2012 County Championship
The 2012 County Championship season, known as the LV= County Championship for sponsorship reasons, 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 were promoted to the first division for the 2013 season, while the bottom two sides from Division One were relegated.
Teams
Division One
Team promoted from Division Two| Team | Primary home ground | Other grounds | Coach | Captain | Overseas player |
| Durham | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street | — |  Geoff Cook | Phil Mustard Paul Collingwood | — |
| 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  Chris Rogers | Chris Rogers |
| Nottinghamshire | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | — | Mick Newell | Chris Read | Adam Voges |
| Somerset | County Ground, Taunton | — | Andy Hurry | Marcus Trescothick | Vernon Philander  Abdur Rehman |
| Surrey | The Oval, London | Woodbridge Road, Guildford | Chris Adams | Rory Hamilton-Brown Gareth Batty | Jacques Rudolph  Murali Kartik |
| Sussex | County Ground, Hove | Arundel Castle Cricket Club Ground, Arundel Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham | Mark Robinson | Michael Yardy  Ed Joyce | Steve Magoffin |
| Warwickshire | Edgbaston, Birmingham | — | Ashley Giles | Jim Troughton |  Jeetan Patel |
| Worcestershire | County Ground, New Road, Worcester | — | Steve Rhodes | Daryl Mitchell | Michael Klinger Phillip Hughes |
Division Two
Team relegated from Division One| Team | Primary home ground | Other grounds | Coach | Captain | Overseas player |
| Derbyshire | County Ground, Derby | Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Karl Krikken | Wayne Madsen | Martin Guptill Usman Khawaja |
| Essex | County Ground, Chelmsford | Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester | Paul Grayson | James Foster | Alviro Petersen Harbhajan Singh |
| Glamorgan | SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff | Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea St Helen's, Swansea | Matthew Mott |  Mark Wallace | Moisés Henriques Marcus North |
| Gloucestershire | County Ground, Bristol | College Ground, Cheltenham | John Bracewell | Alex Gidman | Kane Williamson Ed Cowan Rob Nicol |
| 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.
Division One
Division Two
Results summary
The fixtures for 2012 were announced in November 2011.Division One
Division Two
Results in full
Division One
April
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