The 2015 County Championship season, known as the LV= County Championship for sponsorship reasons, 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.
Teams
Division One Team promoted from Division Two
Team Primary home ground Other grounds Coach Captain Overseas player(s)DurhamRiverside Ground, Chester-le-Street— Jon Lewis Paul Collingwood John HastingsHampshireThe Rose Bowl, Southampton— Dale Benkenstein Jimmy Adams (Apr-Jul) James Vince (Jul-Sep) Jackson Bird (Apr-Aug) Ryan McLaren (Aug-Sep)MiddlesexLord's, LondonMerchant Taylors' School Ground, NorthwoodUxbridge Cricket Club Ground, Uxbridge Richard Scott Adam Voges (Apr–May) James Franklin (May–Sep) Adam Voges (Apr–May) Joe Burns (May–Jul)NottinghamshireTrent Bridge, Nottingham— Mick Newell Chris Read Vernon Philander (Apr–May) Ben Hilfenhaus (Jun–Sep)SomersetCounty Ground, Taunton— Matthew Maynard Marcus Trescothick Abdur RehmanSussexCounty Ground, HoveArundel Castle Cricket Club Ground, ArundelCricket Field Road Ground, Horsham Mark Robinson Ed Joyce Steve MagoffinWarwickshireEdgbaston, Birmingham— Dougie Brown Varun Chopra Jeetan PatelWorcestershireCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester— Steve Rhodes Daryl Mitchell Sachithra Senanayake (Apr–May) Colin Munro (May–Jun) Saeed AjmalYorkshireHeadingley, LeedsNorth Marine Road Ground, Scarborough Jason Gillespie Andrew Gale Cheteshwar Pujara (Apr–May) Glenn Maxwell (May–Jun) Aaron Finch (Jun–Sep)
Division Two Team relegated from Division One
Team Primary home ground Other grounds Coach Captain Overseas player(s)DerbyshireCounty Ground, DerbyQueen's Park, Chesterfield Graeme Welch Wayne Madsen Martin Guptill (Apr) Hashim Amla (May) Tillakaratne Dilshan (May–Sep)EssexCounty Ground, ChelmsfordCastle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester Paul Grayson James Foster Jesse RyderGlamorganSWALEC Stadium, CardiffPenrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-SeaSt Helen's, Swansea Toby Radford Jacques Rudolph Jacques RudolphGloucestershireCounty Ground, BristolCollege Ground, Cheltenham Richard Dawson Geraint Jones Peter Handscomb (Apr–May) Michael Klinger (May–Sep)KentSt Lawrence Ground, CanterburyKent County Cricket Ground, BeckenhamNevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells Jimmy Adams Rob Key—LancashireOld Trafford, ManchesterTrafalgar Road Ground, Southport Ashley Giles Glen Chapple Peter Siddle (Apr–May) James Faulkner (May–Jun)LeicestershireGrace Road, Leicester— Andrew McDonald Mark Cosgrove Clint McKayNorthamptonshireCounty Ground, Northampton— David Ripley Alex Wakely Rory KleinveldtSurreyThe Oval, LondonWoodbridge Road, Guildford Graham Ford Gareth Batty 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.
Division One Yorkshire were Champions of Division One with a record points total (in a 16-game championship) and record wins. Sussex and Worcestershire were relegated to County Championship Division Two. Middlesex were deducted 1 point for slow over rate.
Division Two Surrey were County Championship Division Two Champions and are promoted to County Championship Division One alongside Lancashire, who finished in 2nd place. Derbyshire deducted 1 point for slow over rate, Northamptonshire deducted 2 points for slow over rate, Leicestershire deducted 16 points by ECB Disciplinary panel.
Results summary The first fixtures began on 12 April 2015. The final set of fixtures commenced on 22 September 2015.BBC Sport County Championship fixtures
Division One DurhamHampshireMiddlesexNottinghamshireSomersetSussexWarwickshireWorcestershireYorkshire Durham
Hampshire
Middlesex
Nottinghamshire
Somerset
Sussex
Warwickshire
Worcestershire
Yorkshire
Division Two DerbyshireEssexGlamorganGloucestershireKentLancashireLeicestershireNorthamptonshireSurrey Derbyshire
Essex
Glamorgan
Gloucestershire
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Northamptonshire
Surrey
Results in full
Division One
April
May
June
July
August
September
Division Two
April
May
June
July
August
September
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:
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:
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:
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:
See also 2015 Royal London One-Day Cup 2015 NatWest t20 Blast
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