# Warwickshire County Cricket Club in 2015

The 2015 season is the 134th year in the history of Warwickshire County Cricket Club and their 121st as a first-class county. In 2015, Warwickshire are competing in the first division of the County Championship, Group B of the Royal London One-Day Cup and the North Division of the NatWest t20 Blast. In the NatWest t20 Blast, the club are competing under the name "Birmingham Bears" for the second time.
On 1 July a new county record was set for a sixth wicket partnership when Laurie Evans and Tim Ambrose added 327 against Sussex in the County Championship at Birmingham.

## Squad

| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style |
| Batsmen ||||||
| Ian Bell | England | (1982-04-11)11 April 1982 (aged 33) | Right-handed | Right arm medium |
| Varun Chopra | Scotland | (1991-12-15)15 December 1991 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right arm off break |
| Freddie Coleman | England | (1987-06-21)21 June 1987 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right arm off break |
| Laurie Evans | England | (1987-10-12)12 October 1987 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast |
| Sam Hain | England | (1995-07-16)16 July 1995 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right arm off break |
| Ateeq Javid | England | (1991-10-15)15 October 1991 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right arm medium, off break |
| William Porterfield | Ireland | (1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 30) | Left-handed | Right arm off break |
| Jonathan Trott | England | (1981-04-22)22 April 1981 (aged 33) | Right-handed | Right arm medium |
| Jonathon Webb | England | (1992-01-12)12 January 1992 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right arm medium |
| Ian Westwood | England | (1982-07-13)13 July 1982 (aged 32) | Left-handed | Right arm off break |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Keith Barker | England | (1986-10-21)21 October 1986 (aged 28) | Left-handed | Left arm medium |
| Rikki Clarke | England | (1981-09-29)29 September 1981 (aged 33) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium |
| Chris Woakes | England | (1989-03-02)2 March 1989 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Tim Ambrose | England | (1982-12-01)1 December 1982 (aged 32) | Right-handed | — |
| Peter McKay | England | (1994-10-12)12 October 1994 (aged 20) | Left-handed | — |
| Bowlers ||||||
| Recordo Gordon | England | (1991-10-12)12 October 1991 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium |
| Oliver Hannon-Dalby | England | (1989-06-20)20 June 1989 (aged 25) | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast |
| Richard Jones | England | (1986-11-06)6 November 1986 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast |
| Jeetan Patel | New Zealand | (1980-05-07)7 May 1980 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right arm off break |
| Boyd Rankin | England | (1984-07-05)5 July 1984 (aged 30) | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast |
| Chris Wright | England | (1985-07-14)14 July 1985 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium |

## County Championship
### Division One Table

| Teamvte | 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:

### Results

Win  Draw  Loss

## Royal London-One Day Cup
### Group B Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0.755 |
| 2 | Essex Eagles | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.480 |
| 3 | Hampshire | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0.554 |
| 4 | Kent Spitfires | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0.031 |
| 5 | Lancashire Lightning | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −0.034 |
| 6 | Warwickshire Bears | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −0.765 |
| 7 | Middlesex | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −0.224 |
| 8 | Glamorgan | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0.160 |
| 9 | Sussex Sharks | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −1.063 |
* 1 2 The match between Glamorgan and Hampshire was abandoned due to a dangerous pitch (the match was recorded as a 'no result', but Hampshire were awarded 2 points and Glamorgan were docked 2 points).
* ↑ Glamorgan were docked 2 points before the start of season after preparing an unfit pitch in 2014.

### Fixtures

Win  No result  Loss

## NatWest t20 Blast
### North Division Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Birmingham Bears | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.200 |
| 2 | Worcestershire Rapids | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0.682 |
| 3 | Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0.115 |
| 4 | Lancashire Lightning | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0.469 |
| 5 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0.018 |
| 6 | Durham Jets | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | −0.149 |
| 7 | Leicestershire Foxes | 14 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −0.304 |
| 8 | Yorkshire Vikings | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | −0.324 |
| 9 | Derbyshire Falcons | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.662 |

### Results

Win  No result  Loss