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Cricket season
The 2012 international cricket season was from April 2012 to August 2012.[ 1] One year after gaining the number-one ranking in the ICC Test Championship , England lost the ranking to South Africa in August 2012 following a 0–2 Test series defeat at home.[ 2] Also in August 2012, England rose to number one in the ICC ODI Championship following ten consecutive ODI victories and the annual update of the rankings. The update also put South Africa and India within one rankings point behind England.[ 3]
The previous number one ODI team was Australia , who slipped to number four after holding the top spot from September 2009. Shortly before they lost the ranking, they lost 0–4 in an ODI series in England .[ 4] It marked the end to their era of dominance in ODI cricket which included three consecutive World Cup wins, two ICC Champions Trophy wins and finishing nine of the past eleven years with the number-one ranking.[ 5] [ 6] The annual update also put South Africa at the top of the ICC T20I Championship rankings, replacing England.[ 7] However, the T20I rankings would change significantly as a result of the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 at the start of the following season .[ 8]
Pre-season rankings [ edit ]
Notes
Zimbabwe is currently unranked in Tests, as it has played insufficient matches. It has 167 points and a rating of 42 .
Bangladesh is currently unranked in T20Is, as it has played insufficient matches.
West Indies in England [ edit ]
Pakistan in Sri Lanka [ edit ]
T20I series
No.
Date
Home captain
Away captain
Venue
Result
T20I 244
1 June
Mahela Jayawardene
Mohammad Hafeez
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium , Hambantota
Sri Lanka by 37 runs
T20I 245
3 June
Mahela Jayawardene
Mohammad Hafeez
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium , Hambantota
Pakistan by 23 runs
ODI series
No.
Date
Home captain
Away captain
Venue
Result
ODI 3272
7 June
Mahela Jayawardene
Misbah-ul-Haq
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium , Pallekele
Pakistan by 6 wickets
ODI 3273
9 June
Mahela Jayawardene
Misbah-ul-Haq
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium , Pallekele
Sri Lanka by 76 runs
ODI 3274
13 June
Mahela Jayawardene
Misbah-ul-Haq
R. Premadasa Stadium , Colombo
No result
ODI 3275
16 June
Mahela Jayawardene
Misbah-ul-Haq
R. Premadasa Stadium , Colombo
Sri Lanka by 44 runs
ODI 3277
18 June
Mahela Jayawardene
Misbah-ul-Haq
R. Premadasa Stadium , Colombo
Sri Lanka by 2 wickets
Test series
No.
Date
Home captain
Away captain
Venue
Result
Test 2046
22–26 June
Mahela Jayawardene
Mohammad Hafeez
Galle International Stadium , Galle
Sri Lanka by 209 runs
Test 2047
30 June–4 July
Mahela Jayawardene
Misbah-ul-Haq
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground , Colombo
Match drawn
Test 2048
8–12 July
Mahela Jayawardene
Misbah-ul-Haq
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium , Pallekele
Match drawn
Zimbabwe Twenty20 Triangular Series [ edit ]
Although contested by three ICC full member nations , this tournament does not have Twenty20 International status, because it was organised outside of the ICC Future Tours Programme . The matches are considered to be first-class-equivalent Twenty20 matches.[ 10]
Australia in Ireland [ edit ]
Australia in England [ edit ]
New Zealand vs West Indies in the United States [ edit ]
Afghanistan in Ireland [ edit ]
New Zealand in West Indies [ edit ]
ODI series
No.
Date
Home captain
Away captain
Venue
Result
ODI 3283
5 July
Darren Sammy
Ross Taylor
Sabina Park , Kingston , Jamaica
West Indies by 9 wickets (D/L)
ODI 3285
7 July
Darren Sammy
Ross Taylor
Sabina Park , Kingston , Jamaica
West Indies by 55 runs
ODI 3288
11 July
Darren Sammy
Ross Taylor
Warner Park Stadium , Basseterre , St Kitts
New Zealand by 88 runs
ODI 3289
14 July
Darren Sammy
Ross Taylor
Warner Park Stadium , Basseterre , St Kitts
West Indies by 24 runs
ODI 3290
16 July
Darren Sammy
Ross Taylor
Warner Park Stadium , Basseterre , St Kitts
West Indies by 20 runs
Test series
No.
