2012 Minor Counties Championship

108th Minor Counties Cricket Championship season

Cricket tournament

2012 Minor Counties ChampionshipAdministrator(s)| England and Wales Cricket Board

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Cricket format| (3 days, 4 day final)
Tournament format(s)| League system
Champions| Cornwall (1st title)
Participants| 20
Matches| 61
Most runs| Khalid Sawas

(518 for Cheshire)
Most wickets| Toby 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

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* 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

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Team | Pld | W | W1 | L | L1 | T | D | D1 | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | Net RPW

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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

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Team | Pld | W | W1 | L | L1 | T | D | D1 | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | Net RPW

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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

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9–12 September
Scorecard

Cornwall (H)

Buckinghamshire

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257 (90 overs)
CA Hunkin 77 (152)
SF Stanway 4/73 (35 overs)

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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)

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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

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| 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

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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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