# New Zealand cricket team in England in 2015

The New Zealand national cricket team toured England from 8 May to 23 June 2015 for two Test matches, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and a Twenty20 International (T20I) against the England cricket team. They also played two four-day tour matches and a one-day match against English county sides. England won the first Test at Lord's before New Zealand claimed victory in the second Test at Headingley to level the series. England then took an early lead in the ODI series after hitting more than 400 runs for the first time in their history in the first ODI at Edgbaston, before New Zealand reclaimed the lead with successive wins at The Oval and the Rose Bowl, only for England to mount successful run chases in the last two ODIs at Trent Bridge and the Riverside Ground to claim the series 3–2. England then won the only T20I at Old Trafford by 56 runs.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs | T20I | T20I |
| England | New Zealand | England | New Zealand | England | New Zealand |
| Alastair Cook (c) Moeen Ali James Anderson Gary Ballance Ian Bell Stuart Broad Jos Buttler (wk) Chris Jordan Adam Lyth Liam Plunkett† Joe Root Ben Stokes Mark Wood | Brendon McCullum (c) Corey Anderson Trent Boult Doug Bracewell Mark Craig Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham (wk) Luke Ronchi (wk) Hamish Rutherford Tim Southee Ross Taylor Neil Wagner BJ Watling (wk) Kane Williamson | Eoin Morgan (c) Jonny Bairstow (wk) $ Sam Billings (wk) Jos Buttler (wk) $ Steven Finn Alex Hales Chris Jordan ‡ Craig Overton ‡ Jamie Overton ‡ Liam Plunkett ‡ Adil Rashid Joe Root Jason Roy Ben Stokes James Taylor David Willey Mark Wood | Brendon McCullum (c) Corey Anderson Trent Boult Grant Elliott Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham (wk) Andrew Mathieson Mitchell McClenaghan Nathan McCullum Adam Milne± Luke Ronchi (wk) Mitchell Santner Tim Southee Ross Taylor Ben Wheeler Kane Williamson | Eoin Morgan (c) Sam Billings (wk) Jos Buttler (wk) Steven Finn Alex Hales Adil Rashid Joe Root Jason Roy Ben Stokes Reece Topley James Vince David Willey Mark Wood | Brendon McCullum (c) Corey Anderson Trent Boult ‡ Grant Elliott Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham (wk) Mitchell McClenaghan Nathan McCullum Adam Milne± Luke Ronchi (wk) Mitchell Santner Tim Southee Ross Taylor Kane Williamson |
± Adam Milne withdrew from the squad due to injury and was replaced by Ben Wheeler.
†Liam Plunkett was called up for the 2nd Test. ‡ After the second ODI, Chris Jordan and Liam Plunkett withdrew from the ODI series, and were replaced by Craig and Jamie Overton. Trent Boult also withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Andrew Mathieson. $ Jos Buttler was ruled out of the last ODI, and replaced by Jonny Bairstow.

## Tour matches
### First-class: Somerset vs New Zealanders

* 8–11 May 2015 Scorecard
* New Zealanders won by 66 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Neil Bainton and Steve O'Shaughnessy
* Somerset won the toss and elected to field.

### Four-day: Worcestershire vs New Zealanders

* 14–17 May 2015 Scorecard
* New Zealanders won by 15 runs New Road, Worcester Umpires: Mike Burns and Alex Wharf
* New Zealanders won the toss and elected to bat.
* No play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
* Both teams were able to name up to 15 players in their squad (11 batting, 11 fielding).

### List A: Leicestershire Foxes vs New Zealanders

* 6 June 2015 10:30 Scorecard
| New Zealanders 373/5 (50 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 175 (42.3 overs) |
| Luke Ronchi 106* (76) Atif Sheikh 3/49 (9 overs) | | Angus Robson 67 (97) Mitchell McClenaghan 4/31 (9.3 overs) |
* New Zealanders won by 198 runs Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Martin Saggers and Chris Watts
* New Zealanders won the toss and elected to bat.
* Aadil Ali, Rob Sayer and Atif Sheikh (all Leics) made their List A debuts.

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 21–25 May 2015 Scorecard
* England won by 124 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Ben Stokes (Eng)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* Adam Lyth, Mark Wood (both Eng) and Matt Henry (NZ) made their Test debuts.
* The match was the 100th Test between the two sides.
* A total of 1,610 runs were scored, a record for a Test match played at Lord's.

