International cricket in 2015

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]
Start date	Home team	Away team	Test	ODI	T20I
8 May 2015	Ireland	England	—	0–0 [1]	—
21 May 2015	England	New Zealand	1–1 [2]	3–2 [5]	1–0 [1]
22 May 2015	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	—	2–0 [3]	2–0 [2]
3 June 2015	West Indies	Australia	0–2 [2]	—	—
7 June 2015	Bangladesh	India	0–0 [1]	2–1 [3]	—
11 June 2015	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	1–2 [3]	2–3 [5]	0–2 [2]
18 June 2015	Ireland	Scotland	—	—	0–2 [4]
30 June 2015	Netherlands	Nepal	—	—	3–1 [4]
5 July 2015	Bangladesh	South Africa	0–0 [2]	2–1 [3]	0–2 [2]
8 July 2015	England	Australia	3–2 [5]	2-3 [5]	1–0 [1]
10 July 2015	Zimbabwe	India	—	0–3 [3]	1–1 [2]
2 August 2015	Zimbabwe	New Zealand	—	1–2 [3]	0–1 [1]
12 August 2015	Sri Lanka	India	1–2 [3]	—	—
14 August 2015	South Africa	New Zealand	—	2–1 [3]	1–1 [2]
27 August 2015	Ireland	Australia	—	0–1 [1]	—
27 September 2015	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	—	1–2 [3]	0–2 [2]
Men's minor tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	FC	LA	T20
10 May 2015	Namibia	Hong Kong	1–0 [1]	1–1 [2]	1–1 [2]
2 June 2015	Ireland	UAE	1–0 [1]	—	—
2 June 2015	Scotland	Afghanistan	0–0 [1]	—	—
16 June 2015	Netherlands	PNG	0–1 [1]	2–0 [2]	—
25 June 2015	Kenya	UAE	—	1–1 [2]	—
29 July 2015	Scotland	Nepal	—	2–0 [2]	—
8 September 2015	Netherlands	Scotland	1–0 [1]	0–0 [2]	—
Women's tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	WTest	WODI	WT20I
13 May 2015	Sri Lanka	West Indies	—	1–3 [4]	1–2 [3]
28 June 2015	India	New Zealand	—	3–2 [5]	1–2 [3]
21 July 2015	England	Australia	0–1 [1]	1–2 [3]	2–1 [3]
19 August 2015	Ireland	Australia	—	—	0–3 [3]
30 September 2015	Pakistan	Bangladesh	—	2–0 [2]	2–0 [2]
Men's minor tournaments
Start date	Tournament			Winners
3 May 2015	2015 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One			Canada
9 May 2015	2015 ICC Europe Division One			Jersey
9 July 2015	2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier			Scotland Netherlands
14 July 2015	2015 Pacific Games – Men's			Vanuatu
7 September 2015	2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six			Suriname
Women's minor tournaments
Start date	Tournament			Winners
6 July 2015	2015 Pacific Games – Women's			Samoa

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	South Africa	21	2738	130
2	Australia	23	2492	108
3	New Zealand	26	2584	99
4	India	22	2183	99
5	England	27	2623	97
6	Pakistan	20	1935	97
7	Sri Lanka	21	2019	96
8	West Indies	23	1927	84
9	Bangladesh	18	704	39
10	Zimbabwe	10	53	5

ICC ODI Championship 1 May 2015^[3]
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Australia	38	4889	129
2	India	45	5278	117
3	New Zealand	37	4284	116
4	South Africa	46	5131	112
5	Sri Lanka	55	5811	106
6	England	42	3968	98
7	Bangladesh	35	3094	96
8	West Indies	28	2471	88
9	Pakistan	43	3721	87
10	Ireland	11	549	50
11	Zimbabwe	28	1250	45
12	Afghanistan	15	618	41

ICC T20I Championship 1 May 2015^[4]
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Sri Lanka	13	1760	135
2	India	10	1244	124
3	Australia	16	1953	122
4	West Indies	17	1994	117
5	Pakistan	18	2031	113
6	New Zealand	15	1656	110
7	South Africa	19	2084	110
8	England	15	1493	100
9	Bangladesh	8	612	77
10	Afghanistan	6	373	62
11	Netherlands	6	357	60
12	Zimbabwe	5	254	51
13	Scotland	4	176	44
Insufficient matches
	Ireland	4	334	84
	Hong Kong	3	90	63
	Nepal	3	63	30
	UAE	2	0	0

May

2015 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Canada	6	6	0	12	1.519
2	USA	6	4	2	8	0.679
3	Bermuda	6	1	5	2	−0.262
4	Suriname	6	1	5	2	−1.812

