Australian cricket team in England and Ireland in 2015

The Australia national cricket team toured England from June to September 2015 for a five-match Test series, five One Day International (ODI) matches and one Twenty20 International (T20I). The Test series was for the Ashes. They also played two four-day and two three-day first-class matches against English county sides. Australia also played one ODI against Ireland in Belfast.

England

Australian cricket team in England in 2015
		Australia		England
Dates		25 June 2015 – 13 September 2015
Captains		Michael Clarke (Tests) Steve Smith (ODIs and T20Is)		Alastair Cook (Tests) Eoin Morgan (ODIs and T20Is)
Test series
Result		England won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs		Steven Smith (508)		Joe Root (460)
Most wickets		Mitchell Starc (18)		Stuart Broad (21)
Player of the series		Chris Rogers (Aus) and Joe Root (Eng) Compton–Miller Medal: Joe Root (Eng)
One Day International series
Result		Australia won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs		George Bailey (218)		Eoin Morgan (278)
Most wickets		Pat Cummins (12)		Adil Rashid (7)
Player of the series		Mitchell Marsh (Aus)
Twenty20 International series
Result		England won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs		Steve Smith (90)		Eoin Morgan (74)
Most wickets		Pat Cummins (2)		David Willey (2)
Player of the series		Moeen Ali (Eng)

Squads

On 31 March 2015, Australia announced a 17-man touring party for the Ashes series.^[1] England announced their squad for the first Test on 1 July.^[2] Australia fast-bowler Ryan Harris announced his retirement from cricket days before the start of the series, due to an ongoing knee injury. He was subsequently replaced by New South Wales fast bowler Pat Cummins.^[3] On 12 August 2015, Australia announced a 14-man squad for the ODI series, with Steve Smith captaining the team.^[4] England announced their squads for the T20 and ODI series on 24 August.^[5]

Tests		ODIs		T20Is
Australia[1]	England[2][6][7]	Australia[4]	England[5]	Australia[4]	England[5]
Michael Clarke (c) Steve Smith (vc) Brad Haddin (wk) Fawad Ahmed Pat Cummins^1 Josh Hazlewood Ryan Harris Mitchell Johnson Nathan Lyon Mitchell Marsh Shaun Marsh Peter Nevill (wk) Chris Rogers Peter Siddle Mitchell Starc Adam Voges David Warner Shane Watson	Alastair Cook (c) Joe Root (vc) Moeen Ali James Anderson Jonny Bairstow ^2 Gary Ballance Ian Bell Stuart Broad Jos Buttler (wk) Steven Finn Mark Footitt ^3 Adam Lyth Liam Plunkett ^3 Adil Rashid Ben Stokes Mark Wood	Steve Smith (c) Ashton Agar George Bailey Joe Burns Nathan Coulter-Nile Pat Cummins Aaron Finch^5 Peter Handscomb^5 John Hastings^5 Glenn Maxwell Mitchell Marsh James Pattinson Mitchell Starc Marcus Stoinis Matthew Wade (wk) Shane Watson David Warner	Eoin Morgan (c) Moeen Ali Jonny Bairstow(wk) ^4 Sam Billings Jos Buttler (wk) Steven Finn Alex Hales Liam Plunkett Adil Rashid Jason Roy Ben Stokes James Taylor Reece Topley David Willey Chris Woakes Mark Wood	Steve Smith (c) Ashton Agar George Bailey Cameron Boyce Joe Burns Nathan Coulter-Nile Pat Cummins Mitchell Marsh Glenn Maxwell James Pattinson Mitchell Starc Marcus Stoinis Matthew Wade (wk) David Warner Shane Watson	Eoin Morgan (c) Moeen Ali Sam Billings Jos Buttler (wk) Steven Finn Alex Hales Adil Rashid Jason Roy Ben Stokes Reece Topley James Vince David Willey Chris Woakes

¹ Cummins replaced Ryan Harris, who retired prior to the start of the series due to his knee injury.^[3]
2 Bairstow replaced Gary Ballance in the squad for the third Test.^[6]
3 Plunkett and Footitt replaced James Anderson in the squad for the fourth Test.^[7] Anderson returned to the squad in place of Footitt for the fifth Test.^[8]
4 Bairstow replaced Jos Buttler in the squad for the third ODI.^[9]
5Aaron Finch replaced David Warner in the squad for the third ODI, after Warner retired hurt with a thumb fracture.^[10] The next day, Peter Handscomb and John Hastings were called into the side in place of the injured Nathan Coulter-Nile and Shane Watson, who announced his retirement from Test Cricket.^[11]

Tour matches

First-class: Kent v Australians

25–28 June 2015 Scorecard

Australians	v	Kent
507/8d (124.4 overs) Shaun Marsh 114 (196) Matt Hunn 5/99 (27 overs)		280 (80.2 overs) Rob Key 87 (108) Mitchell Johnson 4/56 (18 overs)
322/4d (62 overs) Mitchell Marsh 101 (94) Adam Riley 3/114 (19 overs)		294 (58.4 overs) Daniel Bell-Drummond 127 (112) Steven Smith 3/54 (5.4 overs)

Australians won by 255 runs St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Ben Debenham (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng)

• Kent won the toss and elected to field.