### 2nd Test

* 29 May–2 June 2015 Scorecard
* New Zealand won by 199 runs Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: BJ Watling (NZ)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* Play on day 1 was delayed until after lunch due to rain.
* Play on day 3 was delayed until 11:15 due to rain.
* Play on day 4 was stopped at 1:55 due to rain.
* Luke Ronchi (NZ) made his Test debut.
* James Anderson (Eng) took his 400th Test wicket in this match.
* Alastair Cook (Eng) became England's leading run scorer in Test matches, as well as the first England player to score 9,000 runs in Tests and the first to score 1,000 Test runs against five different nations.
* Adam Lyth (Eng) scored his maiden Test match century.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 9 June 2015 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 408/9 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 198 (31.1 overs) |
| Jos Buttler 129 (77) Trent Boult 4/55 (10 overs) | | Ross Taylor 57 (54) Steven Finn 4/35 (7 overs) |
* England won by 210 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Eng)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* Sam Billings (Eng) and Mitchell Santner (NZ) made their ODI debuts.
* Jos Buttler (Eng) scored 129, his highest in ODIs.
* England's score of 408 was their first score of more than 400 in ODIs.
* England's winning margin of 210 runs was the most for England in ODIs.

### 2nd ODI

* 12 June 2015 13:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| New Zealand 398/5 (50 overs) | v | England 365/9 (46 overs) |
| Ross Taylor 119* (96) Ben Stokes 2/66 (9 overs) | | Eoin Morgan 88 (47) Nathan McCullum 3/86 (9 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 13 runs (DLS method) The Oval, London Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Tim Robinson (Eng) Player of the match: Ross Taylor (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* England's innings was reduced to 46 overs with a target of 379 due to rain.
* This was the highest aggregate ODI score in England, and the third highest aggregate ODI score overall.

### 3rd ODI

* 14 June 2015 10:30 Scorecard
| England 302 (45.2 overs) | v | New Zealand 306/7 (49 overs) |
| Eoin Morgan 71 (82) Tim Southee 3/44 (8.2 overs) | | Kane Williamson 118 (113) David Willey 3/69 (10 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 3 wickets Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Tim Robinson (Eng) Player of the match: Kane Williamson (NZ)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ben Wheeler (NZ) made his ODI debut.
* This was the first time that England made three consecutive scores of more than 300 in ODIs.
* Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson's partnership of 206 is the highest third-wicket stand for New Zealand in ODIs.

### 4th ODI

* 17 June 2015 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| New Zealand 349/7 (50 overs) | v | England 350/3 (44 overs) |
| Kane Williamson 90 (70) Ben Stokes 2/73 (10 overs) | | Eoin Morgan 113 (82) Matt Henry 2/77 (10 overs) |
* England won by 7 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Rob Bailey (Eng) and Steve Davis (Aus) Player of the match: Eoin Morgan (Eng)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* This was England's highest ever successful run-chase in ODIs.
* Joe Root and Eoin Morgan's stand of 198 runs is the highest partnership against New Zealand in ODIs.
* This was umpire Steve Davis' final match before retiring.

### 5th ODI

* 20 June 2015 10:30 Scorecard
| New Zealand 283/9 (50 overs) | v | England 192/7 (25 overs) |
| Martin Guptill 67 (73) Ben Stokes 3/52 (10 overs) | | Jonny Bairstow 83* (60) Mitchell Santner 3/31 (6 overs) |
* England won by 3 wickets (DLS method) Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Jonny Bairstow (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain reduced England's target to 192 from 26 overs.
* Andrew Mathieson (NZ) made his ODI debut.

## T20I series
### Only T20I

* 23 June 2015 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 191/7 (20 overs) | v | New Zealand 135 (16.2 overs) |
| Joe Root 68 (46) Mitchell Santner 2/28 (4 overs) | | Kane Williamson 57 (37) David Willey 3/22 (2.2 overs) |
* England won by 56 runs Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Rob Bailey (Eng) and Tim Robinson (Eng) Player of the match: Joe Root (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* Mitchell Santner (NZ), Sam Billings, David Willey, Mark Wood (all Eng) made their T20I debuts.