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Round Robin Matches
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
Match 1	3 May	Canada	Rizwan Cheema	Suriname	Mohindra Boodram	Indianapolis World Sports Park, Indianapolis	Canada by 62 runs
Match 2	3 May	USA	Muhammad Ghous	Bermuda	Janeiro Tucker	Indianapolis World Sports Park, Indianapolis	USA by 5 wickets
Match 3	4 May	Canada	Rizwan Cheema	Bermuda	Janeiro Tucker	Indianapolis World Sports Park, Indianapolis	Canada by 38 runs (DLS)
Match 4	4 May	USA	Muhammad Ghous	Suriname	Mohindra Boodram	Indianapolis World Sports Park, Indianapolis	USA by 8 wickets
Match 5	5 May	Canada	Rizwan Cheema	USA	Muhammad Ghous	Indianapolis World Sports Park, Indianapolis	Canada by 6 wickets
Match 6	5 May	Bermuda	Janeiro Tucker	Suriname	Mohindra Boodram	Indianapolis World Sports Park, Indianapolis	Bermuda by 87 runs
Match 7	7 May	USA	Muhammad Ghous	Bermuda	Janeiro Tucker	Indianapolis World Sports Park, Indianapolis	USA by 8 wickets
Match 8	7 May	Canada	Rizwan Cheema	Suriname	Mohindra Boodram	Indianapolis World Sports Park, Indianapolis	Canada by 24 runs
Match 9	8 May	USA	Muhammad Ghous	Suriname	Mohindra Boodram	Indianapolis World Sports Park, Indianapolis	USA by 8 wickets
Match 10	8 May	Canada	Rizwan Cheema	Bermuda	Janeiro Tucker	Indianapolis World Sports Park, Indianapolis	Canada by 7 wickets
Match 11	9 May	Bermuda	Janeiro Tucker	Suriname	Mohindra Boodram	Indianapolis World Sports Park, Indianapolis	Suriname by 7 wickets
Match 12	9 May	USA	Muhammad Ghous	Canada	Rizwan Cheema	Indianapolis World Sports Park, Indianapolis	Canada by 23 runs

Final placings

Pos	Team	Status
1	Canada	Qualified for 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
2	United States of America	Qualified for 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
3	Bermuda
4	Suriname	Relegated to ICC Americas Division Two

England in Ireland

ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3650	8 May	William Porterfield	James Taylor	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide	No result

2015 ICC Europe Division One

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Jersey	5	4	1	8	1.556
2	Denmark	5	4	1	8	0.779
3	Italy	5	3	2	6	1.502
4	Guernsey	5	3	2	6	−0.040
5	Norway	5	1	4	2	−2.599
6	France	5	0	5	0	−1.090

Source: Cricket Europe at the Wayback Machine (archived 23 September 2015)

Round Robin Matches
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
Match 1	9 May	Jersey	Peter Gough	Norway	Sufyan Saleem	Farmers Cricket Ground, Saint Martin	Jersey by 108 runs
Match 2	9 May	Denmark	Michael Pedersen	Guernsey	James Nussbaumer	Grainville Cricket Ground, Saint Savoir	Guernsey by 21 runs
Match 3	9 May	France	Arun Ayyavooraju	Italy	Damian Crowley	FB Playing Fields, Saint Clement	Italy by 6 wickets
Match 4	9 May	Jersey	Peter Gough	Italy	Damian Crowley	Farmers Cricket Ground, Saint Martin	Jersey by 4 wickets
Match 5	9 May	Guernsey	James Nussbaumer	Norway	Sufyan Saleem	Grainville Cricket Ground, Saint Savoir	Guernsey by 23 runs
Match 6	9 May	Denmark	Michael Pedersen	France	Arun Ayyavooraju	FB Playing Fields, Saint Clement	Denmark by 8 wickets
Match 7	11 May	Italy	Damian Crowley	Norway	Sufyan Saleem	Farmers Cricket Ground, Saint Martin	Italy by 140 runs
Match 8	11 May	Jersey	Peter Gough	Denmark	Michael Pedersen	Grainville Cricket Ground, Saint Savoir	Denmark by 7 wickets
Match 9	11 May	France	Arun Ayyavooraju	Guernsey	James Nussbaumer	FB Playing Fields, Saint Clement	Guernsey by 5 wickets
Match 10	11 May	Guernsey	James Nussbaumer	Italy	Damian Crowley	Farmers Cricket Ground, Saint Martin	Italy by 5 wickets
Match 11	11 May	Jersey	Peter Gough	France	Arun Ayyavooraju	Grainville Cricket Ground, Saint Savoir	Jersey by 19 runs
Match 12	11 May	Denmark	Michael Pedersen	Norway	Sufyan Saleem	FB Playing Fields, Saint Clement	Denmark by 3 wickets
Match 13	13 May	Jersey	Peter Gough	Guernsey	James Nussbaumer	Farmers Cricket Ground, Saint Martin	Jersey by 4 wickets
Match 14	13 May	Denmark	Michael Pedersen	Italy	Damian Crowley	Grainville Cricket Ground, Saint Savoir	Denmark by 16 runs
Match 15	13 May	France	Arun Ayyavooraju	Norway	Sufyan Saleem	FB Playing Fields, Saint Clement	Norway 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	France	Arun Ayyavooraju	Norway	Sufyan Saleem	FB Playing Fields, Saint Clement	Norway by 97 runs

