The 2012 season saw Somerset County Cricket Club competing in three domestic competitions; the first division of the County Championship in which despite the squad being ravaged with injuries they finished as runners-up, the Clydesdale Bank 40 but a poor start meant they finished third in their group, and the county reached the semi-finals of the Friends Life t20 .
The following players made at least one appearance for Somerset in First-class , List A or Twenty20 cricket in 2012. Age given is at the start of Somerset's first match of the season (31 March 2012).
County Championship [ edit ] Note: Pld = Played, W = Wins , L = Losses , D = Draws , T = Ties , A = Abandonments , Bat = Batting points , Bwl = Bowling points , Adj = Adjustments/Penalties, Pts = Points.
County Championship: Division One Team Pld W L D T A Bat Bwl Adj Pts Warwickshire (C) 16 6 1 9 0 0 43 45 0 211 Somerset 16 5 1 10 0 0 32 45 0 187 Middlesex 16 5 4 7 0 0 33 38 0 172 Sussex 16 5 5 6 0 0 28 41 0 167 Nottinghamshire 16 4 2 10 0 0 26 43 0 163 Durham 16 5 5 5 0 1 18 45 -4 157 Surrey 16 3 4 8 0 1 26 40 -2 139 Lancashire (R) 16 1 5 10 0 0 25 35 0 106 Worcestershire (R) 16 1 8 7 0 0 17 42 0 96 Source: CricketArchive[ 37]
No. Date Opponents Venue Result Ref 1 5–8 April Middlesex County Ground , Taunton Won by 6 wickets [ 38] 2 12–15 April Warwickshire Edgbaston , Birmingham Lost by 2 wickets [ 39] 3 19–22 April Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge , Nottingham Drawn [ 40] 4 26–29 April Lancashire County Ground, Taunton Drawn [ 41] 5 9–12 May Durham Riverside Ground , Chester-le-Street Drawn [ 42] 6 16–19 May Surrey The Oval , London Drawn [ 43] 7 22–24 May Durham County Ground, Taunton Won by 5 wickets [ 44] 8 30 May - 2 June Worcestershire New Road , Worcester Drawn [ 45] 9 5–8 June Middlesex Lord's , London Drawn [ 46] 10 18–21 July Warwickshire County Ground, Taunton Won by 1 wicket [ 47] 11 1–4 August Lancashire Aigburth , Liverpool Drawn [ 48] 12 7–10 August Nottinghamshire County Ground, Taunton Drawn [ 49] 13 21–24 August Sussex County Ground, Taunton Drawn [ 50] 14 28–31 August Surrey County Ground, Taunton Drawn [ 51] 15 4–7 September Sussex County Ground , Hove Won by 5 wickets [ 52] 16 11–13 September Worcestershire County Ground, Taunton Won by an innings and 148 runs [ 53]
Note: Pld = Played, W = Wins , L = Losses , T = Ties , NR = No result , Pts = Points, NRR = Net run rate .
