2012 Minor Counties Championship Explained

Administrator:	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket Format:	(3 days, 4 day final)
Tournament Format:	League system
Champions:	Cornwall
Count:	1
Participants:	20
Matches:	61
Most Runs:	Khalid Sawas (518 for Cheshire)
Most Wickets:	Toby Bulcock (36 for Cumberland)
Previous Year:	2011
Previous Tournament:	2011 Minor Counties Championship
Next Year:	2013
Next Tournament:	2013 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]

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

Team	Pld	W	W1	L	L1	T	D	D1	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts	Net RPW
	6	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	10	16	0	90	6.359
	6	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	21	-2	82	0.639
	6	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	15	21	0	72	16.477
	6	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	19	0	69	14.467
	6	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	14	21	-2	65	3.645
	6	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	7	11	0	58	-0.238
	6	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	8	14	0	50	3.359
	6	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	9	17	0	46	-8.066
	6	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	9	18	-6	37	-22.030
	6	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	5	18	0	31	-8.448
Source:

Western Division

Team	Pld	W	W1	L	L1	T	D	D1	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts	Net RPW
Cornwall (C)	6	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	21	0	88	2.512
	6	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	8	19	0	79	3.960
	6	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	15	23	0	78	3.698
	6	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	10	14	0	70	1.248
	6	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	12	13	0	65	0.353
	6	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	11	18	0	61	0.045
	6	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	8	20	0	60	0.420
	6	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	7	11	0	54	6.380
	6	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	4	15	0	35	-10.484
	6	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	3	15	-2	34	-10.408
Source:

Averages

Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 518 57.55 Khalid Sawas Cheshire 503 55.88 Martyn Cull Suffolk 480 48.00 Joe Breet Wiltshire 468 52.00 Matthew Jones Berkshire 443 40.27 Lincolnshire Source:^[3]

Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 36 13.47 Toby Bulcock Cumberland 34 16.17 Daniel Woods Cheshire 31 12.41 Cambridgeshire 30 14.23 Brett Houston Lincolnshire 30 19.26 Sam Hockin Cornwall Source:^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cornwall claim their first Minor Counties Championship title. BBC Sport. 12 September 2012 . 11 April 2016.
2. Web site: subscription . Minor Counties Championship 2012 Points Table. CricketArchive. 11 April 2016.
3. Web site: subscription . Minor Counties Championship 2012 Batting (Ordered by runs). CricketArchive. 11 April 2016.
4. Web site: subscription . Minor Counties Championship 2012 Bowling (Ordered by wickets). CricketArchive. 11 April 2016.