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.

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

2015 season
Coach	Dougie Brown
Captain	Varun Chopra
Overseas players	Jeetan Patel Brendon McCullum (t20)
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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	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]

County Championship

See also: 2015 County Championship

Division One Table

Team	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: [22]

Results

  Win   Draw   Loss

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
	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
	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)
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
	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

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
	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)
Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat Points: Warwickshire 24, Durham 3

Royal London-One Day Cup

See also: 2015 Royal London One-Day Cup

Group B Table

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Ded	Pts	NRR
Nottinghamshire Outlaws	8	5	1	0	2	0	12	+0.755
Essex Eagles	8	4	2	0	2	0	10	+0.480
Hampshire	8	3	3	0	2	0	9	+0.554
Kent Spitfires	8	3	3	0	2	0	8	+0.031
Lancashire Lightning	8	3	3	0	2	0	8	−0.034
Warwickshire Bears	8	3	3	0	2	0	8	−0.765
Middlesex	8	3	4	0	1	0	7	−0.224
Glamorgan	8	2	2	0	4	−4	3	+0.610
Sussex Sharks	8	0	5	0	3	0	3	−1.063

Source: [23]

Deductions

• Glamorgan were docked 2 points before the start of season after preparing an unfit pitch in 2014.
• 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).[24]

Fixtures

  Win   No result   Loss

NatWest t20 Blast

North Division Table

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

Source: [25]

Results

  Win   No result   Loss

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				Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Martin Bodenham and Michael Gough Player of the match: Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire Outlaws)
	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

References

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18. "Player Profile: Richard Jones". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
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21. "Player Profile: Chris Wright". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
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