2012 Twenty20 Cup

2012 Friends Life t20
Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Group stage and knockout
Champions	Hampshire Royals (2nd title)
Participants	18
Matches	97
Most runs	Phillip Hughes, Worcestershire (402)
Most wickets	Mitchell Starc, Yorkshire (21)
Official website	friendslife.co.uk/t20
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The 2012 FriendsLife T20 was the tenth edition of the T20 Blast formerly known as the FriendsLife T20, England's premier domestic Twenty20 competition. The competition ran from 12 June to 25 August 2012. The teams in the tournament remained the same as the previous season.

The schedule of the tournament had been widely criticised the previous season and the ECB had decided to reduce the minimum number of days in which a county would play from 92 to 86 for 2012. This meant a change in format from 2 groups of 9, from which the top 4 would qualify to the quarter-finals, to an arrangement with 3 groups of 6. The format of the knock-out rounds (quarter-finals) remain unchanged.^[1] This reduces the number of matches in the competition from 151 to 97 in a return to the format of the 2008 and 2009 editions of the Twenty20 Cup.

Finals Day was at the SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff for the first time. Hampshire Royals and Yorkshire Carnegie, as the winners and runners-up of the tournament respectively, qualified for the 2012 Champions League Twenty20.^[2]

In the quarter-final match between Sussex and Gloucestershire, Scott Styris scored the equal third-fastest century in T20 history, after making 100 not out from 37 balls. In the same match, Gloucestershire's James Fuller conceded 38 runs from one over.^[3]

Format

The 18 teams are divided into three groups of six and each group plays a double round-robin tournament. The top two teams from each group and the top two third-placed teams qualify for the knockout stage: a three-round single-elimination tournament. The top team from each group and the best second-placed team will each play in a different quarter-final at their home ground. A free draw determines the placement of the remaining four teams and the semi-final and final match-ups.^[4]

Teams

Team	Location	County	Division	Home ground	Coach	Captain	Overseas player(s)
Derbyshire Falcons	Derby	Derbyshire	North	County Ground	Karl Krikken	Wayne Madsen	Usman Khawaja^[5] and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
Durham Dynamos	Chester-le-Street	County Durham	North	Riverside Ground	Geoff Cook	Phil Mustard	Herschelle Gibbs^[6] and Johann Myburgh
Essex Eagles	Chelmsford	Essex	South	County Ground	Paul Grayson	James Foster	James Franklin^[7]
Gloucestershire Gladiators	Bristol	Gloucestershire	Midlands/Wales/West	Nevil Road	John Bracewell	Hamish Marshall	Muttiah Muralitharan^[8]
Hampshire Royals	Southampton	Hampshire	South	Rose Bowl	Giles White	James Adams	Shahid Afridi and Glenn Maxwell
Kent Spitfires	Canterbury	Kent	South	St Lawrence Ground	Jimmy Adams	Rob Key	Brendan Nash
Lancashire Lightning	Manchester	Lancashire	North	Old Trafford	Peter Moores	Glen Chapple	Yasir Arafat and Ashwell Prince
Leicestershire Foxes	Leicester	Leicestershire	North	Grace Road	Phil Whitticase	Matthew Hoggard	Abdul Razzaq and Ramnaresh Sarwan
Middlesex Panthers	London	Middlesex	South	Lord's	Richard Scott	Neil Dexter	Chris Rogers
Northamptonshire Steelbacks	Northampton	Northamptonshire	Midlands/Wales/West	County Ground	David Capel	Andrew Hall	Chaminda Vaas and Cameron White
Nottinghamshire Outlaws	Nottingham	Nottinghamshire	North	Trent Bridge	Mick Newell	Chris Read	Adam Voges
Somerset	Taunton	Somerset	Midlands/Wales/West	County Ground	Andy Hurry	Marcus Trescothick	Richard Levi and Albie Morkel
Surrey Lions	London	Surrey	South	The Oval	Chris Adams	Rory Hamilton-Brown	Murali Kartik and Dirk Nannes
Sussex Sharks	Hove	Sussex	South	County Cricket Ground	Mark Robinson	Michael Yardy	Scott Styris
Warwickshire Bears	Birmingham	Warwickshire	Midlands/Wales/West	Edgbaston	Ashley Giles	Jim Troughton	Jeetan Patel
Welsh Dragons	Cardiff	Glamorgan	Midlands/Wales/West	Sophia Gardens	Matthew Mott	Jim Allenby	Shaun Marsh and Marcus North
Worcestershire Royals	Worcester	Worcestershire	Midlands/Wales/West	New Road	Steve Rhodes	Daryl Mitchell	Phillip Hughes and Sohail Tanvir
Yorkshire Carnegie	Leeds	Yorkshire	North	Headingley Carnegie	Jason Gillespie	Andrew Gale	David Miller and Mitchell Starc

