2012 English cricket season
# 2012 English cricket season

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

## 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 |

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* 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

### Group stage

Group A :

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

Group B :

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

Group C :

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sussex Sharks | 219/8 | | | |
| 4 | Hampshire Royals | 222/2 | | | |
| 4 | Hampshire Royals | 222/2 | Hampshire Royals | Hampshire Royals | 244/5 |
| | | | Warwickshire Bears | Warwickshire Bears | 244/7 |
| 3 | Warwickshire Bears | 250/6 | Warwickshire Bears | Warwickshire Bears | 244/7 |
| 2 | Lancashire Lightning | 227 | | | |

## Friends Life t20

### Group stage

Midlands/Wales/West Division :

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

North Group :

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

South Group :

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| N2 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 178/7 | | | | | | |
| S2 | Hampshire Royals | 182/6 | | | | | | |
| S2 | Hampshire Royals | 182/6 | S2 | Hampshire Royals | 126/4 | | | |
| | | | M1 | Somerset | 125/6 | | | |
| M1 | Somerset | 175/6 | M1 | Somerset | 125/6 | | | |
| S3 | Essex Eagles | 148 | | | | | | |
| S3 | Essex Eagles | 148 | | | | S2 | Hampshire Royals | 150/6 |
| | | | | | | N1 | Yorkshire Carnegie | 140/8 |
| S1 | Sussex Sharks | 230/4 | | | | | | | N1 | Yorkshire Carnegie | 140/8 |
| M2 | Gloucestershire Gladiators | 191/8 | | | | | | |
| M2 | Gloucestershire Gladiators | 191/8 | S1 | Sussex Sharks | 136/8 | | | |
| | | | N1 | Yorkshire Carnegie | 172/6 | | | |
| N1 | Yorkshire Carnegie | 212/5 | N1 | Yorkshire Carnegie | 172/6 | | | |
| M3 | Worcestershire Royals | 183/6 | | | | | | |