No. Stage Date Opponents Venue Result Ref 1 Group B 4 May Surrey The Oval , London Lost by 105 runs [ 56] 2 Group B 13 May Durham Riverside Ground , Chester-le-Street Lost by 14 runs [ 57] 3 Group B 27 May Hampshire County Ground , Taunton Lost by 9 wickets [ 58] 4 Group B 4 June Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge , Nottingham Lost by 5 wickets [ 59] 5 Group B 12 July Glamorgan SWALEC Stadium , Cardiff No Result: Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain [ 60] 6 Group B 15 July Scotland County Ground, Taunton Won by 60 runs [ 61] 7 Group B 22 July Durham County Ground, Taunton Won by 8 wickets [ 62] 8 Group B 28 July Glamorgan County Ground, Taunton Won by 3 wickets [ 63] 9 Group B 12 August Nottinghamshire County Ground, Taunton Won by 5 wickets [ 64] 10 Group B 14 August Hampshire The Rose Bowl , Southampton Won by 50 runs [ 65] 11 Group B 19 August Scotland Bothwell Castle , Uddingston Won by 53 runs: Duckworth–Lewis method used [ 66] 12 Group B 27 August Surrey County Ground, Taunton No Result: Match abandoned after 4.3 overs of the first innings due to rain [ 67]
No. Stage Date Opponents Venue Result Ref 1 Midlands/Wales/West Division 13 June Warwickshire County Ground , Taunton Won by 63 runs [ 70] 2 Midlands/Wales/West Division 14 June Gloucestershire County Ground , Bristol No Result: Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain [ 71] 3 Midlands/Wales/West Division 17 June Northamptonshire County Ground, Taunton Won by 5 wickets [ 72] 4 Midlands/Wales/West Division 21 June Warwickshire Edgbaston , Birmingham No Result: Rain stopped play after 7.1 overs of the first innings [ 73] 5 Midlands/Wales/West Division 22 June Glamorgan County Ground, Taunton Won by 4 wickets [ 74] 6 Midlands/Wales/West Division 26 June Northamptonshire County Ground , Northampton Won by 7 wickets [ 75] 7 Midlands/Wales/West Division 29 June Gloucestershire County Ground, Taunton Lost by 9 wickets [ 76] 8 Midlands/Wales/West Division 1 July Worcestershire County Ground, Taunton Lost by 54 runs [ 77] 9 Midlands/Wales/West Division 6 July Glamorgan SWALEC Stadium , Cardiff No Result: Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain [ 78] 10 Midlands/Wales/West Division 8 July Worcestershire New Road , Worcester Won by 7 wickets [ 79] 11 Quarter-final 24 July Essex County Ground, Taunton Won by 27 runs [ 80] 12 Semi-final 25 August Hampshire SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff Lost by 6 wickets [ 81]
Player First class List A Twenty20 Matches Innings Runs Highest score Average 100s 50s Matches Innings Runs Highest score Average 100s 50s Matches Innings Runs Highest score Average Strike rate 100s 50s Batsmen AWR Barrow 9 15 186 47 12.40 0 0 5 3 108 72 54.00 0 1 NRD Compton 11 18 1,427 236 109.76 5 7 6 6 237 81 47.40 0 3 8 7 120 42* 24.00 97.56 0 0 JC Hildreth 17 26 1,214 268 52.78 4 5 11 10 102 26 12.75 0 0 9 8 223 107* 44.60 133.53 1 1 CR Jones 5 7 150 50 21.42 0 1 3 2 48 24 24.00 0 0 RE Levi 7 7 179 69 25.57 161.26 0 1 ME Trescothick 9 13 506 146 38.92 2 1 5 4 118 87* 39.33 0 1 2 2 31 19 15.50 140.90 0 0 All-rounders JE Burke 1 0 L Gregory 4 4 40 18 10.00 0 0 