Ashes Tour 2015

The Ashes tour in 2015 was the tour of the Australian Cricket Team , the 69th staging of the Ashes included, and was carried out between 25 June and 13 September, 2015. The Ashes Series 2015 itself was played in the form of five test matches between England and Australia. The venues were both English stadiums. In addition to the test series, the tour included a number of other games between the two teams in the summer of 2015 . England won the test series 3-2, the ODI series Australia won 3-2 and England won the Twenty20 series 1-0.

prehistory

classification

It was the second tour of their home season for the English, having previously hosted New Zealand . Australia had recently played a test series in the West Indies . The last meeting of the two teams took place at the Cricket World Cup 2015 in India, which Australia won after beating England in the preliminary round. The last Ashes tour took place in Australia in 2013-14 and was dominated by the host.

Stages

Lord's Cardiff The oval Headingley Edgbaston Trent Bridge Southampton Old Trafford

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on May 12, 2014.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	3rd test
Sophia Gardens	Cardiff	15,643	1st test; T20
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	4th test
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	4. ODI
The oval	London	23,500	5th test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	2. test; 2. ODI
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	3rd & 5th ODI
Rose Bowl	Southampton	6,500	1. ODI

Squad lists

Australia named their test squad on March 31, 2015, and the ODI squad on August 12, 2015. England named their test squad on July 1, 2015 and the limited-overs squad on August 24, 2015.

test		ODI		Twenty20
Australia	England	Australia	England	Australia	England
Michael Clarke ( K ) Steve Smith ( UK ) Brad Haddin ( wk ) Fawad Ahmed Pat Cummins 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 ( K ) Joe Root ( UK ) Moeen Ali James Anderson Jonny Bairstow Gary Ballance Ian Bell Stuart Broad Jos Buttler ( wk ) Steven Finn Mark Footitt Adam Lyth Liam Plunkett Adil Rashid Ben Stokes Mark Wood	Steve Smith ( K ) Ashton agar George Bailey Joe Burns Nathan Coulter-Nile Pat Cummins Aaron Finch Peter Handscomb John Hastings Glenn Maxwell Mitchell Marsh James Pattinson Mitchell Starc Marcus Stoinis Matthew Wade ( wk ) Shane Watson David Warner	Eoin Morgan ( K ) Moeen Ali Jonny Bairstow ( wk ) 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 ( K ) 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 ( K ) 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

Tour matches

June 25-28 Scorecard	Canterbury	Australians 507-8d (124.4) & 322-4d (62)	-	Kent 280 (80.2) & 294 (58.4)
		Australians wins with 255 runs

July 1-4 Scorecard	Chelmsford	Australians 562 (111) & 221 (72.4)	-	Essex 414 (91.2) & 200 (48.4)
		Australians wins with 169 runs

23-25 ​​August Scorecard	Derby	Australians 413-9d (90) & 95-1	-	Derbyshire 259 (82.3)
		draw

August 14-16 Scorecard	Northampton	Northamptonshire 396 (90.4)	-	Australians 312-9d
		draw

ODI in Ireland

August 27th scorecard	Belfast	Australia 222-6 (40.2 / 40.2)	-	Ireland 157 (23.4 / 24)
		Australia wins with 23 runs ( D / L method )

Testing

First test in Cardiff

July 8-12 scorecard	Cardiff	England 430 (102.1) & 289 (70.1)	-	Australia 308 (84.5) & 242 (70.2)
		England wins with 405 runs

Second test in London (Lord's)

July 16-20 scorecard	London (Lord's)	Australia 566-6d (149) & 254-2d (49)	-	England 312 (90.1) & 103 (37)
		Australia wins with 405 runs

Third test in Birmingham

July 29th - August 2nd scorecard	Birmingham	Australia 136 (36.4) & 265 (79.1)	-	England 281 (67.1) & 124-2 (32.1)
		England wins with 8 wickets

Fourth test in Nottingham

6-10 August scorecard	Birmingham	Australia 60 (18.3) & 253 (72.4)	-	England 391-9d (85.2)
		England won with one innings and 78 runs

Fifth test in London (oval)

August 20-24 Scorecard	London (oval)	Australia 481 (125.1)	-	England 149 (48.4) & 286 (101.4) (f / o)
		Australia wins with one innings and 46 runs

Twenty 20 International

First Twenty20 in Cardiff

August 31 scorecard	Cardiff	England 182-5 (20)	-	Australia 177-8 (20)
		England wins with 5 runs

