Warwickshire County Cricket Club in 2015

Warwickshire County Cricket Club
2015 season
Coach	Dougie Brown
Captain	Varun Chopra
Overseas players	Jeetan Patel; Brendon McCullum (t20)
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Coach

Dougie Brown

Captain

Varun Chopra

Overseas players

Jeetan Patel

Brendon McCullum (t20)

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.

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Ref
Batsmen
Ian Bell	England	(1982-04-11)11 April 1982 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	^[1]
Varun Chopra	Scotland	(1991-12-15)15 December 1991 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	^[2]
Freddie Coleman	England	(1987-06-21)21 June 1987 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	^[3]
Laurie Evans	England	(1987-10-12)12 October 1987 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	^[4]
Sam Hain	England	(1995-07-16)16 July 1995 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	^[5]
Ateeq Javid	England	(1991-10-15)15 October 1991 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right arm medium, off break	^[6]
William Porterfield	Ireland	(1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 30)	Left-handed	Right arm off break	^[7]
Jonathan Trott	England	(1981-04-22)22 April 1981 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	^[8]
Jonathon Webb	England	(1992-01-12)12 January 1992 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	^[9]
Ian Westwood	England	(1982-07-13)13 July 1982 (aged 32)	Left-handed	Right arm off break	^[10]
All-rounders
Keith Barker	England	(1986-10-21)21 October 1986 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Left arm medium	^[11]
Rikki Clarke	England	(1981-09-29)29 September 1981 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium	^[12]
Chris Woakes	England	(1989-03-02)2 March 1989 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	^[13]
Wicket-keepers
Tim Ambrose	England	(1982-12-01)1 December 1982 (aged 32)	Right-handed	—	^[14]
Peter McKay	England	(1994-10-12)12 October 1994 (aged 20)	Left-handed	—	^[15]
Bowlers
Recordo Gordon	England	(1991-10-12)12 October 1991 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium	^[16]
Oliver Hannon-Dalby	England	(1989-06-20)20 June 1989 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast	^[17]
Richard Jones	England	(1986-11-06)6 November 1986 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	^[18]
Jeetan Patel	New Zealand	(1980-05-07)7 May 1980 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	^[19]
Boyd Rankin	England	(1984-07-05)5 July 1984 (aged 30)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast	^[20]
Chris Wright	England	(1985-07-14)14 July 1985 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium	^[21]

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts
Yorkshire (C)	16	11	1	4	45	45	0	286
Middlesex	16	7	2	7	29	43	1	218
Nottinghamshire	16	6	5	5	45	45	0	211
Durham	16	7	8	1	26	45	0	188
Warwickshire	16	5	5	6	31	45	0	186
Somerset	16	4	6	6	46	43	0	183
Hampshire	16	4	6	6	31	38	0	163
Sussex (R)	16	4	8	4	36	41	0	161
Worcestershire (R)	16	3	10	3	44	44	0	151

19–22 April	Hampshire	v	Warwickshire (H)	Match drawn
Scorecard	319 (89.3 overs) AJA Wheater 74 (91) WB Rankin 6/75 (16.3 overs)		280 (85.3 overs) TR Ambrose 113 (159) JA Tomlinson 3/53 (17 overs)	Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Graham Lloyd and Tim Robinson
Scorecard	339 (94.2 overs) SM Ervine 102 (144) R Clarke 3/63 (16 overs)		244/5 (105.4 overs) V Chopra 119* (309) JA Tomlinson 2/56 (21 overs)
Warwickshire won the toss and elected to field Points: Hampshire 11, Warwickshire 10

26–29 April	Warwickshire	v	Yorkshire (H)	Match drawn
Scorecard	435 (143.3 overs) IJ Westwood 196 (377) TT Bresnan 5/85 (30 overs)		303 (98.3 overs) AW Gale 96 (182) WB Rankin 6/55 (15.3 overs)	Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Steve Garratt and Jeremy Lloyds
Scorecard	219/7d (54.3 overs) IJ Westwood 84 (134) JD Middlebrook 5/82 (16.3 overs)		221/4 (64 overs) AJ Hodd 54* (93) JS Patel 3/70 (28 overs)	Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Steve Garratt and Jeremy Lloyds
Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat Points: Warwickshire 11, Yorkshire 9

9–12 May	(H) Warwickshire	v	Worcestershire	Warwickshire won by 181 runs
Scorecard	264 (101.3 overs) SR Hain 82 (166) J Leach 6/73 (26.3 overs)		149 (42.5 overs) OB Cox 45 (72) KHD Barker 3/43 (15 overs)	Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: David Millns and Martin Saggers
Scorecard	321/8d (109 overs) V Chopra 107 (229) J Leach 2/61 (24 overs)		255 (83 overs) OB Cox 44 (47) JS Patel 4/69 (22 overs)
Worcestershire won the toss and elected to field Points: Warwickshire 21, Worcestershire 3

Warwickshire County Cricket Club in 2015

County Championship

Division One Table

Results

Royal London-One Day Cup

Group B Table

Fixtures

NatWest t20 Blast

North Division Table

Results

References

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17–20 May	(H) Warwickshire	v	Durham	Warwickshire won by 8 wickets
Scorecard	450 (107.4 overs) KHD Barker 102* (124) G Onions 5/85 (29 overs)		185 (40.5 overs) PD Collingwood 68 (77) RA Jones 4/48 (12 overs)	Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Nigel Cowley and Jeff Evans
Scorecard	327 (92.2 overs) Mark Stoneman 111 (216) Keith Barker 5/103 (27.2 overs)		63/2 (17.4 overs) Ian Westwood 32* (52) Chris Rushworth 1/16 (7 overs)	Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Nigel Cowley and Jeff Evans
Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat Points: Warwickshire 24, Durham 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Ded	Pts	NRR
1	Nottinghamshire Outlaws	8	5	1	2	0	12	0.755
2	Essex Eagles	8	4	2	2	0	10	0.480
3	Hampshire	8	3	3	2	0	9^[a]	0.554
4	Kent Spitfires	8	3	3	2	0	8	0.031
5	Lancashire Lightning	8	3	3	2	0	8	−0.034
6	Warwickshire Bears	8	3	3	2	0	8	−0.765
7	Middlesex	8	3	4	1	0	7	−0.224
8	Glamorgan	8	2	2	4	4	3^[b]^[a]	0.160
9	Sussex Sharks	8	0	5	3	0	3	−1.063

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

15 May	Birmingham Bears 141/7 (20 overs)	v	Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) 142/2 (14.3 overs)	Nottinghamshire Outlaws won by 8 wickets
18:30 (D/N) Scorecard	Birmingham Bears 141/7 (20 overs)	v	Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) 142/2 (14.3 overs)	Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Martin Bodenham and Michael Gough Player of the match: Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire Outlaws)
18:30 (D/N) Scorecard	Varun Chopra 80 (61) Luke Fletcher 3/24 (4 overs)		Alex Hales 86* (43) Rikki Clarke 1/18 (3 overs)
Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and elected to field Tom Lewis (Birmingham Bears) made his T20 debut

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