First-class: Essex v Australians

1–4 July 2015 Scorecard

Australians	v	Essex
562 (111 overs) Mitchell Marsh 169 (188) Jamie Porter 3/97 (22 overs)		414 (91.2 overs) Tom Westley 144 (209) Mitchell Starc 6/51 (20.2 overs)
221 (72.4 overs) Michael Clarke 77 (131) Jamie Porter 3/42 (15.4 overs)		200 (48.4 overs) Ryan ten Doeschate 61 (102) Josh Hazlewood 4/42 (8 overs)

Australians won by 169 runs County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: Martin Bodenham (Eng) and Graham Lloyd (Eng)

• Essex won the toss and elected to field.

First-class: Derbyshire v Australians

23–25 July 2015 Scorecard

Australians	v	Derbyshire
413/9d (90 overs) David Warner 101 (108) Will Davis 3/63 (15 overs)		259 (82.3 overs) Tony Palladino 82 (68) Mitchell Marsh 4/41 (15 overs)
95/1 (24.1 overs) Michael Clarke 44* (74)

Match drawn County Ground, Derby Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Tom Lungley (Eng)

• Australians won the toss and elected to bat.
• Will Davis and Harry White (both Derbs) made their first-class debuts.

First-class: Northamptonshire v Australians

14–16 August 2015 Scorecard

Northamptonshire	v	Australians
396 (90.4 overs) Steven Crook 142* (96) Mitchell Marsh 4/56 (14 overs)		312/9d (89 overs) Pat Cummins 82* (113) Steven Crook 3/38 (12 overs)

Match drawn County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Jeff Evans (Eng) and Chris Watts (Eng)

• Australians won the toss and elected to field.
• Due to rain, there was no play on day 1, and the toss was at the start of day 2.^[12]
• Richard Gleeson and George Munsey (both Northants) made their first-class debuts.

Test series

First Test

8–12 July Scorecard

England  430 (102.1 overs) & 289 (70.1 overs)

v

Australia 308 (84.5 overs) & 242 (70.3 overs)

England won by 169 runs Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Second Test

16–20 July Scorecard

Australia  566/6d (149 overs) & 254/2d (49 overs)

v

England 312 (90.1 overs) & 103 (37 overs)

Australia won by 405 runs Lord's, London

Third Test

29 July – 2 August Scorecard

Australia  136 (36.4 overs) & 265 (79.1 overs)

v

England 281 (67.1 overs) & 124/2 (32.1 overs)

England won by 8 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham

Fourth Test

6–10 August Scorecard

Australia  60 (18.3 overs) & 253 (72.4 overs)

v

England 391/9d (85.2 overs)

England won by an innings and 78 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Fifth Test

20–24 August Scorecard

Australia  481 (125.1 overs)

v

England 149 (48.4 overs) & 286 (101.4 overs) (f/o)

Australia won by an innings and 46 runs The Oval, London

T20I series

Only T20I

31 August 2015 15:00 Scorecard

England  182/5 (20 overs)	v	Australia 177/8 (20 overs)
Eoin Morgan 74 (39) Pat Cummins 2/25 (4 overs)		Steve Smith 90 (53) David Willey 2/34 (4 overs)

England won by 5 runs Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Tim Robinson (Eng) Player of the match: Moeen Ali (Eng)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Marcus Stoinis (Aus) and Reece Topley (Eng) made their T20I debuts.

ODI series

1st ODI

3 September 2015 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia  305/6 (50 overs)	v	England 246 (45.3 overs)
Matthew Wade 71* (50) Adil Rashid 4/59 (10 overs)		Jason Roy 67 (64) Nathan Coulter-Nile 2/39 (8 overs) Shane Watson 2/39 (8 overs)

Australia won by 59 runs Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Joel Wilson (WI) Player of the match: Matthew Wade (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

5 September 2015 10:30 Scorecard

Australia  309/7 (49 overs)	v	England 245 (42.3 overs)
Steve Smith 70 (87) Ben Stokes 3/60 (9 overs)		Eoin Morgan 85 (87) Pat Cummins 4/56 (8.3 overs)

Australia won by 64 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Tim Robinson (Eng) Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (Aus)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• A wet outfield delayed the start of the match and the game was reduced to 49 overs per side.
• Ben Stokes (Eng) became the sixth person to be given out obstructing the field in an ODI match.^[13]

3rd ODI

8 September 2015 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

England  300/8 (50 overs)	v	Australia 207 (44 overs)
James Taylor 101 (114) Pat Cummins 2/50 (10 overs)		Aaron Finch 53 (60) Moeen Ali 3/32 (10 overs)

England won by 93 runs Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Rob Bailey (Eng) and Joel Wilson (WI) Player of the match: James Taylor (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ashton Agar (Aus) made his ODI debut.