Group stage

Midlands/Wales/West Division

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Somerset	10	5	2	3	13	0.275
2	Gloucestershire Gladiators	10	4	2	4	12	0.248
3	Worcestershire Royals	10	4	3	3	11	0.578
4	Warwickshire Bears	10	4	3	3	11	−0.033
5	Welsh Dragons	10	2	3	5	9	−0.708
6	Northamptonshire Steelbacks	10	1	7	2	4	−0.611

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

	Gloucestershire Gladiators	Northamptonshire Steelbacks	Somerset	Warwickshire Bears	Welsh Dragons	Worcestershire Royals
Gloucestershire Gladiators		Gloucestershire 8 runs	Abandoned No result	Warwickshire 7 wickets	Abandoned No result	Gloucestershire 7 wickets
Northamptonshire Steelbacks	Gloucestershire 8 wickets (D/L)		Somerset 7 wickets	Warwickshire 7 wickets	Abandoned No result	Worcestershire 14 runs
Somerset	Gloucestershire 9 wickets	Somerset 5 wickets		Somerset 63 runs	Somerset 4 wickets	Worcestershire 54 runs
Warwickshire Bears	Abandoned No result	Warwickshire 6 wickets	Abandoned No result		Glamorgan 22 runs (D/L)	Abandoned No result
Welsh Dragons	Abandoned No result	Northamptonshire 9 wickets	No result	Glamorgan 5 runs (D/L)		Abandoned No result
Worcestershire Royals	Worcestershire 47 runs	Abandoned No result	Somerset 7 wickets	Warwickshire 8 wickets	Glamorgan 19 runs

Home team won	Away team won

Fixtures

13 June
Scorecard

Somerset (H)
191/6 (20 overs)

v

Warwickshire Bears
128 (18.5 overs)

Somerset won by 63 runs
County Ground, Taunton

14 June
Scorecard

Gloucestershire Gladiators (H)

v

Somerset

Match abandoned
County Ground, Bristol

14 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H)
70/3 (9.3 overs)

v

Welsh Dragons

Match abandoned
County Ground, Northampton

15 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Warwickshire Bears (H)

v

Worcestershire Royals

Match abandoned
Edgbaston, Birmingham

17 June
Scorecard

Warwickshire Bears
141/5 (18 overs)

v

Welsh Dragons (H)
62/1 (8 overs)

Glamorgan won by 5 runs (D/L)
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

17 June
Scorecard

Worcestershire Royals (H)
213/2 (20 overs)

v

Gloucestershire Gladiators
166 (18.5 overs)

Worcestershire won by 47 runs
County Ground, New Road, Worcester

17 June
Scorecard

Northamptonshire Steelbacks
137/5 (20 overs)

v

Somerset (H)
141/5 (19.5 overs)

Somerset won by 5 wickets
County Ground, Taunton

19 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Northamptonshire Steelbacks
149/4 (20 overs)

v

Warwickshire Bears (H)
152/4 (19 overs)

Warwickshire won by 6 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham

21 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Somerset
59/1 (7.1 overs)

v

Warwickshire Bears (H)

No result
Edgbaston, Birmingham

22 June
Scorecard

Gloucestershire Gladiators (H)
139/9 (20 overs)

v

Northamptonshire Steelbacks
131/8 (20 overs)

Gloucestershire won by 8 runs
County Ground, Bristol

22 June
Scorecard

Welsh Dragons
178/5 (20 overs)

v

Somerset (H)
182/6 (19.5 overs)

Somerset won by 4 wickets
County Ground, Taunton

22 June
Scorecard

Worcestershire Royals (H)
120/7 (20 overs)

v

Warwickshire Bears
123/2 (16.3 overs)

Warwickshire won by 8 wickets
County Ground, New Road, Worcester

23 June
Scorecard

Worcestershire Royals
142/5 (20 overs)

v

Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H)
128/5 (20 overs)

Worcestershire won by 14 runs
County Ground, Northampton

23 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Welsh Dragons (H)

v

Gloucestershire Gladiators

Match abandoned
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

26 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H)
115/6 (20 overs)

v

Somerset
116/3 (13.4 overs)

