International cricket in 2015 explained

The 2015 international cricket season was from May 2015 to September 2015.^[1]

Season overview

Men's international tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
			width=50 class="unsortable"	Test	width=50 class="unsortable"	ODI	width=50 class="unsortable"	T20I
			—	0–0 [1]	—
			1–1 [2]	3–2 [5]	1–0 [1]
			—	2–0 [3]	2–0 [2]
			0–2 [2]	—	—
			0–0 [1]	2–1 [3]	—
			1–2 [3]	2–3 [5]	0–2 [2]
			—	—	0–2 [4]
			—	—	3–1 [4]
			0–0 [2]	2–1 [3]	0–2 [2]
			3–2 [5]	2-3 [5]	1–0 [1]
			—	0–3 [3]	1–1 [2]
			—	1–2 [3]	0–1 [1]
			1–2 [3]	—	—
			—	2–1 [3]	1–1 [2]
			—	0–1 [1]	—
			—	1–2 [3]	0–2 [2]
Men's minor tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
			width=50 class="unsortable"	FC	width=50 class="unsortable"	LA	width=50 class="unsortable"	T20
10 May 2015			1–0 [1]	1–1 [2]	1–1 [2]
2 June 2015			1–0 [1]	—	—
2 June 2015			0–0 [1]	—	—
16 June 2015			0–1 [1]	2–0 [2]	—
25 June 2015			—	1–1 [2]	—
			—	2–0 [2]	—
			1–0 [1]	0–0 [2]	—
Women's tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
			width=50 class="unsortable"	WTest	width=50 class="unsortable"	WODI	width=50 class="unsortable"	WT20I
13 May 2015			—	1–3 [4]	1–2 [3]
28 June 2015			—	3–2 [5]	1–2 [3]
21 July 2015			0–1 [1]	1–2 [3]	2–1 [3]
19 August 2015			—	—	0–3 [3]
30 September 2015			—	2–0 [2]	2–0 [2]
Men's minor tournaments
Start date	Tournament			Winners
	2015 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One
	2015 ICC Europe Division One
	2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
	2015 Pacific Games – Men's
	2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six
Women's minor tournaments
Start date	Tournament			Winners
	2015 Pacific Games – Women's

Rankings

The following are the rankings at the beginning of the season.

ICC Test Championship 12 May 2015^[2]
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1		21	2738	130
2		23	2492	108
3		26	2584	99
4		22	2183	99
5		27	2623	97
6		20	1935	97
7		21	2019	96
8		23	1927	84
9		18	704	39
10		10	53	5

ICC ODI Championship 1 May 2015^[3]
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1		38	4889	129
2		45	5278	117
3		37	4284	116
4		46	5131	112
5		55	5811	106
6		42	3968	98
7		35	3094	96
8		28	2471	88
9		43	3721	87
10		11	549	50
11		28	1250	45
12		15	618	41

ICC T20I Championship 1 May 2015^[4]
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1		13	1760	135
2		10	1244	124
3		16	1953	122
4		17	1994	117
5		18	2031	113
6		15	1656	110
7		19	2084	110
8		15	1493	100
9		8	612	77
10		6	373	62
11		6	357	60
12		5	254	51
13		4	176	44
Insufficient matches
		4	334	84
		3	90	63
		3	63	30
		2	0	0

May

2015 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One

See main article: 2015 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One.

Points table

Round Robin Matches
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
Match 1	3 May				Mohindra Boodram		by 62 runs
Match 2	3 May						by 5 wickets
Match 3	4 May						by 38 runs (DLS)
Match 4	4 May				Mohindra Boodram		by 8 wickets
Match 5	5 May						by 6 wickets
Match 6	5 May				Mohindra Boodram		by 87 runs
Match 7	7 May						by 8 wickets
Match 8	7 May				Mohindra Boodram		by 24 runs
Match 9	8 May				Mohindra Boodram		by 8 wickets
Match 10	8 May						by 7 wickets
Match 11	9 May				Mohindra Boodram		by 7 wickets
Match 12	9 May						by 23 runs

Final placings

Pos	Team	Status
1		Qualified for 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
2
3
4		Relegated to ICC Americas Division Two

England in Ireland

See main article: English cricket team in Ireland in 2015.

2015 ICC Europe Division One

See main article: 2015 ICC Europe Division One.