Final placings

Pos	Team	Status
1	Jersey	Qualified for 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
2	Denmark
3	Italy
4	Guernsey
5	Norway
6	France

Hong Kong in Namibia

2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup - FC series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
First-class	10–13 May	Nicolaas Scholtz	James Atkinson	Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek	Namibia by 114 runs
2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship - LA series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
List A	15 May	Nicolaas Scholtz	James Atkinson	Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek	Namibia by 1 wicket
List A	17 May	Nicolaas Scholtz	James Atkinson	Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek	Hong Kong by 8 wickets
T20 series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20	18 May	Nicolaas Scholtz	Tanwir Afzal	Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek	Hong Kong by 59 runs
T20	19 May	Nicolaas Scholtz	Tanwir Afzal	Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek	Namibia by 2 runs

West Indies Women in Sri Lanka

2014–16 ICC Women's Championship - WODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WODI 945	13 May	Prasadani Weerakkody	Merissa Aguilleira	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	West Indies by 5 wickets
WODI 946	15 May	Prasadani Weerakkody	Merissa Aguilleira	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Sri Lanka by 6 wickets
WODI 947	18 May	Chamari Athapaththu	Merissa Aguilleira	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	West Indies by 18 runs (DLS)
WODI 948	20 May	Chamari Athapaththu	Merissa Aguilleira	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	West Indies by 31 runs
WT20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WT20I 304	23 May	Chamari Athapaththu	Merissa Aguilleira	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Sri Lanka by 5 runs (DLS)
WT20I 305	25 May	Chamari Athapaththu	Merissa Aguilleira	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	West Indies by 8 wickets
WT20I 306	26 May	Chamari Athapaththu	Merissa Aguilleira	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	West Indies by 9 wickets

New Zealand in England

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 2162	21–25 May	Alastair Cook	Brendon McCullum	Lord's, London	England by 124 runs
Test 2163	29 May–2 June	Alastair Cook	Brendon McCullum	Headingley, Leeds	New Zealand by 199 runs
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3654	9 June	Eoin Morgan	Brendon McCullum	Edgbaston, Birmingham	England by 210 runs
ODI 3655	12 June	Eoin Morgan	Brendon McCullum	The Oval, London	New Zealand by 13 runs (DLS)
ODI 3656	14 June	Eoin Morgan	Brendon McCullum	Rose Bowl, Southampton	New Zealand by 3 wickets
ODI 3657	17 June	Eoin Morgan	Brendon McCullum	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	England by 7 wickets
ODI 3659	20 June	Eoin Morgan	Brendon McCullum	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street	England by 3 wickets (DLS)
T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 423	23 June	Eoin Morgan	Brendon McCullum	Old Trafford, Manchester	England by 56 runs

Zimbabwe in Pakistan

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 417	22 May	Shahid Afridi	Elton Chigumbura	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	Pakistan by 5 wickets
T20I 418	24 May	Shahid Afridi	Elton Chigumbura	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	Pakistan by 2 wickets
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3651	26 May	Azhar Ali	Elton Chigumbura	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	Pakistan by 41 runs
ODI 3652	29 May	Azhar Ali	Hamilton Masakadza	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	Pakistan by 6 wickets
ODI 3653	31 May	Azhar Ali	Hamilton Masakadza	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	No result

June

United Arab Emirates in Ireland

2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup - FC series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
First-class	2–5 June	William Porterfield	Mohammad Tauqir	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide	Ireland by an innings and 26 runs

Afghanistan in Scotland

2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup - FC series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
First-class	2–5 June	Preston Mommsen	Asghar Stanikzai	New Williamfield, Stirling	Match drawn

Australia in West Indies

2015 Frank Worrell Trophy - Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 2164	3−5 June	Denesh Ramdin	Michael Clarke	Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica	Australia by 9 wickets
Test 2166	11−15 June	Denesh Ramdin	Michael Clarke	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	Australia by 227 runs