Somerset won by 7 wickets
County Ground, Northampton

27 June
Scorecard

Gloucestershire Gladiators (H)
122/7 (20 overs)

v

Warwickshire Bears
125/3 (18.1 overs)

Warwickshire won by 7 wickets
County Ground, Bristol

29 June
Scorecard

Somerset (H)
140/8 (20 overs)

v

Gloucestershire Gladiators
141/1 (14.4 overs)

Gloucestershire won by 9 wickets
County Ground, Taunton

29 June
Scorecard

Worcestershire Royals (H)
164/5 (20 overs)

v

Welsh Dragons
145/6 (20 overs)

Worcestershire won by 19 runs
County Ground, New Road, Worcester

29 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H)
153/7 (20 overs)

v

Warwickshire Bears
154/3 (16.1 overs)

Warwickshire won by 7 wickets
County Ground, Northampton

30 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Welsh Dragons (H)
110/9 (20 overs)

v

Northamptonshire Steelbacks
111/1 (13.1 overs)

Northamptonshire won by 9 wickets
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

1 July
Scorecard

Worcestershire Royals
173/7 (20 overs)

v

Somerset (H)
119 (19.1 overs)

Worcestershire won by 54 runs
County Ground, Taunton

2 July
Scorecard

Gloucestershire Gladiators (H)

v

Welsh Dragons

Match abandoned
County Ground, Bristol

3 July
Scorecard

Welsh Dragons (H)

v

Worcestershire Royals

Match abandoned
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

5 July
Scorecard

Worcestershire Royals
159/6 (20 overs)

v

Gloucestershire Gladiators (H)
160/3 (18 overs)

Gloucestershire won by 7 wickets
County Ground, Bristol

6 July
Scorecard

Welsh Dragons (H)

v

Somerset

Match abandoned
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

6 July
Scorecard

Worcestershire Royals (H)

v

Northamptonshire Steelbacks

Match abandoned
County Ground, New Road, Worcester

6 July (D/N)
Scorecard

Warwickshire Bears (H)

v

Gloucestershire Gladiators

Match abandoned
Edgbaston, Birmingham

8 July
Scorecard

Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H)
31/4 (8.3 overs)

v

Gloucestershire Gladiators
23/2 (2.2 overs)

Gloucestershire won by 8 wickets (D/L)
County Ground, Northampton

8 July
Scorecard

Welsh Dragons
173/5 (20 overs)

v

Warwickshire Bears (H)
61/4 (9 overs)

Glamorgan won by 22 runs (D/L)
Edgbaston, Birmingham

8 July
Scorecard

Worcestershire Royals (H)
119/7 (20 overs)

v

Somerset
120/3 (18.5 overs)

Somerset won by 7 wickets
County Ground, New Road, Worcester

North Division

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Yorkshire Carnegie	10	7	1	0	2	16	0.863
2	Nottinghamshire Outlaws	10	5	1	0	4	14	1.877
3	Durham Dynamos	10	4	4	1	1	10	−0.251
4	Lancashire Lightning	10	3	4	1	2	9	0.106
5	Derbyshire Falcons	10	2	6	0	2	6	−0.561
6	Leicestershire Foxes	10	2	7	0	1	5	−1.352

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

	Derbyshire Falcons	Durham Dynamos	Lancashire Lightning	Leicestershire Foxes	Nottinghamshire Outlaws	Yorkshire Carnegie
Derbyshire Falcons		Durham 5 wickets	Derbyshire 17 runs (D/L)	Leicestershire 4 wickets	Abandoned No result	Yorkshire 41 runs
Durham Dynamos	Durham 8 wickets		Match tied	Durham 9 wickets	Nottinghamshire 7 wickets	Yorkshire 12 runs
Lancashire Lightning	Derbyshire 3 wickets	Lancashire 8 wickets		Lancashire 8 wickets	Abandoned No result	Abandoned No result
Leicestershire Foxes	Leicestershire 8 runs	Abandoned No result	Lancashire 11 runs		Nottinghamshire 6 wickets	Yorkshire 4 runs
Nottinghamshire Outlaws	No Result	Nottinghamshire 41 runs	Nottinghamshire 8 wickets (D/L)	Nottinghamshire 69 runs		Yorkshire 6 wickets
Yorkshire Carnegie	Yorkshire 21 runs	Durham 2 runs	Yorkshire 19 runs	Yorkshire 22 runs	Abandoned No result