4th ODI

11 September 2015 10:30 Scorecard

Australia  299/7 (50 overs)	v	England 304/7 (48.2 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 85 (64) David Willey 3/51 (8 overs)		Eoin Morgan 92 (92) Pat Cummins 4/49 (10 overs)

England won by 3 wickets Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Eoin Morgan (Eng)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Marcus Stoinis (Aus) made his ODI debut.

5th ODI

13 September 2015 10:30 Scorecard

England  138 (33 overs)	v	Australia 140/2 (24.2 overs)
Ben Stokes 42 (51) Mitchell Marsh 4/27 (6 overs)		Aaron Finch 70* (64) David Willey 1/13 (6 overs)

Australia won by 8 wickets Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Rob Bailey (Eng) and Joel Wilson (WI) Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (Aus)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Reece Topley (Eng) made his ODI debut.

Ireland

Australian cricket team in Ireland in 2015
		Australia		Ireland
Dates		27 August 2015
Captains		Steve Smith		William Porterfield
One Day International series
Result		Australia won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs		David Warner (84)		Niall O'Brien (45)
Most wickets		Nathan Coulter-Nile (3)		Tim Murtagh (2)
Player of the series		David Warner (Aus)

Squads

ODIs
Australia[14]	Ireland[15]
Steve Smith (c) Ashton Agar George Bailey Joe Burns Nathan Coulter-Nile Pat Cummins Glenn Maxwell Mitchell Marsh James Pattinson Mitchell Starc Marcus Stoinis Matthew Wade (wk) Shane Watson David Warner	William Porterfield (c) Andy Balbirnie George Dockrell Ed Joyce Andy McBrine John Mooney Tim Murtagh Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien Paul Stirling Stuart Thompson Gary Wilson (wk) Craig Young

ODI series

Only ODI

27 August 2015 10:45 Scorecard

Australia  222/6 (40.2 overs)	v	Ireland 157 (23.4 overs)
David Warner 84 (80) Tim Murtagh 2/45 (10 overs)		Niall O'Brien 45 (53) Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/13 (4.4 overs)

Australia won by 23 runs (D/L method) Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Stormont, Belfast Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Joel Wilson (WI) Player of the match: David Warner (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• The start was delayed due to a wet outfield and the match was reduced to 47 overs per side.
• Rain stopped play in 32nd over of Australia's innings and reduced the game to 46 overs per side, and again rain stopped at 40.2 overs then Australia's innings ended.
• Ireland's revised target was 195 in 27 overs, per the D/L method, but rain interrupted play during Ireland's innings at 6.2 overs. The match was reduced to 24 overs and the target was set at 181 runs.
• Joe Burns (Aus) made his ODI debut.

References

1. "Ashes 2015: Australia announce squad to tour England". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
2. "Ashes 2015: England include Adil Rashid in 13-man squad". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 1 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
3. "Injury forces Ryan Harris to retire". ESPNcricinfo (ESPN Sports Media). 4 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
4. "Ashes 2015: Australia's Brad Haddin to miss final Test". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 12 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
5. "Joe Root: England batsman rested for T20 and ODIs v Australia". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 24 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
6. "Ashes 2015: Jonny Bairstow in England squad for third Test". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 21 July 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
7. "Ashes 2015: England name Plunkett and Footitt for fourth Test". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 1 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
8. "James Anderson in England squad for fifth Ashes Test". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 9 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
9. "Buttler rested, Bairstow called up". ESPNcricinfo (ESPN Sports Media). 21 July 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
10. "Warner out of England ODIs with thumb fracture". ESPNcricinfo (ESPN Sports Media). 5 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
11. "Australia call up Handscomb & Hastings for Coulter-Nile & Watson". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 6 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
12. Brettig, Daniel (14 August 2015). "Rain keeps captain Smith waiting". ESPNcricinfo (ESPN Sports Media). Retrieved 14 August 2015.
13. "Stokes given out obstructing the field". ESPNCricinfo. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
14. "Australia One-Day Squad". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
15. "Ireland Squad". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

External links

• Australia tour of England and Ireland, 2015 at ESPNcricinfo.com