2012 Minor Counties Championship

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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
Matches61
Most runsKhalid Sawas
(518 for Cheshire)
Most wicketsToby Bulcock
(36 for Cumberland)
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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
Buckinghamshire 6 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 10 16 0 90 6.359
Cambridgeshire 6 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 21 -2 82 0.639
Norfolk 6 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 15 21 0 72 16.477
Cumberland 6 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 19 0 69 14.467
Suffolk 6 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 14 21 -2 65 3.645
Staffordshire 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 7 11 0 58 -0.238
Northumberland 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 8 14 0 50 3.359
Hertfordshire 6 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 9 17 0 46 -8.066
Bedfordshire 6 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 9 18 -6 37 -22.030
Lincolnshire 6 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 5 18 0 31 -8.448
Source:[2]

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
Oxfordshire 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 8 19 0 79 3.960
Wiltshire 6 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 15 23 0 78 3.698
Shropshire 6 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 10 14 0 70 1.248
Dorset 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 12 13 0 65 0.353
Berkshire 6 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 11 18 0 61 0.045
Cheshire 6 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 8 20 0 60 0.420
Devon 6 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 7 11 0 54 6.380
Wales Minor Counties 6 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 4 15 0 35 -10.484
Herefordshire 6 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 15 -2 34 -10.408
Source:[2]

Final[]

9–12 September
Scorecard
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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
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 Dan Birch Lincolnshire
Source:[3]
Most wickets
Aggregate Average Player County
36 13.47 Toby Bulcock Cumberland
34 16.17 Daniel Woods Cheshire
31 12.41 Paul McMahon Cambridgeshire
30 14.23 Brett Houston Lincolnshire
30 19.26 Sam Hockin Cornwall
Source:[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Cornwall claim their first Minor Counties Championship title". BBC Sport. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "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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