One-Day International

First ODI in Southampton

September 3 scorecard	Southampton	Australia 305-6 (50)	-	England 246 (45.3)
		Australia wins with 59 runs

Second ODI in London (Lord's)

September 5 scorecard	London (Lord's)	Australia 309-7 (49/49)	-	England 245 (42.3 / 49)
		Australia wins with 64 runs

Third ODI in Manchester

September 8 scorecard	Manchester	England 300-8 (50)	-	Australia 207 (44)
		England wins with 93 runs

Fourth ODI in Leeds

September 11th scorecard	Leeds	Australia 299-7 (50)	-	England 304-7 (48.2)
		England wins with 3 wickets

Fifth ODI in Manchester

September 13th scorecard	Manchester	England 138 (33)	-	Australia 140-2 (24.2)
		Australia wins with 8 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Steven Smith	Australia	5	9	508	56.44	215	2	1
Chris Rogers	Australia	5	9	480	60.00	173	1	3
Joe Root	England	5	9	460	57.50	134	2	2
David Warner	Australia	5	9	418	46.44	85	0	5
Alastair Cook	England	5	9	330	36.66	96	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Stuart Broad	England	5	143.3	21st	20.90	8/15	1	0
Mitchell Starc	Australia	5	142.2	18th	30.50	6/111	2	0
Josh Hazlewood	Australia	4th	112	16	25.75	3/68	0	0
Nathan Lyon	Australia	5	137.1	16	28.25	4/75	0	0
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	5	140.1	15th	34.93	3/21	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Eoin Morgan	England	5	5	278	69.50	92	0	3
James Taylor	England	5	5	246	49.20	101	1	0
George Bailey	Australia	5	5	218	54.50	75	0	2
Jason Roy	England	5	5	201	40.20	67	0	2
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	5	4th	166	41.50	85	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Pat Cummins	Australia	5	44	12	19.66	4/49	0	0
Mitchell Marsh	Australia	5	33	8th	24.12	4/27	0	0
Adil Rashid	England	5	41	7th	34.42	4/59	0	0
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	5	36	6th	30.50	2/44	0	0
Moeen Ali	England	5	40	6th	33.66	3/32	0	0

Twenty20
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Steven Smith	Australia	1	1	90	90.00	90	0	1
Eoin Morgan	England	1	1	74	74.00	74	0	1
Moeen Ali	England	1	1	72		72 *	0	1
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	1	1	44	44.00	44	0	0
Mitchell Marsh	Australia	1	1	13	13.00	13	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Pat Cummins	Australia	1	4th	2	12.50	2/25	0	0
David Willey	England	1	4th	2	17.00	2/34	0	0
Moeen Ali	England	1	1	1	3.00	1/3	0	0
Nathan Coulter-Nile	Australia	1	4th	1	24.00	1/24	0	0
Ben Stokes	England	1	4th	1	29.00	1/29	0	0
Mitchell Starc	Australia	1	4th	1	32.00	1/32	0	0
Reece Topley	England	1	4th	1	35.00	1/35	0	0
Steven Finn	England	1	4th	1	39.00	1/39	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Chris Rogers Joe Root
ODI	Mitchell Marsh

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Joe Root
2nd test	Steven Smith
3rd test	Steven Finn
4th test	Stuart Broad
5th test	Steven Smith
1. T20	Moeen Ali
1. ODI	Matthew Wade
2. ODI	Mitchell Marsh
3. ODI	James Taylor
4. ODI	Eoin Morgan
5. ODI	Mitchell Marsh

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cardiff hosts Ashes opener ( English ) Cricinfo. May 12, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
2. ^ Fawad and Voges in Ashes squad ( English ) Cricinfo. March 31, 2015. Accessed December 2, 2015.
3. ↑ Ashton Agar to face England again ( English ) Cricinfo. August 12, 2015. Accessed December 2, 2015.
4. ^ Rashid, Finn in England Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. July 1, 2015. Accessed December 2, 2015.
5. ↑ Joe Root: England batsman rested for T20 and ODIs v Australia ( English ) BBC. August 24, 2015. Accessed December 2, 2015.
6. ↑ Records / The Ashes, 2015 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / The Ashes, 2015 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
8. ↑ Australia in England ODI Series, 2015 / Records / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
9. ↑ Australia in England ODI Series, 2015 / Records / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
10. ↑ Australia in England T20I Match, 2015 / Records / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
11. ↑ Australia in England T20I Match, 2015 / Records / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 20, 2016.