India in Bangladesh

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 2165	10–14 June	Mushfiqur Rahim	Virat Kohli	Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah	Match drawn
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3658	18 June	Mashrafe Mortaza	MS Dhoni	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	Bangladesh by 79 runs
ODI 3660	21 June	Mashrafe Mortaza	MS Dhoni	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	Bangladesh by 6 wickets (DLS)
ODI 3661	24 June	Mashrafe Mortaza	MS Dhoni	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	India 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	Peter Borren	Jack Vare	VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen	Papua New Guinea by 5 wickets
2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship - LA series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
List A	22 June	Peter Borren	Jack Vare	Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam	Netherlands by 5 wickets (DLS)
List A	24 June	Peter Borren	Jack Vare	VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen	Netherlands by 85 runs

Pakistan in Sri Lanka

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 2167	17–21 June	Angelo Mathews	Misbah-ul-Haq	Galle International Stadium, Galle	Pakistan by 10 wickets
Test 2168	25–29 June	Angelo Mathews	Misbah-ul-Haq	Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo	Sri Lanka by 7 wickets
Test 2169	3–7 July	Angelo Mathews	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy	Pakistan by 7 wickets
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3664	11 July	Angelo Mathews	Azhar Ali	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla	Pakistan by 6 wickets
ODI 3669	15 July	Angelo Mathews	Azhar Ali	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy	Sri Lanka by 2 wickets
ODI 3670	19 July	Angelo Mathews	Azhar Ali	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Pakistan by 135 runs
ODI 3671	22 July	Angelo Mathews	Azhar Ali	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Pakistan by 7 wickets
ODI 3672	26 July	Angelo Mathews	Azhar Ali	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota	Sri Lanka by 165 runs
T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 448	30 July	Lasith Malinga	Shahid Afridi	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Pakistan by 29 runs
T20I 449	1 August	Lasith Malinga	Shahid Afridi	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Pakistan by 1 wicket

Scotland in Ireland

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 419	18 June	Kevin O'Brien	Preston Mommsen	Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason	Scotland by 6 wickets
T20I 420	19 June	Kevin O'Brien	Preston Mommsen	Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason	No result
T20I 421	20 June	Kevin O'Brien	Preston Mommsen	Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason	Scotland by 6 wickets
T20I 422	21 June	Kevin O'Brien	Preston Mommsen	Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason	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	Mohammad Tauqir	Rakep Patel	Rose Bowl, Southampton	United Arab Emirates by 5 wickets
List A	27 June	Mohammad Tauqir	Rakep Patel	Rose Bowl, Southampton	Kenya by 65 runs

New Zealand Women in India

2014–16 ICC Women's Championship - WODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WODI 949	28 June	Mithali Raj	Suzie Bates	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	India by 17 runs
WODI 950	1 July	Mithali Raj	Suzie Bates	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	New Zealand by 3 wickets
WODI 951	3 July	Mithali Raj	Suzie Bates	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	New Zealand by 6 wickets
WODI 952	6 July	Mithali Raj	Suzie Bates	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	India by 8 wickets
WODI 953	8 July	Mithali Raj	Suzie Bates	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	India by 9 wickets
WT20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WT20I 307	11 July	Mithali Raj	Suzie Bates	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	New Zealand by 8 wickets
WT20I 308	13 July	Mithali Raj	Suzie Bates	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	New Zealand by 6 wickets
WT20I 309	15 July	Mithali Raj	Suzie Bates	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	India by 3 wickets

Nepal in Netherlands

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 424	30 June	Peter Borren	Paras Khadka	VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen	Netherlands by 18 runs
T20I 425	1 July	Peter Borren	Paras Khadka	VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen	Netherlands by 103 runs
T20I 426	2 July	Peter Borren	Paras Khadka	Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam	Netherlands by 18 runs
T20I 427	3 July	Peter Borren	Paras Khadka	Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam	Nepal by 3 wickets

July

South Africa in Bangladesh

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 428	5 July	Mashrafe Mortaza	Faf du Plessis	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	South Africa by 52 runs
T20I 429	7 July	Mashrafe Mortaza	Faf du Plessis	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	South Africa by 31 runs
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3663	10 July	Mashrafe Mortaza	Hashim Amla	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	South Africa by 8 wickets
ODI 3666	12 July	Mashrafe Mortaza	Hashim Amla	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	Bangladesh by 7 wickets
ODI 3668	15 July	Mashrafe Mortaza	Hashim Amla	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	Bangladesh by 9 wickets (DLS)
Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 2172	21–25 July	Mushfiqur Rahim	Hashim Amla	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	Match drawn
Test 2174	30 July–3 August	Mushfiqur Rahim	Hashim Amla	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	Match drawn

2015 Pacific Games – Women's

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Papua New Guinea	5	5	0	15	4.100
2	Samoa	5	4	1	12	4.019
3	Vanuatu	5	3	2	9	−0.020
4	Fiji	5	2	3	6	−0.169
5	Cook Islands	5	1	4	3	−2.227
6	New Caledonia	5	0	5	0	−5.176

