| County Championship | |
|---|---|
| Champions | Warwickshire |
| Runners-up | Somerset |
| Most runs | Nick Compton (1,191) |
| Most wickets | Graham Onions (64) |
| Clydesdale Bank 40 | |
| Champions | Hampshire Royals |
| Runners-up | Warwickshire Bears |
| Most runs | Michael Carberry (598) |
| Most wickets | Ajmal Shahzad (21) |
| Friends Life t20 | |
| Champions | Hampshire Royals |
| Runners-up | Yorkshire Carnegie |
| Most runs | Phillip Hughes (402) |
| Most wickets | Mitchell Starc (21) |
| PCA Player of the Year | |
| Nick Compton | |
| Wisden Cricketers of the Year | |
| Tim Bresnan Alastair Cook Glen Chapple Alan Richardson Kumar Sangakkara | |
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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.[1]
During this season, three Test teams toured England: West Indies lost both the Test series (2–0) and the One Day International (ODI) series (2–0), and the solitary Twenty20 International (T20I). Australia also toured, in a series of five match One Day International (ODI) 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 (T20I) series.[2]