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 and the One Day International series, and the solitary Twenty20 International. Australia also toured, in a series of five match One Day International 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 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.
- 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.
- England v West Indies: Only T20I - England won by 7 wickets.
- England v South Africa: 3 T20Is - Series drawn 1-1.
- Division One winners: Warwickshire
- Division One Runners-up: Somerset
- Division Two winners: Derbyshire
- Relegated from Division One: Lancashire and Worcestershire
- Promoted from Division Two: Derbyshire and Yorkshire
- Winners: Hampshire Royals - Runners-up: Warwickshire Bears
- Winners: Hampshire Royals - Runners-up: Yorkshire Carnegie
- Winners: Cornwall
- Winners: Cumberland
- Winners: Kent II
- Winners: Lancashire II - Runners-up: Durham II
;Wisden Cricketers of the Year
;PCA Player of the Year
;PCA Most Valuable Player of the Year
County Championship
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 | 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 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 35 | 0.0 | 106 |
| Worcestershire | 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 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 43 | 0.0 | 194 |
| Yorkshire | 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 |