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result

Australia in England

2015 Ashes - Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 2170	8–12 July	Alastair Cook	Michael Clarke	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff	England by 169 runs
Test 2171	16–20 July	Alastair Cook	Michael Clarke	Lord's, London	Australia by 405 runs
Test 2173	29 July–2 August	Alastair Cook	Michael Clarke	Edgbaston, Birmingham	England by 8 wickets
Test 2175	6–10 August	Alastair Cook	Michael Clarke	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	England by an innings and 78 runs
Test 2178	20–24 August	Alastair Cook	Michael Clarke	The Oval, London	Australia by an innings and 46 runs
T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 453	31 August	Eoin Morgan	Steve Smith	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff	England by 5 runs
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3680	3 September	Eoin Morgan	Steve Smith	Rose Bowl, Southampton	Australia by 59 runs
ODI 3681	5 September	Eoin Morgan	Steve Smith	Lord's, London	Australia by 64 runs
ODI 3682	8 September	Eoin Morgan	Steve Smith	Old Trafford, Manchester	England by 93 runs
ODI 3683	11 September	Eoin Morgan	Steve Smith	Headingley, Leeds	England by 3 wickets
ODI 3684	13 September	Eoin Morgan	Steve Smith	Old Trafford, Manchester	Australia by 8 wickets

2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Advanced to 2016 ICC World Twenty20 and Semifinal 2.
Advanced to Playoffs.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Scotland	6	4	2	0	8	1.205
2	Netherlands	6	4	2	0	8	1.151
3	Afghanistan	6	3	1	2	8	0.690
4	Oman	6	3	2	1	7	0.374
5	Kenya	6	3	2	1	7	−0.645
6	United Arab Emirates	6	1	4	1	3	−1.688
7	Canada	6	0	5	1	1	−1.295

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Advanced to 2016 ICC World Twenty20 and Semifinal 1.
Advanced to Playoffs.

