2012 English cricket season

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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. [1]

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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
ODI series
Twenty20 International series
County Championship
Clydesdale Bank 40 (CB40)
Friends Life t20
Minor Counties Championship
MCCA Knockout Trophy
Second XI Championship
Second XI Trophy
Second XI Twenty20 - Winners
England Under-19s
Wisden Cricketers of the Year
PCA Player of the Year
PCA Most Valuable Player of the Year

Test series

Wisden Trophy

Basil D'Oliveira Trophy

County Championship

Divisions

Division OneDivision 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

TeamPldWLTDABatBowlDedPts
Warwickshire (C)166109043450.0211
Somerset 1651010032450.0187
Middlesex 165407033380.0172
Sussex 165506028410.0167
Nottinghamshire 1642010026430.0163
Durham 165506018454.0157
Surrey 163409026402.0139
Lancashire (R)1615010025350.0106
Worcestershire (R)161807017420.096

Division Two Standings

TeamPldWLTDABatBowlDedPts
Derbyshire (C)166208031430.0194
Yorkshire (P)1650011041400.0194
Kent 164309039400.0170
Hampshire 164507028400.0153
Essex 1633010027400.0145
Glamorgan 163607028351.0131
Leicestershire 1633010024335.0130
Northamptonshire 162509037340.0130
Gloucestershire 163607022350.0126

Clydesdale Bank 40

Group stage

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

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

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References

  1. ↑ "Cricket in England in 2012" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Season review". ESPN Cricinfo.
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