The 2012 County Championship season, known as the
LV= County Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the 113th
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
County Championship
The County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). It bec ...
season.
Warwickshire
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...
won their seventh County Championship title. It was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team plays all the others in their division both home and away. The top two teams from Division Two (
Derbyshire
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and
Yorkshire
Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...
) were promoted to the first division for the 2013 season, while the bottom two sides from Division One (
Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see His ...
and defending champions
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
) were relegated.
Teams
Division One
Team promoted from Division Two
Division Two
Team relegated from 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.''
Teams receive 16 points for a win and 3 for a draw. Bonus points (a maximum of 5 batting points and 3 bowling points) may be scored during the first 110 overs of each team's first innings.
Division One
Division Two
Results summary
The fixtures for 2012 were announced in November 2011.
ECB reveals 2012 county fixtures
29 November 2011, accessed 17 April 2011.
Division One
Division Two
Results in full
Division One
April
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May
June
July
August
September
Division Two
April
May
June
July
August
September
Statistics
Division One
Most runs
References
{{English cricket seasons
County Championship seasons
2012 in English cricket