Points table

Round Robin Matches
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
Match 1	9 May						by 108 runs
Match 2	9 May						by 21 runs
Match 3	9 May		Arun Ayyavooraju				by 6 wickets
Match 4	9 May						by 4 wickets
Match 5	9 May						by 23 runs
Match 6	9 May				Arun Ayyavooraju		by 8 wickets
Match 7	11 May						by 140 runs
Match 8	11 May					Grainville Cricket Ground, Saint Savoir	by 7 wickets
Match 9	11 May		Arun Ayyavooraju				by 5 wickets
Match 10	11 May						by 5 wickets
Match 11	11 May				Arun Ayyavooraju		by 19 runs
Match 12	11 May						by 3 wickets
Match 13	13 May						by 4 wickets
Match 14	13 May						by 16 runs
Match 15	13 May		Arun Ayyavooraju				by 15 runs
2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six Qualifier
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
[Only Match]	15 May		Arun Ayyavooraju				by 97 runs

Final placings

Pos	Team	Status
1		Qualified for 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
2
3
4
5
6

Hong Kong in Namibia

2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup - FC series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
First-class	10–13 May				by 114 runs
2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship - LA series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
List A	15 May				by 1 wicket
List A	17 May				by 8 wickets
T20 series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20	18 May				by 59 runs
T20	19 May				by 2 runs

West Indies Women in Sri Lanka

See main article: West Indies women's cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2015.

2014–16 ICC Women's Championship - WODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WODI 945	13 May				by 5 wickets
WODI 946	15 May				by 6 wickets
WODI 947	18 May				by 18 runs (DLS)
WODI 948	20 May				by 31 runs
WT20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WT20I 304	23 May				by 5 runs (DLS)
WT20I 305	25 May				by 8 wickets
WT20I 306	26 May				by 9 wickets

New Zealand in England

See main article: New Zealand cricket team in England in 2015.

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 2162	21–25 May				by 124 runs
Test 2163	29 May–2 June				by 199 runs
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3654	9 June				by 210 runs
ODI 3655	12 June				by 13 runs (DLS)
ODI 3656	14 June				by 3 wickets
ODI 3657	17 June				by 7 wickets
ODI 3659	20 June				by 3 wickets (DLS)
T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 423	23 June				by 56 runs

Zimbabwe in Pakistan

See main article: Zimbabwean cricket team in Pakistan in 2015.

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 417	22 May				by 5 wickets
T20I 418	24 May				by 2 wickets
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3651	26 May				by 41 runs
ODI 3652	29 May				by 6 wickets
ODI 3653	31 May				No result

June

Australia in West Indies

See main article: Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 2015 and Frank Worrell Trophy.

2015 Frank Worrell Trophy - Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 2164	3−5 June				by 9 wickets
Test 2166	11−15 June				by 227 runs

India in Bangladesh

See main article: Indian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2015.

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 2165	10–14 June				Match drawn
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3658	18 June				by 79 runs
ODI 3660	21 June				by 6 wickets (DLS)
ODI 3661	24 June				by 77 runs

Papua New Guinea in Netherlands

2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup - FC series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
First-class	16–19 June				by 5 wickets
2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship - LA series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
List A	22 June				by 5 wickets (DLS)
List A	24 June				by 85 runs

Pakistan in Sri Lanka

See main article: Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2015.

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 2167	17–21 June				by 10 wickets
Test 2168	25–29 June				by 7 wickets
Test 2169	3–7 July				by 7 wickets
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3664	11 July				by 6 wickets
ODI 3669	15 July				by 2 wickets
ODI 3670	19 July				by 135 runs
ODI 3671	22 July				by 7 wickets
ODI 3672	26 July				by 165 runs
T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 448	30 July				by 29 runs
T20I 449	1 August				by 1 wicket

Scotland in Ireland

See main article: Scottish cricket team in Ireland in 2015.

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 419	18 June				by 6 wickets
T20I 420	19 June				No result
T20I 421	20 June				by 6 wickets
T20I 422	21 June				No result

United Arab Emirates vs. Kenya in England

2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship - LA series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
List A	25 June				by 5 wickets
List A	27 June				by 65 runs

New Zealand Women in India

See main article: New Zealand women's cricket team in India in 2015.

2014–16 ICC Women's Championship - WODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WODI 949	28 June				by 17 runs
WODI 950	1 July				by 3 wickets
WODI 951	3 July				by 6 wickets
WODI 952	6 July				by 8 wickets
WODI 953	8 July				by 9 wickets
WT20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WT20I 307	11 July				by 8 wickets
WT20I 308	13 July				by 6 wickets
WT20I 309	15 July				by 3 wickets

Nepal in Netherlands

See main article: Nepalese cricket team in the Netherlands in 2015.