Home team won	Away team won

Fixtures

12 June
Scorecard

Leicestershire Foxes (H)
96 (17.3 overs)

v

Nottinghamshire Outlaws
98/4 (13 overs)

Nottinghamshire won by 6 wickets
Grace Road, Leicester

14 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Lancashire Lightning
168/6 (20 overs)

v

Derbyshire Falcons (H)
118/5 (11.3 overs)

Derbyshire won by 17 runs (D/L)
County Ground, Derby

15 June
Scorecard

Lancashire Lightning
154/6 (20 overs)

v

Leicestershire Foxes (H)
143/8 (20 overs)

Lancashire won by 11 runs
Grace Road, Leicester

15 June
Scorecard

Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H)

v

Derbyshire Falcons

Match abandoned
Trent Bridge, Nottingham

15 June
Scorecard

Durham Dynamos
142/6 (20 overs)

v

Yorkshire Carnegie (H)
140/8 (20 overs)

Durham won by 2 runs
Headingley, Leeds

17 June
Scorecard

Durham Dynamos (H)
114/5 (20 overs)

v

Nottinghamshire Outlaws
117/3 (16.2 overs)

Nottinghamshire won by 7 wickets
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

17 June
Scorecard

Yorkshire Carnegie (H)
170/4 (20 overs)

v

Leicestershire Foxes
148 (20 overs)

Yorkshire won by 22 runs
Headingley, Leeds

18 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Yorkshire Carnegie
150/5 (20 overs)

v

Derbyshire Falcons (H)
109 (20 overs)

Yorkshire won by 41 runs
County Ground, Derby

20 June
Scorecard

Leicestershire Foxes
179/4 (20 overs)

v

Lancashire Lightning (H)
180/2 (19 overs)

Lancashire won by 8 wickets
Old Trafford, Manchester

20 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Derbyshire Falcons (H)
141/6 (20 overs)

v

Durham Dynamos
142/5 (18.5 overs)

Durham won by 5 wickets
County Ground, Derby

22 June
Scorecard

Yorkshire Carnegie
171/6 (20 overs)

v

Durham Dynamos (H)
159 (19.5 overs)

Yorkshire won by 12 runs
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

22 June
Scorecard

Leicestershire Foxes (H)
80/3 (8 overs)

v

Derbyshire Falcons
72/6 (8 overs)

Leicestershire won by 8 runs
Grace Road, Leicester

22 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Lancashire Lightning (H)

v

Nottinghamshire Outlaws

Match abandoned
Old Trafford, Manchester

24 June
Scorecard

Nottinghamshire Outlaws
105/3 (14 overs)

v

Yorkshire Carnegie (H)

No result
North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough

25 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Durham Dynamos
121 (19.2 overs)

v

Lancashire Lightning (H)
122/2 (14 overs)

Lancashire won by 8 wickets
Old Trafford, Manchester

27 June
Scorecard

Derbyshire Falcons
131/7 (20 overs)

v

Durham Dynamos (H)
132/2 (17.1 overs)

Durham won by 8 wickets
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

27 June
Scorecard

Yorkshire Carnegie
151/9 (20 overs)

v

Leicestershire Foxes (H)
147/9 (20 overs)

Yorkshire won by 4 runs
Grace Road, Leicester

29 June
Scorecard

Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H)
210/3 (20 overs)

v

Durham Dynamos
167/9 (20 overs)

Nottinghamshire won by 41 runs
Trent Bridge, Nottingham

29 June
Scorecard

Yorkshire Carnegie (H)
180/6 (20 overs)

v

Lancashire Lightning
161/5 (20 overs)

Yorkshire won by 19 runs
Headingley, Leeds

29 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Derbyshire Falcons (H)
171/3 (20 overs)

v

Leicestershire Foxes
173/6 (20 overs)

Leicestershire won by 4 wickets
County Ground, Derby

1 July
Scorecard

Leicestershire Foxes
114/7 (20 overs)

v

Durham Dynamos (H)
117/1 (13.2 overs)

Durham won by 9 wickets
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

1 July
Scorecard

Lancashire Lightning (H)
122/8 (20 overs)

v

Derbyshire Falcons
124/7 (18.5 overs)

Derbyshire won by 3 wickets
Old Trafford, Manchester

3 July
Scorecard

Lancashire Lightning
178/4 (20 overs)

v

Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H)
52/2 (4 overs)

