County Championship 2012
The 2012 County Championship was the 113th season of the national first-class cricket competition in England and Wales . It was held in two divisions, Division 1 and Division 2. Division 1 was won by Warwickshire, which thus won their seventh county championship. Relegated from Division 1 were Worcestershire and defending champions Lancashire, who were replaced in the following 2013 season by the two top-ranked Division 2, Derbyshire and Yorkshire.
format
The 18 First Class Counties were divided into two divisions according to the results of the 2011 season . In each division, each team played one home and one away game against each other. A team received 16 points for a win and 8 points for a draw (both teams achieve the same number of runs). If no result is achieved and the game ends in a draw, both teams get 5 points. There is also the possibility to collect bonus points in the first 110 overs of the first inning . Up to 5 points are awarded for runs and up to 3 points for wickets. Furthermore, it is possible that teams are deducted points if, for example, they play too slowly or the pitch is not properly prepared. At the end of the season, the winner of Division 1 is County Champion, the last two placed in this division are relegated and the top two placed in Division 2 are promoted.
Results
table
Division 1
The table of division 1 had the following form. All points were deducted because the game was too slow.
| team | Sp. | S. | N | U | R. | A. | Bat | bowl | Output | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwickshire | 16 | 6th | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 43 | 45 | 0.0 | 211 |
| Somerset | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 32 | 45 | 0.0 | 187 |
| Middlesex | 16 | 5 | 4th | 0 | 7th | 0 | 33 | 38 | 0.0 | 172 |
| Sussex | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 0 | 28 | 41 | 0.0 | 167 |
| Nottinghamshire | 16 | 4th | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 26th | 43 | 0.0 | 163 |
| Durham | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 18th | 45 | 4.0 | 157 |
| Surrey | 16 | 3 | 4th | 0 | 8th | 1 | 26th | 40 | 2.0 | 139 |
| Lancashire | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 25th | 35 | 0.0 | 106 |
| Worcestershire | 16 | 1 | 8th | 0 | 7th | 0 | 17th | 42 | 0.0 | 96 |
Division 2
The Division 2 table had the following form. All points were deducted because the game was too slow.
| team | Sp. | S. | N | U | R. | A. | Bat | bowl | Output | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derbyshire | 16 | 6th | 2 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 31 | 43 | 0.0 | 194 |
| Yorkshire | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 41 | 40 | 0.0 | 194 |
| Kent | 16 | 4th | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 39 | 40 | 0.0 | 170 |
| Hampshire | 16 | 4th | 5 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 28 | 40 | 0.0 | 153 |
| Essex | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 40 | 0.0 | 145 |
| Glam organ | 16 | 3 | 6th | 0 | 6th | 1 | 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 | 6th | 0 | 6th | 1 | 22nd | 35 | 0.0 | 126 |
statistics
Runs
Most of the season's runs in both divisions were scored by the following players:
| player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Compton | Summer set | 11 | 18th | 1,191 | 99.25 | 204 * | 4th | 7th |
| Chris Rogers | Middlesex | 16 | 29 | 1,086 | 40.22 | 172 | 3 | 6th |
| Varun Chopra | Warwickshire | 16 | 26th | 1,028 | 41.12 | 195 | 3 | 5 |
| Ashwell Prince | Lancashire | 15th | 24 | 1.008 | 43.82 | 144 | 2 | 8th |
| Jimmy Adams | Hampshire | 14th | 25th | 987 | 49.35 | 149 | 3 | 4th |
Wickets
Most of the season's wickets in both divisions were scored by the following players:
| player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Onions | Durham | 12 | 373.4 | 64 | 14.98 | 9/67 | 5 |
| Chris Wright | Warwickshire | 15th | 450.3 | 62 | 24.06 | 5/24 | 5 |
| Toby Roland-Jones | Glam organ | 14th | 379.0 | 61 | 19.13 | 6/66 | 4th |
| Tim Murtagh | Middlesex | 15th | 496.3 | 59 | 23.74 | 5/37 | 2 |
| David Balcombe | Hampshire | 16 | 505.1 | 59 | 24.14 | 8/71 | 3 |
Individual evidence
- ^ A b County Championship Division One, 2012 ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ↑ County Championship Division Two, 2012 / Points table ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ County Championship Division One, 2012 / Records / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ County Championship Division Two, 2012 / Records / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ County Championship Division One, 2012 / Records / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ^ County Championship Division Two, 2012 / Records / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 9, 2014.