Date
Home captain
Away captain
Venue
Result
Test 2050
25–29 July
Darren Sammy
Ross Taylor
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium , North Sound , Antigua
West Indies by 9 wickets
Test 2052
2–6 August
Darren Sammy
Ross Taylor
Sabina Park , Kingston , Jamaica
West Indies by 5 wickets
Bangladesh in Ireland [ edit ]
South Africa in England [ edit ]
Test series
No.
Date
Home captain
Away captain
Venue
Result
Test 2049
19–23 July
Andrew Strauss
Graeme Smith
The Oval , London
South Africa by an innings and 12 runs
Test 2051
2–6 August
Andrew Strauss
Graeme Smith
Headingley , Leeds
Match drawn
Test 2053
16–20 August
Andrew Strauss
Graeme Smith
Lord's , London
South Africa by 51 runs
ODI series
No.
Date
Home captain
Away captain
Venue
Result
ODI 3296
24 August
Alastair Cook
AB de Villiers
Sophia Gardens , Cardiff
No result
ODI 3298
28 August
Alastair Cook
AB de Villiers
The Rose Bowl , Southampton
South Africa by 80 runs
ODI 3300
31 August
Alastair Cook
AB de Villiers
The Oval , London
England by 4 wickets
ODI 3302
2 September
Alastair Cook
AB de Villiers
Lord's , London
England by 6 wickets
ODI 3304
5 September
Alastair Cook
AB de Villiers
Trent Bridge , Nottingham
South Africa by 7 wickets
T20I Series
No.
Date
Home captain
Away captain
Venue
Result
T20I 258
8 September
Stuart Broad
AB de Villiers
Riverside Ground , Chester-le-Street
South Africa by 7 wickets
T20I 260
10 September
Stuart Broad
AB de Villiers
Old Trafford , Manchester
No result
T20I 262
12 September
Stuart Broad
AB de Villiers
Edgbaston , Birmingham
England won by 28 runs
Bangladesh vs Scotland in the Netherlands [ edit ]
Bangladesh in the Netherlands [ edit ]
New Zealand in India [ edit ]
Bangladesh in Zimbabwe [ edit ]
Bangladesh were scheduled to tour Zimbabwe in August 2012, but the tour has been postponed to April 2013 as the pitches at both Queen's Park Oval , Bulawayo and Harare Sports Club , Harare are being relaid.[ 11]
Australia vs Afghanistan in the United Arab Emirates [ edit ]
Pakistan vs Australia in the United Arab Emirates [ edit ]
Trinidad Quadrangular T20 [ edit ]
Twenty20 series
No.
Date
Team 1
Captain 1
Team 2
Captain 2
Venue
Result
Match 1
6 September
Barbados
Kirk Edwards
Bangladesh
Mushfiqur Rahim
Queen's Park Oval , Port of Spain , Trinidad
Bangladesh by 7 wickets
Match 2
6 September
Trinidad and Tobago
Rayad Emrit
Afghanistan
Nawroz Mangal
Queen's Park Oval , Port of Spain , Trinidad
Afghanistan by 3 wickets
Match 3
7 September
Afghanistan
Nawroz Mangal
Bangladesh
Mushfiqur Rahim
Queen's Park Oval , Port of Spain , Trinidad
Bangladesh by 8 wickets
Match 4
7 September
Trinidad and Tobago
Rayad Emrit
Barbados
Kirk Edwards
Queen's Park Oval , Port of Spain , Trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago by 5 wickets
Match 5
8 September
Afghanistan
Shamarh Brooks
Barbados
Kirk Edwards
Queen's Park Oval , Port of Spain , Trinidad
Afghanistan by 5 wickets
Match 6
8 September
Trinidad and Tobago
Rayad Emrit
Bangladesh
Mushfiqur Rahim
Queen's Park Oval , Port of Spain , Trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago by 4 wickets
April 2012 May 2012 June 2012 July 2012 August 2012 September 2012