

May

Division Two

April

May

Statistics

Division One

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Alex Hales Nottinghamshire 3 6 510 85.00 236 2 1
James Hildreth Somerset 2 4 334 83.50 187 1 2
Adam Voges Middlesex 2 4 331 82.75 132 1 2
Ian Westwood Warwickshire 2 4 331 82.75 196 1 1
Brendan Taylor Nottinghamshire 3 6 326 54.33 106 2 0
Source:[8]

Most wickets

Player Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 5W
Jack Brooks Yorkshire 2 79.3 13 19.23 5/56 1
Ajmal Shahzad Sussex 2 57.0 12 17.25 5/46 1
James Tomlinson Hampshire 2 77.0 11 21.90 4/37 0
Steven Patterson Yorkshire 2 70.3 10 16.10 5/11 1
Samit Patel Nottinghamshire 2 69.5 9 22.11 4/102 0
Source:[9]

Division Two

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Jacques Rudolph Glamorgan 2 4 247 82.33 111 1 2
Steven Davies Surrey 1 2 221 221.00 200* 1 0
Kumar Sangakkara Surrey 1 2 189 94.50 149 1 0
David Willey Northamptonshire 1 2 166 166.00 104* 1 1
Craig Meschede Glamorgan 2 3 164 164.00 101* 1 0
Source:[10]

Most wickets

Player Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 5W
Tom Taylor Derbyshire 1 41.0 8 14.50 6/61 1
Craig Miles Gloucestershire 1 38.5 8 17.12 6/63 1
Andy Carter Glamorgan 2 75.3 8 32.00 4/95 0
Jesse Ryder Essex 1 26.0 6 11.83 5/43 1
Kyle Jarvis Lancashire 1 21.0 6 13.16 5/13 1
Source:[11]

See also

References