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.