Nottinghamshire won by 8 wickets (D/L)
Trent Bridge, Nottingham

5 July (D/N)
Scorecard

Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H)
148/6 (20 overs)

v

Yorkshire Carnegie
150/4 (17.4 overs)

Yorkshire won by 6 wickets
Trent Bridge, Nottingham

6 July
Scorecard

Leicestershire Foxes (H)

v

Durham Dynamos

Match abandoned
Grace Road, Leicester

6 July (D/N)
Scorecard

Derbyshire Falcons (H)

v

Nottinghamshire Outlaws

Match abandoned
County Ground, Derby

6 July (D/N)
Scorecard

Lancashire Lightning (H)

v

Yorkshire Carnegie

Match abandoned
Old Trafford, Manchester

8 July
Scorecard

Lancashire Lightning
133/8 (20 overs)

v

Durham Dynamos (H)
133/7 (20 overs)

Match tied
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

8 July
Scorecard

Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H)
196/3 (20 overs)

v

Leicestershire Foxes
127/9 (20 overs)

Nottinghamshire won by 69 runs
Trent Bridge, Nottingham

8 July
Scorecard

Yorkshire Carnegie (H)
180/5 (20 overs)

v

Derbyshire Falcons
159/9 (20 overs)

Yorkshire won by 21 runs
Headingley, Leeds

South Division

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Sussex Sharks	10	6	1	3	15	1.389
2	Hampshire Royals	10	5	2	3	13	0.693
3	Essex Eagles	10	5	4	1	11	−0.032
4	Kent Spitfires	10	4	5	1	9	−0.465
5	Middlesex Panthers	10	3	7	0	6	−0.210
6	Surrey Lions	10	3	7	0	6	−0.700

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

	Essex Eagles	Hampshire Royals	Kent Spitfires	Middlesex Panthers	Surrey Lions	Sussex Sharks
Essex Eagles		Hampshire 6 wickets	Essex 3 runs	Essex 2 wickets	Essex 3 wickets	Sussex 4 wickets
Hampshire Royals	Abandoned No result		Kent 3 runs	Middlesex 6 wickets	Hampshire 7 wickets	Abandoned No result
Kent Spitfires	Kent 23 runs	Hampshire 6 wickets		Middlesex 48 runs	Kent 8 wickets	No result
Middlesex Panthers	Essex 6 runs	Hampshire 4 wickets	Middlesex 3 wickets		Surrey 28 runs (D/L)	Sussex 11 runs
Surrey Lions	Surrey 17 runs	Hampshire 19 runs	Kent 48 runs	Middlesex 1 wicket		Sussex 6 wickets
Sussex Sharks	Sussex 19 runs	No Result	Sussex 83 runs	Sussex 21 runs	Surrey 7 wickets (D/L)

Home team won	Away team won

Fixtures

12 June
Scorecard

Kent Spitfires (H)

v

Sussex Sharks

Match abandoned
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury¹

13 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Surrey Lions (H)
128/8 (20 overs)

v

Essex Eagles
111/9 (20 overs)

Surrey won by 17 runs
Kennington Oval, London

14 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Surrey Lions
149/4 (20 overs)

v

Middlesex Panthers (H)
99/8 (16 overs)

Surrey won by 28 runs (D/L)
Lord's, London

14 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Sussex Sharks (H)

v

Hampshire Royals

Match abandoned
County Ground, Hove

17 June
Scorecard

Surrey Lions
116/7 (20 overs)

v

Kent Spitfires (H)
120/2 (16.2 overs)

Kent won by 8 wickets
Kent County Cricket Ground, Beckenham

17 June
Scorecard

Sussex Sharks
143/8 (20 overs)

v

Middlesex Panthers (H)
132/8 (20 overs)

Sussex won by 11 runs
Lord's, London

18 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Hampshire Royals (H)
157/6 (20 overs)

v

Middlesex Panthers
161/4 (19.2 overs)

Middlesex won by 6 wickets
The Rose Bowl, Southampton

20 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Essex Eagles (H)
158/6 (20 overs)

v

Kent Spitfires
155 (20 overs)

Essex won by 3 runs
County Ground, Chelmsford

21 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Essex Eagles
155/6 (20 overs)

v

Middlesex Panthers (H)
149/9 (20 overs)

Essex won by 6 runs
Lord's, London

22 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Surrey Lions
144/9 (20 overs)

v

Essex Eagles (H)
145/7 (20 overs)

