2012 English cricket season

2012 (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.

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.

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.

County Championship

• 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

Clydesdale Bank 40 (CB40)

• Winners: Hampshire Royals - Runners-up: Warwickshire Bears

Friends Life t20

• Winners: Hampshire Royals - Runners-up: Yorkshire Carnegie

Minor Counties Championship

• Winners: Cornwall

MCCA Knockout Trophy

• 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

• Nick Compton

PCA Most Valuable Player of the Year

• Peter Trego

Test series

Wisden Trophy

Main article: West Indian cricket team in England in 2012

Basil D'Oliveira Trophy

Main article: South African cricket team in England in 2012

County Championship

Main article: 2012 County Championship

Divisions

Division One Division Two Durham Derbyshire Lancashire Essex Middlesex Glamorgan Nottinghamshire Gloucestershire Somerset Hampshire Surrey Kent Sussex Leicestershire Warwickshire Northamptonshire Worcestershire Yorkshire

Icon Team promoted from Division Two Team relegated from Division One

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

Main article: 2012 Clydesdale Bank 40

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Lancashire Lightning	12	9	2	0	1	19	0.050
2	Middlesex Panthers	12	6	3	1	2	15	0.778
3	Gloucestershire Gladiators	12	5	5	0	2	12	0.995
4	Netherlands	12	5	6	0	1	11	−0.910
5	Essex Eagles	12	4	6	0	2	10	−0.185
6	Leicestershire Foxes	12	3	6	0	3	9	−0.732
7	Worcestershire Royals	12	3	7	1	1	8	−0.011

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Hampshire Royals	12	7	3	0	2	16	0.754
2	Surrey Lions	12	6	3	0	3	15	0.466
3	Somerset	12	6	4	0	2	14	0.385
4	Nottinghamshire Outlaws	12	6	5	0	1	13	0.101
5	Durham Dynamos	12	5	5	0	2	12	0.262
6	Welsh Dragons	12	3	6	0	3	9	−0.971
7	Scottish Saltires	12	1	8	0	3	5	−1.359

Source:

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Sussex Sharks	12	7	1	0	4	18	1.012
2	Warwickshire Bears	12	8	3	0	1	17	0.660
3	Kent Spitfires	12	7	2	0	3	17	0.870
4	Derbyshire Falcons	12	4	5	0	3	11	−0.438
5	Yorkshire Carnegie	12	4	7	0	1	9	0.006
6	Northamptonshire Steelbacks	12	1	6	0	5	7	−0.568
7	Unicorns	12	1	8	0	3	5	−1.545

Source:

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

Main article: 2012 Twenty20 Cup

Group stage

Midlands/Wales/West Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Somerset	10	5	2	0	3	13	0.275
2	Gloucestershire Gladiators	10	4	2	0	4	12	0.248
3	Worcestershire Royals	10	4	3	0	3	11	0.578
4	Warwickshire Bears	10	4	3	0	3	11	−0.033
5	Welsh Dragons	10	2	3	0	5	9	−0.708
6	Northamptonshire Steelbacks	10	1	7	0	2	4	−0.611

Source:

North Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Yorkshire Carnegie	10	7	1	0	2	16	0.863
2	Nottinghamshire Outlaws	10	5	1	0	4	14	1.877
3	Durham Dynamos	10	4	4	1	1	10	−0.251
4	Lancashire Lightning	10	3	4	1	2	9	0.106
5	Derbyshire Falcons	10	2	6	0	2	6	−0.561
6	Leicestershire Foxes	10	2	7	0	1	5	−1.352

Source:

South Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Sussex Sharks	10	6	1	0	3	15	1.389
2	Hampshire Royals	10	5	2	0	3	13	0.693
3	Essex Eagles	10	5	4	0	1	11	−0.032
4	Kent Spitfires	10	4	5	0	1	9	−0.465
5	Middlesex Panthers	10	3	7	0	0	6	−0.210
6	Surrey Lions	10	3	7	0	0	6	−0.700

Source:

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

See also

• Australian cricket team in England and Ireland in 2012