Group matches
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
T20I 430	9 July	Scotland	Preston Mommsen	UAE	Mohammad Tauqir	Grange Cricket Club Ground, Edinburgh	Scotland by 9 wickets
T20I 431	9 July	Netherlands	Peter Borren	Afghanistan	Asghar Stanikzai	Grange Cricket Club Ground, Edinburgh	Afghanistan by 32 runs
T20	10 July	Ireland	William Porterfield	Namibia	Nicolaas Scholtz	Stormont, Belfast	Ireland by 7 wickets
T20	10 July	Canada	Rizwan Cheema	Kenya	Rakep Patel	Myreside Cricket Ground, Edinburgh	Kenya by 7 wickets
T20	10 July	Nepal	Paras Khadka	USA	Muhammad Ghous	Stormont, Belfast	Nepal by 6 wickets
T20I 432	10 July	UAE	Mohammad Tauqir	Afghanistan	Asghar Stanikzai	Grange Cricket Club Ground, Edinburgh	Afghanistan by 8 wickets
T20	11 July	Hong Kong	Tanwir Afzal	Jersey	Peter Gough	Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason	Jersey by 9 wickets
T20I 433	11 July	Scotland	Preston Mommsen	Netherlands	Peter Borren	Grange Cricket Club Ground, Edinburgh	Netherlands by 32 runs
T20	11 July	Kenya	Rakep Patel	Oman	Sultan Ahmed	Myreside Cricket Ground, Edinburgh	Kenya by 7 runs
T20	11 July	Namibia	Nicolaas Scholtz	Nepal	Paras Khadka	Stormont, Belfast	No result
T20	12 July	Ireland	William Porterfield	USA	Muhammad Ghous	Stormont, Belfast	Ireland by 46 runs
T20	12 July	Jersey	Peter Gough	PNG	Jack Vare	Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason	PNG by 24 runs
T20I 434	12 July	UAE	Mohammad Tauqir	Netherlands	Peter Borren	Grange Cricket Club Ground, Edinburgh	Netherlands by 7 wickets
T20	12 July	Canada	Rizwan Cheema	Oman	Sultan Ahmed	New Williamfield, Stirling	Oman by 7 wickets (DLS)
T20I 435	12 July	Scotland	Preston Mommsen	Afghanistan	Asghar Stanikzai	Grange Cricket Club Ground, Edinburgh	Afghanistan by 37 runs
T20	13 July	Namibia	Nicolaas Scholtz	USA	Muhammad Ghous	Stormont, Belfast	Namibia by 7 wickets
T20I 435a	13 July	Hong Kong	Tanwir Afzal	PNG	Jack Vare	Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason	Match abandoned
T20I 436	13 July	Ireland	William Porterfield	Nepal	Paras Khadka	Stormont, Belfast	Ireland by 8 wickets
T20	13 July	Afghanistan	Asghar Stanikzai	Kenya	Rakep Patel	New Williamfield, Stirling	Match abandoned
T20	14 July	Netherlands	Peter Borren	Oman	Sultan Ahmed	Myreside Cricket Ground, Edinburgh	Oman by 6 wickets
T20	14 July	UAE	Mohammad Tauqir	Canada	Rizwan Cheema	New Williamfield, Stirling	UAE by 5 wickets
T20	14 July	Scotland	Preston Mommsen	Kenya	Rakep Patel	Grange Cricket Club Ground, Edinburgh	Scotland by 7 wickets
T20I 437	15 July	Ireland	William Porterfield	PNG	Jack Vare	Stormont, Belfast	PNG by 2 wickets
T20	15 July	USA	Muhammad Ghous	Jersey	Peter Gough	Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason	USA by 5 wickets
T20	15 July	Afghanistan	Asghar Stanikzai	Oman	Sultan Ahmed	Goldenacre, Edinburgh	Oman by 40 runs
T20I 438	15 July	Nepal	Paras Khadka	Hong Kong	Tanwir Afzal	Stormont, Belfast	Hong Kong by 5 wickets
T20	15 July	UAE	Mohammad Tauqir	Kenya	Rakep Patel	Goldenacre Sports Ground, Edinburgh	Kenya by 42 runs
T20	16 July	Scotland	Preston Mommsen	Canada	Rizwan Cheema	Goldenacre Sports Ground, Edinburgh	Scotland by 8 wickets
T20I 439	17 July	Nepal	Paras Khadka	PNG	Jack Vare	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide	PNG by 8 wickets
T20	17 July	Namibia	Nicolaas Scholtz	Jersey	Peter Gough	Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin	Namibia by 9 wickets
T20	17 July	Netherlands	Peter Borren	Canada	Rizwan Cheema	Goldenacre Sports Ground, Edinburgh	Netherlands by 6 wickets
T20	17 July	UAE	Mohammad Tauqir	Oman	Sultan Ahmed	New Williamfield, Stirling	Match abandoned
T20I 441	17 July	Ireland	William Porterfield	Hong Kong	Tanwir Afzal	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide	Hong Kong by 5 runs
T20	18 July	Nepal	Paras Khadka	Jersey	Peter Gough	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide	Jersey by 7 wickets
T20	18 July	Scotland	Preston Mommsen	Oman	Sultan Ahmed	Goldenacre Sports Ground, Edinburgh	Scotland by 23 runs
T20	18 July	Afghanistan	Asghar Stanikzai	Canada	Rizwan Cheema	New Williamfield, Stirling	Match abandoned
T20	18 July	PNG	Jack Vare	Namibia	Nicolaas Scholtz	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide	Namibia by 49 runs
T20	18 July	Hong Kong	Tanwir Afzal	USA	Muhammad Ghous	Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin	USA by 7 wickets
T20	18 July	Netherlands	Peter Borren	Kenya	Rakep Patel	Myreside Cricket Ground, Edinburgh	Netherlands by 4 wickets
T20	19 July	Ireland	William Porterfield	Jersey	Peter Gough	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide	Ireland by 7 wickets
T20	19 July	PNG	Jack Vare	USA	Muhammad Ghous	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide	USA by 18 runs
T20	19 July	Hong Kong	Tanwir Afzal	Namibia	Nicolaas Scholtz	Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin	Hong Kong by 83 runs
Playoffs
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
T20I 443	21 July	Hong Kong	Tanwir Afzal	Afghanistan	Asghar Stanikzai	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide	Hong Kong by 5 wickets
T20	21 July	Namibia	Nicolaas Scholtz	Netherlands	Peter Borren	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide	Netherlands by 4 wickets
T20I 444	23 July	PNG	Jack Vare	Afghanistan	Asghar Stanikzai	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide	Afghanistan by 6 wickets
T20	23 July	Oman	Sultan Ahmed	Namibia	Nicolaas Scholtz	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide	Oman by 5 wickets
T20I 445	25 July	Scotland	Preston Mommsen	Hong Kong	Tanwir Afzal	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide	Scotland by 5 wickets
T20I 446	25 July	Afghanistan	Asghar Stanikzai	Oman	Sultan Ahmed	Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin	Afghanistan by 5 wickets
T20I 447	25 July	Ireland	William Porterfield	Netherlands	Peter Borren	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide	Netherlands by 5 wickets
T20I 447a	26 July	Hong Kong	Tanwir Afzal	Ireland	William Porterfield	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide	Match abandoned
Final
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
T20I 447b	26 July	Scotland	Preston Mommsen	Netherlands	Peter Borren	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide	Match abandoned

