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 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

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

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

Group B

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

Group C

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

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 Friends Life t20

Group stage

Midlands/Wales/West Division

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

North Group

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

South Group

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

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

• West Indian cricket team in England in 2012
• Australian cricket team in England and Ireland in 2012
• South African cricket team in England in 2012