The 2012 County Championship season, known as the LV= County Championship for sponsorship reasons,^[1] was the 113th cricket County Championship season. Warwickshire won their seventh County Championship title. It was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team plays all the others in their division both home and away. The top two teams from Division Two (Derbyshire and Yorkshire) were promoted to the first division for the 2013 season, while the bottom two sides from Division One (Worcestershire and defending champions Lancashire) were relegated.

Derbyshire

Durham

Essex

Glamorgan

Gloucestershire

Hampshire

Kent

Lancashire

Leicestershire

Middlesex

Northampton

Nottinghamshire

Somerset

Surrey

Sussex

Warwickshire

Worcestershire

Yorkshire

Home grounds of each County

Teams

Division One

  Team promoted from Division Two

Team	Primary home ground	Other grounds	Coach	Captain	Overseas player(s)
Durham	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street	—	Geoff Cook	Phil Mustard (Apr-Jul) Paul Collingwood (Jul-Sep)	—
Lancashire	Old Trafford, Manchester	Aigburth, Liverpool	Peter Moores	Glen Chapple	Ashwell Prince
Middlesex	Lord's, London	Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground, Uxbridge	Richard Scott	Neil Dexter (Apr) Chris Rogers (Apr-Sep)	Chris Rogers
Nottinghamshire	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	—	Mick Newell	Chris Read	Adam Voges (May-Sep)
Somerset	County Ground, Taunton	—	Andy Hurry	Marcus Trescothick	Vernon Philander (Apr-May) Abdur Rehman (Aug-Sep)
Surrey	The Oval, London	Woodbridge Road, Guildford	Chris Adams	Rory Hamilton-Brown (Apr-Aug) Gareth Batty (Aug-Sep)	Jacques Rudolph (Apr-May) Murali Kartik (Jun-Sep)
Sussex	County Ground, Hove	Arundel Castle Cricket Club Ground, Arundel Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham	Mark Robinson	Michael Yardy (Apr-Jul) Ed Joyce (Jul-Sep)	Steve Magoffin
Warwickshire	Edgbaston, Birmingham	—	Ashley Giles	Jim Troughton	Jeetan Patel
Worcestershire	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	—	Steve Rhodes	Daryl Mitchell	Michael Klinger (Apr-May) Phillip Hughes (May-Sep)

Division Two

  Team relegated from Division One

Team	Primary home ground	Other grounds	Coach	Captain	Overseas player(s)
Derbyshire	County Ground, Derby	Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Karl Krikken	Wayne Madsen	Martin Guptill (Apr-Jun) Usman Khawaja (Jun-Sep)
Essex	County Ground, Chelmsford	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester	Paul Grayson	James Foster	Alviro Petersen (Apr-Jun) Harbhajan Singh (Jul-Aug)
Glamorgan	SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff	Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea St Helen's, Swansea	Matthew Mott	Mark Wallace	Moisés Henriques (Apr-May) Marcus North (May-Aug)
Gloucestershire	County Ground, Bristol	College Ground, Cheltenham	John Bracewell	Alex Gidman	Kane Williamson (Apr-Jun) Ed Cowan (Jul/Sep) Rob Nicol (Aug)
Hampshire	The Rose Bowl, Southampton	—	Giles White	Jimmy Adams	Simon Katich
Kent	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury	Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells	Jimmy Adams	Robert Key	Brendan Nash
Leicestershire	Grace Road, Leicester	—	Phil Whitticase	Matthew Hoggard	Ramnaresh Sarwan
Northamptonshire	County Ground, Northampton	—	David Ripley	Andrew Hall	Chaminda Vaas
Yorkshire	Headingley, Leeds	North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough	Jason Gillespie	Andrew Gale	Mitchell Starc

Standings

• Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, T = Ties, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Ded = Deducted points, Pts = Points.

Teams receive 16 points for a win and 3 for a draw. Bonus points (a maximum of 5 batting points and 3 bowling points) may be scored during the first 110 overs of each team's first innings.^[2]

Results summary

The fixtures for 2012 were announced in November 2011.^[3]