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 424	30 June				by 18 runs
T20I 425	1 July				by 103 runs
T20I 426	2 July				by 18 runs
T20I 427	3 July				by 3 wickets

July

South Africa in Bangladesh

See main article: South African cricket team in Bangladesh in 2015.

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 428	5 July				by 52 runs
T20I 429	7 July				by 31 runs
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3663	10 July		Hashim Amla		by 8 wickets
ODI 3666	12 July		Hashim Amla		by 7 wickets
ODI 3668	15 July		Hashim Amla		by 9 wickets (DLS)
Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 2172	21–25 July				Match drawn
Test 2174	30 July–3 August				Match drawn

2015 Pacific Games – Women's

See main article: Cricket at the 2015 Pacific Games – Women's tournament.

Points table

Australia in England

See main article: Australian cricket team in England and Ireland in 2015 and 2015 Ashes series.

2015 Ashes - Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 2170	8–12 July				by 169 runs
Test 2171	16–20 July				by 405 runs
Test 2173	29 July–2 August				by 8 wickets
Test 2175	6–10 August				by an innings and 78 runs
Test 2178	20–24 August				by an innings and 46 runs
T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 453	31 August				by 5 runs
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3680	3 September				by 59 runs
ODI 3681	5 September				by 64 runs
ODI 3682	8 September				by 93 runs
ODI 3683	11 September				by 3 wickets
ODI 3684	13 September				by 8 wickets

2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

See main article: 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier.

Group matches
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
T20I 430	9 July						by 9 wickets
T20I 431	9 July						by 32 runs
T20	10 July						by 7 wickets
T20	10 July						by 7 wickets
T20	10 July						by 6 wickets
T20I 432	10 July						by 8 wickets
T20	11 July						by 9 wickets
T20I 433	11 July						by 32 runs
T20	11 July						by 7 runs
T20	11 July						No result
T20	12 July						by 46 runs
T20	12 July						by 24 runs
T20I 434	12 July						by 7 wickets
T20	12 July						by 7 wickets (DLS)
T20I 435	12 July						by 37 runs
T20	13 July						by 7 wickets
T20I 435a	13 July						Match abandoned
T20I 436	13 July						by 8 wickets
T20	13 July						Match abandoned
T20	14 July						by 6 wickets
T20	14 July						by 5 wickets
T20	14 July						by 7 wickets
T20I 437	15 July						by 2 wickets
T20	15 July						by 5 wickets
T20	15 July						by 40 runs
T20I 438	15 July						by 5 wickets
T20	15 July						by 42 runs
T20	16 July						by 8 wickets
T20I 439	17 July						by 8 wickets
T20	17 July						by 9 wickets
T20	17 July						by 6 wickets
T20	17 July						Match abandoned
T20I 441	17 July						by 5 runs
T20	18 July						by 7 wickets
T20	18 July						by 23 runs
T20	18 July						Match abandoned
T20	18 July						by 49 runs
T20	18 July						by 7 wickets
T20	18 July						by 4 wickets
T20	19 July						by 7 wickets
T20	19 July						by 18 runs
T20	19 July						by 83 runs
Playoffs
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
T20I 443	21 July						by 5 wickets
T20	21 July						by 4 wickets
T20I 444	23 July						by 6 wickets
T20	23 July						by 5 wickets
T20I 445	25 July						by 5 wickets
T20I 446	25 July						by 5 wickets
T20I 447	25 July						by 5 wickets
T20I 447a	26 July						Match abandoned
Final
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
T20I 447b	26 July						Match abandoned

Final Placings

Pos	Team	Status
1st		Qualified for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 and 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier.
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th

India in Zimbabwe

See main article: Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2015.

ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3662	10 July				by 4 runs
ODI 3665	12 July				by 62 runs
ODI 3667	14 July				by 83 runs
T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 440	17 July				by 54 runs
T20I 442	19 July				by 10 runs

Australia Women in England

See main article: Australian women's cricket team in England and Ireland in 2015.

