2012 English cricket season
| County Championship | |
|---|---|
| Champions | Warwickshire |
| Runners-up | Somerset |
| Most runs | Nick Compton (1,191) |
| Most wickets | Graham Onions (64) |
| Clydesdale Bank 40 | |
| Champions | Hampshire Royals |
| Runners-up | Warwickshire Bears |
| Most runs | Michael Carberry (598) |
| Most wickets | Ajmal Shahzad (21) |
| Friends Life t20 | |
| Champions | Hampshire Royals |
| Runners-up | Yorkshire Carnegie |
| Most runs | Phillip Hughes (402) |
| Most wickets | Mitchell Starc (21) |
| PCA Player of the Year | |
| Nick Compton | |
| Wisden Cricketers of the Year | |
| Tim Bresnan Alastair Cook Glen Chapple Alan Richardson Kumar Sangakkara | |
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The 2012 English cricket season was the 113th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. It began on 31 March with a round of university matches, and continued until the final of the Clydesdale Bank 40 on 15 September. Three major domestic competitions were contested: the 2012 County Championship won by Warwickshire, the 2012 Clydesdale Bank 40 and the 2012 Friends Life t20 both won by Hampshire Royals.[1]
During this season, three Test teams toured England: West Indies lost both the Test series (2–0) and the One Day International (ODI) series (2–0), and the solitary Twenty20 International (T20I). Australia also toured, in a series of five match One Day International (ODI) series which they lost 4–0. South Africa also toured, beating England in a three Test series 2–0 and drew the five match ODI series and the three match Twenty20 International (T20I) series.[2]
Roll of honour
- Test series
- England v West Indies: 3 Tests - England won 2–0.
- England v South Africa: 3 Tests - South Africa won 2–0.
- ODI series
- England v West Indies: 3 ODIs - England won 2–0.
- England v Australia: 5 ODIs - England won 4–0.
- England v South Africa: 5 ODIs - Series drawn 2-2.
- Twenty20 International series
- England v West Indies: Only T20I - England won by 7 wickets.
- England v South Africa: 3 T20Is - Series drawn 1-1.
- Division One winners: Warwickshire
- Division One Runners-up: Somerset
- Division Two winners: Derbyshire (on most wins)
- Relegated from Division One: Lancashire and Worcestershire
- Promoted from Division Two: Derbyshire and Yorkshire
- Winners: Hampshire Royals - Runners-up: Warwickshire Bears
- Winners: Hampshire Royals - Runners-up: Yorkshire Carnegie
- Winners: Cornwall
- Winners: Cumberland
- Second XI Championship
- Winners: Kent II
- Second XI Trophy
- Winners: Lancashire II - Runners-up: Durham II
- Second XI Twenty20 - Winners
- England Under-19s
- Wisden Cricketers of the Year
- Tim Bresnan, Alastair Cook, Glen Chapple, Alan Richardson, Kumar Sangakkara
- PCA Player of the Year
- PCA Most Valuable Player of the Year
Test series
Wisden Trophy
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy
County Championship
Divisions
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Division One Standings
- Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, T = Ties, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Ded = Deducted points, Pts = Points.
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | D | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwickshire (C) | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 43 | 45 | 0.0 | 211 |
| Somerset | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 32 | 45 | 0.0 | 187 |
| Middlesex | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 38 | 0.0 | 172 |
| Sussex | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 41 | 0.0 | 167 |
| Nottinghamshire | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 43 | 0.0 | 163 |
| Durham | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 45 | 4.0 | 157 |
| Surrey | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 26 | 40 | 2.0 | 139 |
| Lancashire (R) | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 35 | 0.0 | 106 |
| Worcestershire (R) | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 42 | 0.0 | 96 |
Division Two Standings
- Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, T = Ties, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Ded = Deducted points, Pts = Points.
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | D | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derbyshire (C) | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 43 | 0.0 | 194 |
| Yorkshire (P) | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 41 | 40 | 0.0 | 194 |
| Kent | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 39 | 40 | 0.0 | 170 |
| Hampshire | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 40 | 0.0 | 153 |
| Essex | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 40 | 0.0 | 145 |
| Glamorgan | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 35 | 1.0 | 131 |
| Leicestershire | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 33 | 5.0 | 130 |
| Northamptonshire | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 37 | 34 | 0.0 | 130 |
| Gloucestershire | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 35 | 0.0 | 126 |
Clydesdale Bank 40
Group stage
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Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Sussex Sharks | 219/8 | |||||||
| 4 | Hampshire Royals | 222/2 | |||||||
| Hampshire Royals | 244/5 | ||||||||
| Warwickshire Bears | 244/7 | ||||||||
| 3 | Warwickshire Bears | 250/6 | |||||||
| 2 | Lancashire Lightning | 227 | |||||||
Friends Life t20
Group stage
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Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| N2 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 178/7 | ||||||||||||
| S2 | Hampshire Royals | 182/6 | ||||||||||||
| S2 | Hampshire Royals | 126/4 | ||||||||||||
| M1 | Somerset | 125/6 | ||||||||||||
| M1 | Somerset | 175/6 | ||||||||||||
| S3 | Essex Eagles | 148 | ||||||||||||
| S2 | Hampshire Royals | 150/6 | ||||||||||||
| N1 | Yorkshire Carnegie | 140/8 | ||||||||||||
| S1 | Sussex Sharks | 230/4 | ||||||||||||
| M2 | Gloucestershire Gladiators | 191/8 | ||||||||||||
| S1 | Sussex Sharks | 136/8 | ||||||||||||
| N1 | Yorkshire Carnegie | 172/6 | ||||||||||||
| N1 | Yorkshire Carnegie | 212/5 | ||||||||||||
| M3 | Worcestershire Royals | 183/6 | ||||||||||||