Essex won by 3 wickets
County Ground, Chelmsford

22 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Kent Spitfires
151/5 (20 overs)

v

Hampshire Royals (H)
148/6 (20 overs)

Kent won by 3 runs
The Rose Bowl, Southampton

22 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Sussex Sharks (H)
161/4 (20 overs)

v

Middlesex Panthers
140/6 (20 overs)

Sussex won by 21 runs
County Ground, Hove

24 June
Scorecard

Sussex Sharks (H)
209/6 (20 overs)

v

Essex Eagles
190 (20 overs)

Sussex won by 19 runs
County Ground, Hove

24 June
Scorecard

Kent Spitfires (H)
135/6 (20 overs)

v

Hampshire Royals
138/4 (18.2 overs)

Hampshire won by 6 wickets
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

26 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Middlesex Panthers
207/2 (20 overs)

v

Kent Spitfires (H)
159/7 (20 overs)

Middlesex won by 48 runs
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

27 June
Scorecard

Middlesex Panthers (H)
156/2 (20 overs)

v

Hampshire Royals
160/6 (19.2 overs)

Hampshire won by 4 wickets
Old Deer Park, Richmond

28 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Essex Eagles (H)
177/4 (20 overs)

v

Sussex Sharks
181/6 (19.5 overs)

Sussex won by 4 wickets
County Ground, Chelmsford

29 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Essex Eagles (H)
176/4 (20 overs)

v

Hampshire Royals
177/4 (18 overs)

Hampshire won by 6 wickets
County Ground, Chelmsford

29 June (D/N)
Scorecard

Sussex Sharks (H)
212/6 (20 overs)

v

Kent Spitfires
129 (19.4 overs)

Sussex won by 83 runs
County Ground, Hove

30 June
Scorecard

Surrey Lions
94/6 (20 overs)

v

Hampshire Royals (H)
95/3 (15.3 overs)

Hampshire won by 7 wickets
The Rose Bowl, Southampton

2 July (D/N)
Scorecard

Surrey Lions (H)
84/4 (10 overs)

v

Hampshire Royals
63/0 (5.4 overs)

Hampshire won by 19 runs (D/L)
Kennington Oval, London

3 July (D/N)
Scorecard

Surrey Lions (H)
106/6 (16.2 overs)

v

Sussex Sharks
110/4 (11.4 overs)

Sussex won by 6 wickets
Kennington Oval, London

5 July (D/N)
Scorecard

Middlesex Panthers
109 (19.5 overs)

v

Essex Eagles (H)
110/8 (17.4 overs)

Essex won by 2 wickets
County Ground, Chelmsford

5 July (D/N)
Scorecard

Kent Spitfires
136/8 (20 overs)

v

Surrey Lions (H)
88 (17.3 overs)

Kent won by 48 runs
Kennington Oval, London

6 July (D/N)
Scorecard

Sussex Sharks
203/5 (17.4 overs)

v

Hampshire Royals (H)

No result
The Rose Bowl, Southampton

6 July (D/N)
Scorecard

Essex Eagles
149/5 (20 overs)

v

Kent Spitfires (H)
126/9 (20 overs)

Essex won by 23 runs
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

6 July (D/N)
Scorecard

Surrey Lions (H)
154/4 (20 overs)

v

Middlesex Panthers
157/9 (19.5 overs)

Middlesex won by 1 wicket
Kennington Oval, London

8 July
Scorecard

Hampshire Royals (H)

v

Essex Eagles

Match abandoned
The Rose Bowl, Southampton

8 July
Scorecard

Middlesex Panthers (H)
124/9 (20 overs)

v

Kent Spitfires
125/7 (19 overs)

Kent won by 3 wickets
Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground, Uxbridge

8 July
Scorecard

Sussex Sharks (H)
104/0 (9 overs)

v

Surrey Lions
64/3 (4.4 overs)

Surrey won by 7 wickets (D/L)
County Ground, Hove

1.^ Game moved from Nevill Ground, Royal Tunbridge Wells due to flooding.^[9]