10 6 103 39 17.16 0 0 7 5 83 22 27.66 127.69 0 0 CAJ Meschede 7 6 172 62 28.66 0 1 6 5 102 33 25.50 0 0 3 3 19 19* 9.50 118.75 0 0 JA Morkel 5 4 81 38 20.25 112.50 0 0 KJ O'Brien 6 4 52 22 17.33 101.96 0 0 C Overton 7 8 75 50 10.71 0 1 2 2 25 20 12.50 0 0 VD Philander 5 6 62 38 10.33 0 0 AV Suppiah 17 26 769 124 29.57 2 5 7 7 144 56 24.00 0 1 7 5 55 18 18.33 114.58 0 0 AC Thomas 9 11 96 39* 9.60 0 0 5 3 23 16* 23.00 0 0 10 3 28 11* 28.00 93.33 0 0 PD Trego 17 22 630 92 35.00 0 4 11 9 245 81 27.22 0 2 8 8 52 16 7.42 67.53 0 0 Wicket-keepers JC Buttler 12 16 400 93 26.66 0 2 10 8 289 71 41.28 0 2 10 9 195 58* 27.85 116.07 0 1 C Kieswetter 11 17 654 152 50.30 1 2 7 7 236 103 33.71 1 1 4 4 134 51 44.66 120.72 0 2 JA Regan 1 0 SD Snell 2 2 18 10 9.00 0 0 2 1 4 4 4.00 100.00 0 0 Bowlers Abdur Rehman 4 5 43 17 8.60 0 0 3 2 17 9 8.50 0 0 AJ Dibble 1 2 44 43 22.00 0 0 GH Dockrell 11 10 54 13* 9.00 0 0 6 4 21 18 7.00 0 0 7 2 2 1* 2.00 22.22 0 0 GM Hussain 6 7 55 29 18.33 0 0 3 2 19 18* – 0 0 SP Kirby 9 11 20 6* 3.33 0 0 6 0 8 1 4 4* – 400.00 0 0 MJ Leach 2 1 0 0* – 0 0 3 1 2 2 2.00 0 0 SI Mahmood 3 4 25 13 8.33 0 0 RG Mutch 1 0 J Overton 3 4 55 34* 27.50 0 0 3 3 19 10 19.00 0 0 AP Sutton 1 0 MTC Waller 3 3 24 17 8.00 0 0 8 4 30 13 10.00 0 0 7 0 Source: CricInfo[ 84] [ 85] [ 86]
Player First class List A Twenty20 Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI BBM 5wi 10wi Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 4wi Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 4wi Abdur Rehman 4 174.0 27 14.18 9/65 14/101 3 1 3 20.5 9 8.11 3.50 6/16 1 JE Burke 1 18.0 2 34.00 2/51 2/68 0 0 JC Buttler 12 2.0 0 – – – 0 0 AJ Dibble 1 13.0 3 14.00 3/42 3/42 0 0 GH Dockrell 11 340.5 35 28.45 6/27 8/62 2 0 6 28.0 2 84.00 6.00 2/32 0 7 26.0 9 18.77 6.50 2/17 0 L Gregory 4 24.0 4 31.75 2/22 2/22 0 0 10 28.4 6 32.50 6.80 2/25 0 7 17.3 6 20.00 6.85 4/39 1 JC Hildreth 17 2.0 0 – – – 0 0 GM Hussain 6 101.4 13 29.61 5/48 5/118 1 0 3 18.2 4 26.00 5.67 2/29 0 CR Jones 5 2.0 1 17.00 1/17 1/17 0 0 C Kieswetter 11 3.0 2 1.50 2/3 2/3 0 0 7 2.0 1 19.00 9.50 1/19 0 SP Kirby 9 225.1 24 30.62 3/34 4/73 0 0 6 40.3 8 21.87 4.32 3/19 0 8 26.4 8 21.37 6.41 3/37 0 MJ Leach 2 20.0 2 21.50 2/37 2/39 0 0 3 19.0 1 90.00 4.73 1/30 0 SI Mahmood 3 66.1 8 30.12 4/62 6/107 0 0 CAJ Meschede 7 119.0 12 34.83 3/26 6/64 0 0 6 35.0 9 22.00 5.65 4/27 1 3 4.0 0 – 9.75 – 0 JA Morkel 5 11.5 5 17.80 7.52 3/30 0 RG Mutch 1 8.0 2 23.00 5.75 2/46 0 KJ O'Brien 6 8.0 1 63.00 7.87 1/15 0 C Overton 7 113.1 12 30.25 4/38 6/87 0 0 2 11.0 1 72.00 6.54 1/35 0 J Overton 3 66.0 6 38.16 2/61 3/106 0 0 2 12.0 4 18.50 6.16 4/42 1 VD Philander 5 181.1 23 21.34 5/43 7/81 2 0 AV Suppiah 17 80.0 3 77.33 1/8 2/41 0 0 7 18.0 2 49.50 5.50 1/32 0 7 12.0 4 22.00 7.33 2/10 0 AP Sutton 1 30.0 2 49.50 1/31 2/99 0 0 AC Thomas 9 252.4 33 22.42 6/60 9/108 2 0 5 27.0 5 22.40 4.14 2/13 0 10 33.0 8 35.25 8.54 3/17 0 PD Trego 17 523.5 50 32.18 5/53 7/115 2 0 11 61.4 15 24.80 6.03 3/26 0 8 11.0 2 36.00 6.54 2/23 0 MTC Waller 3 52.0 4 36.25 3/33 3/62 0 0 8 34.0 4 45.00 5.29 2/29 0 7 21.0 7 21.14 7.04 4/16 1 Source: CricInfo[ 87] [ 88] [ 89]
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