2012 Minor Counties Championship

The 2012 Minor Counties Championship was the 108th Minor Counties Cricket Championship season. It was contested through two divisions: Eastern and Western. Cornwall became Minor County Champions for first time.[1]

2012 Minor Counties Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format(3 days, 4 day final)
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsCornwall (1st title)
Participants20
Matches played61
Most runsKhalid Sawas
(518 for Cheshire)
Most wicketsToby Bulcock
(36 for Cumberland)

Standings
  • Pld = Played, W = Wins, W1 = Win in match reduced to single innings, L = Losses, L1 = Loss in match reduced to single innings, T = Ties, D = Draws, D1 = Draw in match reduced to single innings, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Ded = Deducted points, Pts = Points, Net RPW = Net runs per wicket (runs per wicket for less runs per wicket against).

Teams receive 16 points for a win, 4 for a draw, or 8 for the team batting last in a draw with the scores level. Teams also received 12 points for a win, 6 for a draw and 4 points for losing a match reduced to a single innings. Matches abandoned without any play award 8 points to each team. Bonus points (a maximum of 4 batting points and 4 bowling points) may be scored during the first 90 overs of each team's first innings.[2]

Eastern Division
TeamPldWW1LL1TDD1ABatBowlDedPtsNet RPW
Buckinghamshire63000020110160906.359
Cambridgeshire630100200721-2820.639
Norfolk610000500152107216.477
Cumberland62010030061906914.467
Suffolk6101004001421-2653.645
Staffordshire610100202711058-0.238
Northumberland6000005018140503.359
Hertfordshire600100500917046-8.066
Bedfordshire600200400918-637-22.030
Lincolnshire600400200518031-8.448
Source:[2]

Western Division
TeamPldWW1LL1TDD1ABatBowlDedPtsNet RPW
Cornwall (C)6300003007210882.512
Oxfordshire6200003018190793.960
Wiltshire62020020015230783.698
Shropshire62010021010140701.248
Dorset61010020212130650.353
Berkshire61010040011180610.045
Cheshire6102002018200600.420
Devon6010004017110546.380
Wales Minor Counties600310101415035-10.484
Herefordshire600200310315-234-10.408
Source:[2]

Final
9–12 September
Scorecard
v
257 (90 overs)
CA Hunkin 77 (152)
SF Stanway 4/73 (35 overs)
205/9 (90 overs)
SA Khalid 36* (105)
TG Sharp 5/76 (38 overs)
209 (94.1 overs)
NS Curnow 53 (208)
Faisal Ali 3/41 (14.1 overs)
111 (68.4 overs)
Fahim Qureshi 39 (145)
Shakeel Ahmed 7/36 (21.4 overs)
Cornwall won by 150 runs
Boscawen Park, Truro
Umpires: John Attridge and Geoff Callaway
  • Buckinghamshire won the toss and elected to field.

Averages
Most runs
Aggregate Average Player County
51857.55Khalid SawasCheshire
50355.88Martyn CullSuffolk
48048.00Joe BreetWiltshire
46852.00Matthew JonesBerkshire
44340.27Dan BirchLincolnshire
Source:[3]
Most wickets
Aggregate Average Player County
3613.47Toby BulcockCumberland
3416.17Daniel WoodsCheshire
3112.41Paul McMahonCambridgeshire
3014.23Brett HoustonLincolnshire
3019.26Sam HockinCornwall
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References
  1. "Cornwall claim their first Minor Counties Championship title". BBC Sport. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. "Minor Counties Championship 2012 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  3. "Minor Counties Championship 2012 Batting (Ordered by runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  4. "Minor Counties Championship 2012 Bowling (Ordered by wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
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