Final Placings

Pos	Team	Status
1st	Scotland	Qualified for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 and 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier.
1st	Netherlands
3rd	Ireland
4th	Hong Kong
5th	Afghanistan
6th	Oman
7th	Namibia
8th	Papua New Guinea
9th	Kenya
10th	United States of America
11th	Jersey
12th	Nepal
13th	United Arab Emirates
14th	Canada

India in Zimbabwe

ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3662	10 July	Elton Chigumbura	Ajinkya Rahane	Harare Sports Club, Harare	India by 4 runs
ODI 3665	12 July	Elton Chigumbura	Ajinkya Rahane	Harare Sports Club, Harare	India by 62 runs
ODI 3667	14 July	Elton Chigumbura	Ajinkya Rahane	Harare Sports Club, Harare	India by 83 runs
T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 440	17 July	Elton Chigumbura	Ajinkya Rahane	Harare Sports Club, Harare	India by 54 runs
T20I 442	19 July	Sikandar Raza	Ajinkya Rahane	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Zimbabwe by 10 runs

Australia Women in England

2014–16 ICC Women's Championship - WODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WODI 954	21 July	Charlotte Edwards	Meg Lanning	County Ground, Taunton	England by 4 wickets
WODI 955	23 July	Charlotte Edwards	Meg Lanning	Bristol County Ground, Bristol	Australia by 63 runs
WODI 956	27 July	Charlotte Edwards	Meg Lanning	New Road, Worcester	Australia by 89 runs
Women's Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WTest 138	11–14 August	Charlotte Edwards	Meg Lanning	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury	Australia by 161 runs
WT20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WT20I 313	26 August	Charlotte Edwards	Meg Lanning	County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford	England by 7 wickets
WT20I 314	28 August	Charlotte Edwards	Meg Lanning	County Cricket Ground, Hove	Australia by 20 runs
WT20I 315	31 August	Charlotte Edwards	Meg Lanning	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff	England 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	Preston Mommsen	Paras Khadka	Cambusdoon New Ground, Ayr	Scotland by 3 runs
List A	31 July–1 August	Preston Mommsen	Paras Khadka	Cambusdoon New Ground, Ayr	Scotland by 9 wickets (DLS)

August

New Zealand in Zimbabwe

ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3673	2 August	Elton Chigumbura	Kane Williamson	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Zimbabwe by 7 wickets
ODI 3674	4 August	Elton Chigumbura	Kane Williamson	Harare Sports Club, Harare	New Zealand by 10 wickets
ODI 3675	7 August	Elton Chigumbura	Kane Williamson	Harare Sports Club, Harare	New Zealand by 38 runs
T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 450	9 August	Elton Chigumbura	Kane Williamson	Harare Sports Club, Harare	New Zealand by 80 runs

India in Sri Lanka

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 2176	12–16 August	Angelo Mathews	Virat Kohli	Galle International Stadium, Galle	Sri Lanka by 63 runs
Test 2177	20–24 August	Angelo Mathews	Virat Kohli	Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo	India by 278 runs
Test 2179	28 August–1 September	Angelo Mathews	Virat Kohli	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	India by 117 runs

New Zealand in South Africa

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 451	14 August	AB de Villiers	Kane Williamson	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban	South Africa by 6 wickets
T20I 452	16 August	AB de Villiers	Kane Williamson	Centurion Park, Centurion	New Zealand by 32 runs
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3676	19 August	AB de Villiers	Kane Williamson	Centurion Park, Centurion	South Africa by 20 runs
ODI 3677	23 August	AB de Villiers	Kane Williamson	Senwes Park, Potchefstroom	New Zealand by 8 wickets
ODI 3678	26 August	AB de Villiers	Kane Williamson	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban	South Africa by 62 runs

Australia Women in Ireland

WT20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WT20I 310	19 August	Isobel Joyce	Meg Lanning	Claremont Road Cricket Ground, Dublin	Australia by 25 runs
WT20I 311	21 August	Isobel Joyce	Meg Lanning	Claremont Road Cricket Ground, Dublin	Australia by 55 runs
WT20I 312	22 August	Isobel Joyce	Meg Lanning	Claremont Road Cricket Ground, Dublin	Australia by 99 runs

Australia in Ireland

ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3679	27 August	William Porterfield	Steve Smith	Stormont, Belfast	Australia by 23 runs (DLS)

September

2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
Vanuatu	2	2	0	4	+0.667
Norway	2	1	1	2	–0.140
Cayman Islands	2	0	2	0	–0.598
Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	0