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

N2

Nottinghamshire Outlaws

178/7

S2

Hampshire Royals

182/6

S2

Hampshire Royals

126/4

M1

Somerset

125/6

M1

Somerset

175/6

S3

Essex Eagles

148

S2

Hampshire Royals

150/6

N1

Yorkshire Carnegie

140/8

S1

Sussex Sharks

230/4

M2

Gloucestershire Gladiators

191/8

S1

Sussex Sharks

136/8

N1

Yorkshire Carnegie

172/6

N1

Yorkshire Carnegie

212/5

M3

Worcestershire Royals

183/6

Quarter-finals

24 July
16:15
Scorecard

Somerset 175/6 (20 overs)	v	Essex Eagles 148 (18.3 overs)
James Hildreth 58 (36) Reece Topley 3/27 (4 overs)		Ryan ten Doeschate 47 (24) Lewis Gregory 4/39 (3.3 overs)

Somerset won by 27 runs
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Michael Gough and Richard Illingworth
Player of the match: James Hildreth (Somerset)

Essex won the toss and elected to field

24 July
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard

Sussex Sharks 230/4 (20 overs)	v	Gloucestershire Gladiators 191/8 (20 overs)
Scott Styris 100* (37) Ian Saxelby 1/48 (4 overs)		Dan Housego 47 (24) Amjad Khan 2/38 (4 overs)

Sussex won by 39 runs
County Ground, Hove
Umpires: Nigel Llong and Tim Robinson
Player of the match: Scott Styris (Sussex)

Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field

25 July
16:15
Scorecard

Yorkshire Carnegie 212/5 (20 overs)	v	Worcestershire Royals 183/6 (20 overs)
Joe Root 65 (40) Daryl Mitchell 2/23 (4 overs)		Phillip Hughes 80* (53) Mitchell Starc 3/24 (4 overs)

Yorkshire won by 29 runs
Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: Rob Bailey and Jeff Evans
Player of the match: Joe Root (Yorkshire)

Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat

25 July
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard

Nottinghamshire Outlaws 178/7 (20 overs)	v	Hampshire Royals 182/6 (20 overs)
Samit Patel 60 (33) Glenn Maxwell 3/36 (4 overs)		Neil McKenzie 79* (49) Samit Patel 3/26 (4 overs)

Hampshire won by 4 wickets
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: Nick Cook and Peter Hartley
Player of the match: Neil McKenzie (Hampshire)

Hampshire won the toss and elected to bowl

Semi-finals

25 August
11:00
Scorecard

Yorkshire Carnegie 172/6 (20 overs)	v	Sussex Sharks 136/8 (20 overs)
Jonny Bairstow 68* (45) Scott Styris 3/22 (4 overs)		Chris Nash 80* (58) Tim Bresnan 2/22 (4 overs)

Yorkshire won by 36 runs
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Umpires: Michael Gough and Jeremy Lloyds
Player of the match: Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire)

Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat

25 August
14:30
Scorecard

Somerset 125/6 (20 overs)	v	Hampshire Royals 126/4 (19 overs)
Craig Kieswetter 63* (57) Dimitri Mascarenhas 2/11 (4 overs)		Sean Ervine 34* (23) Lewis Gregory 1/9 (2 overs)

Hampshire won by 6 wickets
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Umpires: Rob Bailey and Nick Cook
Player of the match: Sean Ervine (Hampshire)

Hampshire won the toss and elected to bowl

Final

25 August
18:45 (D/N)
Scorecard

Hampshire Royals 150/6 (20 overs)	v	Yorkshire Carnegie 140/8 (20 overs)
James Adams 43 (37) Ryan Sidebottom 2/20 (4 overs)		David Miller 72* (46) Chris Wood 3/26 (4 overs)

Hampshire won by 10 runs
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Umpires: Rob Bailey and Michael Gough
Player of the match: David Miller (Yorkshire)

Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat

Statistics

Highest team totals

The following table lists the five highest team scores in the season.^[10]

Team	Total	Opponent	Ground
Sussex Sharks	230/4	Gloucestershire Gladiators	County Ground, Hove
Worcestershire Royals	213/2	Gloucestershire Gladiators	New Road, Worcester
Yorkshire Carnegie	212/5	Worcestershire Royals	Headingley Carnegie, Leeds
Sussex Sharks	212/6	Kent Spitfires	County Ground, Hove
Nottinghamshire Outlaws	210/3	Durham Dynamos	Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Most runs

The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.^[11]

Player	Team	Runs	Inns	Avg	S/R	HS	50s	4s	6s
Phillip Hughes	Worcestershire Royals	402	8	100.50	126.81	87*	4	37	7
David Miller	Yorkshire Carnegie	390	11	48.75	153.54	74*	4	30	21
Chris Nash	Sussex Sharks	319	10	39.87	131.27	80*	3	32	8
Steven Croft	Lancashire Lightning	313	8	62.60	129.33	65*	2	17	11
Luke Wright	Sussex Sharks	312	10	34.66	160.00	91	2	32	11

