# 2015 County Championship

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) |
| Durham | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street | — | Jon Lewis | Paul Collingwood | John Hastings |
| Hampshire | The Rose Bowl, Southampton | — | Dale Benkenstein | Jimmy Adams (Apr-Jul) James Vince (Jul-Sep) | Jackson Bird (Apr-Aug) Ryan McLaren (Aug-Sep) |
| Middlesex | Lord's, London | Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground, Uxbridge | Richard Scott | Adam Voges (Apr–May) James Franklin (May–Sep) | Adam Voges (Apr–May) Joe Burns (May–Jul) |
| Nottinghamshire | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | — | Mick Newell | Chris Read | Vernon Philander (Apr–May) Ben Hilfenhaus (Jun–Sep) |
| Somerset | County Ground, Taunton | — | Matthew Maynard | Marcus Trescothick | Abdur Rehman |
| Sussex | County Ground, Hove | Arundel Castle Cricket Club Ground, Arundel Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham | Mark Robinson | Ed Joyce | Steve Magoffin |
| Warwickshire | Edgbaston, Birmingham | — | Dougie Brown | Varun Chopra | Jeetan Patel |
| Worcestershire | County Ground, New Road, Worcester | — | Steve Rhodes | Daryl Mitchell | Sachithra Senanayake (Apr–May) Colin Munro (May–Jun) Saeed Ajmal |
| Yorkshire | Headingley, Leeds | North 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) |
| Derbyshire | County Ground, Derby | Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Graeme Welch | Wayne Madsen | Martin Guptill (Apr) Hashim Amla (May) Tillakaratne Dilshan (May–Sep) |
| Essex | County Ground, Chelmsford | Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester | Paul Grayson | James Foster | Jesse Ryder |
| Glamorgan | SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff | Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea St Helen's, Swansea | Toby Radford | Jacques Rudolph | Jacques Rudolph |
| Gloucestershire | County Ground, Bristol | College Ground, Cheltenham | Richard Dawson | Geraint Jones | Peter Handscomb (Apr–May) Michael Klinger (May–Sep) |
| Kent | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | Kent County Cricket Ground, Beckenham Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells | Jimmy Adams | Rob Key | — |
| Lancashire | Old Trafford, Manchester | Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport | Ashley Giles | Glen Chapple | Peter Siddle (Apr–May) James Faulkner (May–Jun) |
| Leicestershire | Grace Road, Leicester | — | Andrew McDonald | Mark Cosgrove | Clint McKay |
| Northamptonshire | County Ground, Northampton | — | David Ripley | Alex Wakely | Rory Kleinveldt |
| Surrey | The Oval, London | Woodbridge 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.

## Results summary

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

### Division One

| | 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

| | 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 |

## 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 |
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#### 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 |
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### 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 |
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#### 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 |
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