Group stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
Match 1	7 September	Botswana	Karabo Motlhanka	Suriname	Mohindra Boodram	Kelvedon	Suriname by 5 wickets
Match 2	7 September	Guernsey	Jamie Nussbaumer	Fiji	Josefa Rika	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester	Guernsey by 188 runs
Match 3	7 September	Cayman Islands	Chris Palmer	Vanuatu	Andrew Mansale	Frinton-on-Sea	Vanuatu by 4 wickets
Match 4	7 September	Norway	Raza Iqbal	Saudi Arabia	Shoaib Ali	Coggeshall	Match cancelled
Match 5	8 September	Cayman Islands	Chris Palmer	Saudi Arabia	Shoaib Ali	Kelvedon	Match cancelled
Match 6	8 September	Vanuatu	Andrew Mansale	Norway	Raza Iqbal	West Mersea	Vanuatu by 4 wickets
Match 7	8 September	Fiji	Josefa Rika	Suriname	Mohindra Boodram	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester	Suriname by 6 wickets
Match 8	8 September	Guernsey	Jamie Nussbaumer	Botswana	Karabo Motlhanka	Frinton-on-Sea	Guernsey by 151 runs
Match 9	10 September	Fiji	Josefa Rika	Botswana	Karabo Motlhanka	Coggeshall	Botswana by 2 wickets
Match 10	10 September	Guernsey	Jamie Nussbaumer	Suriname	Mohindra Boodram	Halstead	Guernsey by 44 runs
Match 11	10 September	Cayman Islands	Chris Palmer	Norway	Raza Iqbal	Kelvedon	Norway by 8 runs
Match 12	10 September	Vanuatu	Andrew Mansale	Saudi Arabia	Shoaib Ali	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester	Match cancelled
Playoffs
Match 13	11 September	Botswana	Karabo Motlhanka	Saudi Arabia	Shoaib Ali	Feering, Essex	Match cancelled
Match 14	11 September	Cayman Islands	Chris Palmer	Fiji	Josefa Rika	Maldon, Essex	Fiji by 90 runs
Match 15	11 September	Guernsey	Jamie Nussbaumer	Norway	Raza Iqbal	Frinton-on-Sea, Essex	Guernsey by 22 runs
Match 16	11 September	Vanuatu	Andrew Mansale	Suriname	Mohindra Boodram	Coggeshall, Essex	Suriname by 4 wickets
Match 17	13 September	Cayman Islands	Chris Palmer	Saudi Arabia	Shoaib Ali	Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire	Match cancelled
Match 18	13 September	Fiji	Josefa Rika	Botswana	Karabo Motlhanka	Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire	Fiji by 133 runs
Match 19	13 September	Vanuatu	Andrew Mansale	Norway	Raza Iqbal	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester, Essex	Vanuatu by 91 runs (DLS)
Match 20	13 September	Guernsey	Jamie Nussbaumer	Suriname	Mohindra Boodram	County Ground, Chelmsford, Essex	Suriname by 6 wickets

Final Placings

Pos	Team	Status
1	Suriname^[a]	Promoted to 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five
2	Guernsey	Promoted to 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five
3	Vanuatu^[b]
4	Norway
5	Fiji
6	Botswana
7	Cayman Islands
8	Saudi Arabia

Scotland in Netherlands

2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup - FC series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
First-class	8–11 September	Peter Borren	Preston Mommsen	Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg	Netherlands by 44 runs
2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship - LA series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
List A	14 September	Peter Borren	Preston Mommsen	VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen	No result
List A	16 September	Peter Borren	Preston Mommsen	VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen	Match abandoned

Pakistan in Zimbabwe

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 454	27 September	Elton Chigumbura	Shahid Afridi	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Pakistan by 13 runs
T20I 455	29 September	Elton Chigumbura	Shahid Afridi	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Pakistan by 15 runs
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 3685	1 October	Elton Chigumbura	Azhar Ali	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Pakistan by 131 runs
ODI 3686	3 October	Elton Chigumbura	Azhar Ali	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Zimbabwe by 5 runs (DLS)
ODI 3687	5 October	Elton Chigumbura	Sarfaraz Ahmed	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Pakistan by 7 wickets

Bangladesh Women in Pakistan

WT20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WT20I 316	30 September	Sana Mir	Salma Khatun	Southend Club Cricket Stadium, Karachi	Pakistan by 29 runs
WT20I 317	1 October	Sana Mir	Salma Khatun	Southend Club Cricket Stadium, Karachi	Pakistan by 34 runs
WODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WODI 957	4 October	Sana Mir	Salma Khatun	Southend Club Cricket Stadium, Karachi	Pakistan by 20 runs
WODI 958	6 October	Sana Mir	Salma Khatun	Southend Club Cricket Stadium, Karachi	Pakistan by 6 wickets

References

External links

2015 season on ESPN Cricinfo

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