Highest scores

This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.^[12]

Player	Team	Score	Balls	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground
James Hildreth	Somerset	107*	60	15	1	Welsh Dragons	County Ground, Taunton
Scott Styris	Sussex Sharks	100*	37	5	9	Gloucestershire Gladiators	County Ground, Hove
Luke Wright	Sussex Sharks	91	61	7	2	Middlesex Panthers	County Ground, Hove
Joe Denly	Middlesex Panthers	90*	66	11	1	Kent Spitfires	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Alex Hales	Nottinghamshire Outlaws	88	51	6	4	Durham Dynamos	Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Most wickets

The following table contains the six leading wicket-takers of the season.^[13]

Player	Team	Wkts	Mts	Ave	S/R	Econ	BBI
Mitchell Starc	Yorkshire Carnegie	21	10	10.38	10.5	5.91	3/24
Chris Liddle	Sussex Sharks	17	10	11.94	9.7	7.33	5/17
Reece Topley	Essex Eagles	17	9	14.47	11.2	7.68	3/19
Dimitri Mascarenhas	Hampshire Royals	15	11	16.46	15.2	6.50	2/11
Moin Ashraf	Yorkshire Carnegie	15	12	23.93	18.8	7.63	4/18
Richard Pyrah	Yorkshire Carnegie	15	12	23.93	18.0	7.97	3/21

Best bowling figures

This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season.^[14]

Player	Team	Overs	Figures	Opponent	Ground
Chris Liddle	Sussex Sharks	4.0	5/17	Middlesex Panthers	Lord's, London
Greg Smith	Essex Eagles	3.0	5/17	Kent Spitfires	County Ground, Chelmsford
Gareth Batty	Surrey Lions	4.0	4/13	Middlesex Panthers	Lord's, London
Max Waller	Somerset	4.0	4/16	Warwickshire Bears	County Ground, Taunton
Ian Saxelby	Gloucestershire Gladiators	4.0	4/16	Northamptonshire Steelbacks	County Ground, Bristol

References

^ "Friends Life t20 | event format". www.ecb.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012.
^ "CLT20 returns to South Africa".
^ "Scott Styris hits equal third-fastest T20 ton as Sussex beat Gloucestershire". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
^ "Friends Life t20, 2012 / Points table". CricInfo. ESPN. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
^ "Khawaja agrees to Derbyshire return". CricInfo. ESPN. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
^ "Durham brings in Gibbs for T20". CricInfo. ESPN. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
^ "Essex sign James Franklin for t20". CricInfo. ESPN. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
^ "Muralitharan back at Gloucestershire for T20s". CricInfo. ESPN. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
^ "Severe weather: Thanet beaches stay closed and Kent cricket moves". BBC News. 12 June 2012.
^ "Friends Life t20, 2012 / Records / Highest totals". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
^ "Friends Life t20, 2012 / Records / Most runs". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
^ "Friends Life t20, 2012 / Records / High scores". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
^ "Friends Life t20, 2012 / Records / Most wickets". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
^ "Friends Life t20, 2012 / Records / Best bowling figures in an innings". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2012.

External links

[1] "Friends Life t20 | event format". www.ecb.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012.

[2] "CLT20 returns to South Africa".

[T20Century-3] "Scott Styris hits equal third-fastest T20 ton as Sussex beat Gloucestershire". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 July 2012.

[4] "Friends Life t20, 2012 / Points table". CricInfo. ESPN. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

[5] "Khawaja agrees to Derbyshire return". CricInfo. ESPN. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

[6] "Durham brings in Gibbs for T20". CricInfo. ESPN. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

[7] "Essex sign James Franklin for t20". CricInfo. ESPN. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

[8] "Muralitharan back at Gloucestershire for T20s". CricInfo. ESPN. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

[9] "Severe weather: Thanet beaches stay closed and Kent cricket moves". BBC News. 12 June 2012.

[10] "Friends Life t20, 2012 / Records / Highest totals". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2012.

[11] "Friends Life t20, 2012 / Records / Most runs". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2012.

[12] "Friends Life t20, 2012 / Records / High scores". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2012.

[13] "Friends Life t20, 2012 / Records / Most wickets". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2012.

[14] "Friends Life t20, 2012 / Records / Best bowling figures in an innings". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2012.

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