New Zealand national cricket team in England in the 2015 season

The tour of New Zealand Cricket Team to England in the 2015 season was held from 8 May to 23 June, 2015. This international tour took place as part of the 2015 International Cricket Season . It comprised two test matches , five ODIs and one Twenty20 . England won the ODI Series 3–2 and the Twenty20, while the Test Series 1–1 ran out. The tests carried out on the tours were games as part of the ICC Test Championship , the ODI part of the ICC ODI Championship and the Twenty20 games part of the ICC T20I Championship .

Stages

Lord's The oval Headingley Edgbaston Trent Bridge Chester-le-Street 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	1. ODI
Emirates Durham	Chester-le-Street	17,000	5. ODI
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	4. ODI
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	2nd test
The oval	London	23,500	2. ODI
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	1st test
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	1. T20
Rose Bowl	Southampton	6,500	3. ODI

Squad lists

The New Zealand team was formed on April 4, 2015. The English test team was formed on May 14, the ODI team on June 2 and the T20 team on June 18, 2015.

test		ODI		Twenty20
England	New Zealand	England	New Zealand	England	New Zealand
Alastair Cook ( K ) Moeen Ali James Anderson Gary Ballance Ian Bell Stuart Broad Jos Buttler ( wk ) Chris Jordan Adam Lyth Liam Plunkett ** Joe Root Ben Stokes Mark Wood	Brendon McCullum ( K ) Corey Anderson Trent Boult Doug Bracewell Mark Craig Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham ( wk ) Luke Ronchi ( wk ) Hamish Rutherford Tim Southee Ross Taylor Neil Wagner BJ Waitling ( wk ) Kane Williamson	Eoin Morgan ( K ) Jonny Bairstow * ( wk ) Sam Billings ( wk ) Jos Buttler * ( wk ) Steven Finn Alex Hales Chris Jordan * Craig Overton ** Jamie Overton ** Liam Plunkett * Adil Rashid Joe Root Jason Roy Ben Stokes James Taylor David Willey Mark Wood	Brendon McCullum ( K ) Corey Anderson Trent Boult Grant Elliott Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham ( wk ) Andrew Mathieson Mitchell McClenaghan Nathan McCullum Luke Ronchi ( wk ) Mitchell Santner ** Tim Southee Ross Taylor Ben Wheeler Kane Williamson	Eoin Morgan ( K ) Sam Billings ( wk ) Steven Finn Alex Hales Adil Rashid Joe Root Jason Roy Ben Stokes Reece Topley James Vince David Willey Mark Wood	Brendon McCullum ( K ) Corey Anderson Grant Elliott Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham ( wk ) Mitchell McClenaghan Nathan McCullum Luke Ronchi ( wk ) Mitchell Santner Tim Southee Ross Taylor Kane Williamson

^* Eliminated during the tour
^** Subsequent nominations

Tour matches

ODI in Ireland

May 8th scorecard	Dublin	Ireland 56-4 (18)	-	England
		No result

Tour matches against first-class teams

May 8-11 Scorecard	Taunton	New Zealanders 237 (71.1) & 310 (87.5)	-	Somerset 204 (46.5) & 277 (66.5)
		New Zealanders win with 66 runs

May 14th - 17th Scorecard	Worcester	New Zealanders 261-9d (71.4) & 275-9d (72)	-	Worcestershire 291-7d (94) & 230 (47.2)
		New Zealanders win by 15 runs

June 6th scorecard	Leicester	New Zealanders 373-5 (50)	-	Leicestershire Foxes 175 (42.3)
		New Zealanders win with 198 runs

Testing

First test in London

May 21-25 scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 389 (100.5) & 478 (129)	-	New Zealand 523 (131.2) & 220 (67.3)
		England wins with 124 runs

Second test in Leeds

May 29th - June 2nd scorecard	Leeds	New Zealand 350 (72.1) & 454-8d (91)	-	England 350 (108.2) & 255 (91.5)
		New Zealand wins with 199 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Birmingham

June 9th scorecard	Birmingham	England 408-9 (50)	-	New Zealand 198 (31.1)
		England wins with 210 runs