2014–16 ICC Women's Championship - WODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WODI 954	21 July				by 4 wickets
WODI 955	23 July				by 63 runs
WODI 956	27 July				by 89 runs
Women's Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WTest 138	11–14 August				by 161 runs
WT20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WT20I 313	26 August				by 7 wickets
WT20I 314	28 August				by 20 runs
WT20I 315	31 August				by 5 wickets

Nepal in Scotland

2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship - LA series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
List A	29 July				by 3 runs
List A	31 July–1 August				by 9 wickets (DLS)

August

New Zealand in Zimbabwe

See main article: New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2015.

ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3673	2 August				by 7 wickets
ODI 3674	4 August				by 10 wickets
ODI 3675	7 August				by 38 runs
T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 450	9 August				by 80 runs

India in Sri Lanka

See main article: Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2015.

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 2176	12–16 August				by 63 runs
Test 2177	20–24 August				by 278 runs
Test 2179	28 August–1 September				by 117 runs

New Zealand in South Africa

See main article: New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2015.

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 451	14 August	AB de Villiers			by 6 wickets
T20I 452	16 August	AB de Villiers			by 32 runs
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3676	19 August				by 20 runs
ODI 3677	23 August				by 8 wickets
ODI 3678	26 August				by 62 runs

Australia Women in Ireland

See main article: Australian women's cricket team in England and Ireland in 2015.

WT20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WT20I 310	19 August				by 25 runs
WT20I 311	21 August				by 55 runs
WT20I 312	22 August				by 99 runs

Australia in Ireland

See main article: Australian cricket team in England and Ireland in 2015.

September

2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six

See main article: 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six.

width=200	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=45
	3	3	0	0	0	6	+2.553
	3	2	1	0	0	4	–0.041
	3	1	2	0	0	2	–1.224
	3	0	3	0	0	0	–1.340

width=200	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=45
	2	2	0	0	0	4	+0.667
	2	1	1	0	0	2	–0.140
	2	0	2	0	0	0	–0.598
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
Match 1	7 September				Mohindra Boodram		by 5 wickets
Match 2	7 September						by 188 runs
Match 3	7 September						by 4 wickets
Match 4	7 September						Match cancelled
Match 5	8 September						Match cancelled
Match 6	8 September						by 4 wickets
Match 7	8 September				Mohindra Boodram		by 6 wickets
Match 8	8 September						by 151 runs
Match 9	10 September						by 2 wickets
Match 10	10 September				Mohindra Boodram		by 44 runs
Match 11	10 September						by 8 runs
Match 12	10 September						Match cancelled
Playoffs
Match 13	11 September						Match cancelled
Match 14	11 September						by 90 runs
Match 15	11 September						by 22 runs
Match 16	11 September				Mohindra Boodram		by 4 wickets
Match 17	13 September						Match cancelled
Match 18	13 September						by 133 runs
Match 19	13 September						by 91 runs (DLS)
Match 20	13 September				Mohindra Boodram		by 6 wickets

Final Placings

Pos	Team	Status
1		Promoted to 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Scotland in Netherlands

2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup - FC series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
First-class	8–11 September				by 44 runs
2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship - LA series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
List A	14 September				No result
List A	16 September				Match abandoned

Pakistan in Zimbabwe

See main article: Pakistani cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2015.

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 454	27 September				by 13 runs
T20I 455	29 September				by 15 runs
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3685	1 October				by 131 runs
ODI 3686	3 October				by 5 runs (DLS)
ODI 3687	5 October				by 7 wickets

Bangladesh Women in Pakistan

See main article: Bangladeshi women's cricket team in Pakistan in 2015–16.

WT20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WT20I 316	30 September				by 29 runs
WT20I 317	1 October				by 34 runs
WODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WODI 957	4 October				by 20 runs
WODI 958	6 October				by 6 wickets

External links

• 2015 season on ESPN Cricinfo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Future Tours Programme. 23 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140112115817/http://static.icc-cricket.com/ugc/documents/DOC_C8FEA718BB0062C236F6065FDEB954F7_1303878442268_601.pdf. 12 January 2014. dead.
2. Web site: Reliance ICC Rankings – ICC Test Rankings . International Cricket Council . 1 May 2015 . 24 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181224014507/http://www.icc-cricket.com/team-rankings/test . dead .
3. Web site: Reliance ICC Rankings – ICC ODI Ranking . International Cricket Council . 1 May 2015 . 24 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181224014506/https://www.icc-cricket.com/team-rankings/odi%20 . dead .
4. Web site: Reliance ICC Rankings – ICC T20i Ranking . International Cricket Council . 1 May 2015 . 24 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181224014509/https://www.icc-cricket.com/team-rankings/t20i%20 . dead .