Division One

	Durham	Lancashire	Middlesex	Nottinghamshire	Somerset	Surrey	Sussex	Warwickshire	Worcestershire
Durham		30 May - 2 Jun Lancashire 2 wickets	27-30 Jul Durham 15 runs	12-15 Apr Nottinghamshire 114 runs	9–12 May Match drawn	7-10 Aug Durham inns & 38 runs	11-14 Sep Durham 5 wickets	5-8 Jun Match drawn	21-24 Aug Durham 6 wickets
Lancashire	28-31 Aug Match drawn		23–26 May Match drawn	2–5 May Nottinghamshire 185 runs	1-4 Aug Match drawn	11-14 Sep Match drawn	12-15 Apr Sussex 10 wickets	19-22 Apr Warwickshire 5 wickets	18-21 Jul Worcestershire 205 runs
Middlesex	19-22 Apr Match drawn	4-7 Sep Middlesex 109 runs		11-14 Jul Match drawn	5-8 Jun Match drawn	12-15 Apr Middlesex 3 runs	30 May - 2 Jun Middlesex 10 wickets	1-4 Aug Match drawn	3–6 May Middlesex 132 runs
Nottinghamshire	15-18 Aug Durham 16 runs	6-9 Jun Match drawn	9–12 May Match drawn		19-22 Apr Match drawn	18-21 Jul Match drawn	27-30 Jul Match drawn	11-14 Sep Match drawn	5-8 Apr Nottinghamshire 92 runs
Somerset	22–25 May Somerset 5 wickets	26-29 Apr Match drawn	5-8 Apr Somerset 6 wickets	7-10 Aug Match drawn		28-31 Aug Match drawn	21-24 Aug Match drawn	18-21 Jul Somerset 1 wicket	11-14 Sep Somerset inns & 148 runs
Surrey	26-29 Apr Match abandoned	11-14 Jul Match drawn	15-18 Aug Surrey 8 runs	4-7 Sep Surrey 195 runs	16–19 May Match drawn		5-8 Apr Surrey 86 runs	23–26 May Warwickshire 5 wickets	19-22 Apr Match drawn
Sussex	18-21 Jul Somerset 2 wickets	9–12 May Match drawn	10-13 Aug Sussex 8 wickets	25–28 May Nottinghamshire 7 wickets	4-7 Sep Somerset 5 wickets	6-9 Jun Sussex 10 wickets		26-29 Apr Match drawn	1-4 Aug Sussex inns & 117 runs
Warwickshire	2–5 May Warwickshire 9 wickets	16–19 May Match drawn	21-24 Aug Match drawn	28-31 Aug Match drawn	12-15 Apr Warwickshire 2 wickets	27-30 Jul Match drawn	12-15 Jul Match drawn		8-11 Aug Warwickshire 7 wickets
Worcestershire	10-13 Jul Match drawn	15-18 Aug Match drawn	28-31 Aug Middlesex 5 wickets	26-29 Apr Match drawn	30 May - 2 Jun Match drawn	9–12 May Match drawn	16–19 May Match drawn	4-7 Sep Warwickshire inns & 202 runs

Division Two

	Derbyshire	Essex	Glamorgan	Gloucestershire	Hampshire	Kent	Leicestershire	Northamptonshire	Yorkshire
Derbyshire		28-31 Aug Match drawn	16–19 May Derbyshire 8 wickets	2–5 May Match drawn	11-14 Sep Derbyshire 6 wickets	2-5 Aug Derbyshire 2 wickets	19-22 Apr Match drawn	5-8 Apr Derbyshire 202 runs	18-21 Jul Match drawn
Essex	23–26 May Derbyshire 10 wickets		15-18 Aug Match drawn	5-8 Apr Essex inns & 38 runs	19-22 Jul Hampshire 2 runs	9–12 May Match drawn	1-4 Aug Match drawn	26-29 Apr Match drawn	11-14 Sep Yorkshire 239 runs
Glamorgan	12-15 Apr Derbyshire 130 runs	2–5 May Match drawn		1-4 Aug Glamorgan 26 runs	19-22 Apr Hampshire 2 wickets	11-14 Sep Glamorgan 7 wickets	29 May - 1 Jun Match drawn	28-31 Aug Match drawn	6-9 Jun Match drawn
Gloucestershire	30 May - 2 Jun Gloucestershire 7 wickets	11-14 Jul Match drawn	26-29 Apr Match abandoned		6-9 Aug Match drawn	15-18 Aug Match drawn	18-21 Jul Match drawn	4-7 Sep 207 runs	9–12 May Yorkshire 4 wickets
Hampshire	9–12 May Match drawn	4-7 Sep Essex 122 runs	23–26 May Hampshire 31 runs	12-15 Apr Gloucestershire 33 runs		27-30 Jul Match drawn	26-29 Apr Match drawn	15-18 Aug Hampshire 8 wickets	11-14 Jul Match drawn
Kent	4-7 Sep Kent 222 runs	8-11 Aug Essex 7 wickets	19-22 Jul Match drawn	19-22 Apr Match drawn	6-9 Jun Match drawn		23–26 May Kent inns & 279 runs	16–19 May Match drawn	26-29 Apr Match drawn
Leicestershire	5-8 Jun Match drawn	16–19 May Match drawn	5-8 Apr Leicestershire 52 runs	11-14 Sep Leicestershire 2 wickets	21-24 Aug Leicestershire 126 runs	28-31 Aug Kent 147 runs		9–12 May Match drawn	27-30 Jul Match drawn
Northamptonshire	21-24 Aug Match drawn	6-9 Jun Match drawn	14-17 Jul Glamorgan 3 wickets	23–26 May Northamptonshire 121 runs	2–5 May Northamptonshire 117 runs	12-15 Apr Kent inns & 120 runs	10-13 Aug Match drawn		1-4 Aug Match drawn
Yorkshire	15-18 Aug Match drawn	19-22 Apr Match drawn	4-7 Sep Yorkshire 8 wickets	28-31 Aug Yorkshire 2 wickets	16–19 May Match drawn	5-8 Apr Match drawn	2–5 May Yorkshire inns & 22 runs	30 May - 2 Jun Match drawn

Results in full

Division One

April

May

June

July

August

September

Division Two

April

May

June

July

August

September

Statistics

Division One

Most runs