Second ODI in London

June 12th scorecard	London (The Oval)	New Zealand 398-5 (50)	-	England 365-9 (46/46)
		New Zealand wins with 13 runs ( D / L method )

Third ODI in Southampton

June 14th scorecard	Southampton	England 302 (45.2)	-	New Zealand 306-7 (49)
		New Zealand wins with 3 wickets

Fourth ODI in Nottingham

June 17th scorecard	Nottingham	New Zealand 349-7 (50)	-	England 350-3 (44)
		England wins with 7 wickets

Fifth ODI in Chester-le-Street

June 20 scorecard	Chester-le-Street	New Zealand 283-9 (50)	-	England 192-7 (25/26)
		England wins with 3 wickets ( D / L method )

Twenty20 International in Manchester

June 23 scorecard	Manchester	England 191-7 (20)	-	New Zealand 135 (16.2)
		England wins with 56 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Alastair Cook	England	2	4th	309	77.25	162	1	2
BJ Watling	New Zealand	2	4th	254	84.66	120	1	2
Ben Stokes	England	2	4th	228	57.00	101	1	1
Joe Root	England	2	4th	183	45.75	98	0	2
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	2	4th	165	41.25	132	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Trent Boult	New Zealand	2	116	13	24.84	5/85	1	0
Stuart Broad	England	2	76	13	25.38	5/109	1	0
Mark Wood	England	2	73	9	33.22	3/93	0	0
Matt Henry	New Zealand	2	86.1	8th	42.50	4/93	0	0
Tim Southee	New Zealand	2	106	8th	49.00	4/83	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	5	5	396	79.20	118	1	3
Ross Taylor	New Zealand	5	5	375	93.75	119 *	2	1
Eoin Morgan	England	5	5	322	64.40	113	1	3
Joe Root	England	5	5	274	68.50	106 *	2	1
Martin Guptill	New Zealand	5	5	194	38.80	67	0	3
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Ben Stokes	England	5	39	9	28.22	3/52	0	0
Steven Finn	England	5	47	8th	35.37	4/35	0	0
Adil Rashid	England	5	48	8th	39.87	4/55	0	0
David Willey	England	3	30th	7th	29.71	3/69	0	0
Mitchell Santner	New Zealand	5	30th	7th	32.85	3/31	0	0

Twenty20
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Joe Root	England	1	1	68	68.00	68	0	1
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	1	1	57	57.00	57	0	1
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	1	1	35	35.00	35	0	0
Alex Hales	England	1	1	27	27.00	27	0	0
Ben Stokes	England	1	1	24		24 *	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
David Willey	England	1	2.2	3	7.33	3/22	0	0
Mark Wood	England	1	3	3	8.66	3/26	0	0
Ben Stokes	England	1	3	2	12.00	2/24	0	0
Mitchell Santner	New Zealand	1	4th	2	14.00	2/28	0	0
Mitchell McClenaghan	New Zealand	1	4th	2	18.50	2/37	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Trent Boult Alastair Cook
ODI	Kane Williamson

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Ben Stokes
2nd test	BJ Watling
1. ODI	Jos Buttler
2. ODI	Ross Taylor
3. ODI	Kane Williamson
4. ODI	Eoin Morgan
5. ODI	Jonny Bairstow
1. T20	Joe Root

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cardiff hosts Ashes opener ( English ) Cricinfo. May 12, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
2. ↑ New Zealand pick Martin Guptill & Matt Henry for England tour ( English ) BBC. April 4, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
3. ^ England v New Zealand: Adam Lyth & Mark Wood in Test squad ( English ) BBC. May 14, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
4. ^ Ali Martin: England drop Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad and Ian Bell from ODI squad ( English ) Guardian. June 2, 2015. Accessed August 12, 2015.
5. ↑ Ali Martin: Five uncapped players in England T20 squad ( English ) Cricinfo. June 18, 2015. Accessed August 12, 2015.
6. ↑ Records / New Zealand in England Test Series, 2015 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / New Zealand in England Test Series, 2015 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / New Zealand in England ODI Series, 2015 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / New Zealand in England ODI Series, 2015 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / New Zealand in England T20I Match, 2015 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / New Zealand in England T20I Match, 2015 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 20, 2016.