The 2012 season was Glamorgan County Cricket Club's 125th year in existence and their 92nd as a first-class cricket county. They played most of their home matches at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff, but also used outgrounds in Swansea (St Helen's) and Rhos-on-Sea (Penrhyn Avenue). They finished sixth in Division Two of the County Championship, as well as sixth in Group B of the ECB40 and fifth in the Mid/Wales/West Group of the Twenty20 Cup, missing out on the knockout stage of both competitions. In the limited-overs formats, the team rebranded as "Welsh Dragons" in an effort to reinforce the club's status as the representative of the whole of Wales in county cricket.
The team was coached by Matthew Mott for a second year, albeit in a new role as head of elite performance. Wicketkeeper-batsman Mark Wallace served as captain in the County Championship and the ECB40, while Jim Allenby led the team in the Twenty20 Cup. The team signed Australian batsman Marcus North as their overseas player for the 2012 season, but because he was unavailable for the first month of the season due to the birth of his second child, Glamorgan also brought in fellow Australian Moises Henriques to play in the first few games. After initially approaching Australia bowler Mitchell Johnson for the Twenty20 Cup, the team also signed another Australian, Shaun Marsh. Other signings included the return of England seam bowler Simon Jones after a brief return on loan in 2011, although he was predominantly used as a white-ball player. South Africa-born batsman Martin van Jaarsveld was also brought in as a Kolpak player, initially just for the Twenty20 Cup, although he did end up playing in two ECB40 matches. South African opener Alviro Petersen did not return for the 2012 season after captaining Glamorgan in 2011, and Mike Powell also left after 15 years with the club, signing for Kent after being released by Glamorgan at the end of the previous season.
The season was marred by the death of 23-year-old former Glamorgan player Tom Maynard, whose father Matthew was also a former Glamorgan player and coach. Maynard's body was found on the tracks at Wimbledon Park tube station after being hit by a train on the morning of 18 June 2012, having fled on foot after being pulled over by police for driving erratically earlier in the night. Glamorgan rearranged their T20 game against Worcestershire from 20 June to 3 July, before Maynard's funeral at Llandaff Cathedral on 4 July.
Squad No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt. denotes players with international caps. denotes a player who has been awarded a county cap. Ages given as of the first day of the County Championship season, 5 April 2012. No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batsmen Will Bragg Left-handed — Occasional wicket-keeper Shaun Marsh Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Overseas player (T20 only) Marcus North Left-handed Right arm off break Overseas player Gareth Rees* Left-handed Left arm medium Martin van Jaarsveld Right-handed Right arm medium/off break Kolpak registration Stewart Walters Right-handed Right arm leg break Ben Wright* Right-handed Right arm medium-fast All-rounders Jim Allenby* Right-handed Right arm medium T20 captain James Harris* Right-handed Right arm medium-fast Moises Henriques Right-handed Right arm fast-medium Overseas player Nick James Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Graham Wagg Right-handed Left arm medium Wicket-keepers Chris Cooke Right-handed Right arm slow-medium Mark Wallace* Left-handed — Club captain Bowlers Chris Ashling Right-handed Right arm medium-fast Dean Cosker* Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Robert Croft* / Right-handed Right arm off break John Glover Right-handed Right arm medium-fast Simon Jones* / Right-handed Right arm medium-fast Aneurin Norman Right-handed Right arm medium Mike O'Shea Right-handed Right arm medium-fast Will Owen Right-handed Right arm medium-fast Michael Reed Right-handed Right arm fast-medium Andrew Salter Right-handed Right arm off break Huw Waters* Right-handed Right arm medium
County Championship Table
Matches Leicestershire v Glamorgan (5–8 April)
Glamorgan v Derbyshire (12–15 April)
Glamorgan v Hampshire (19–22 April)
Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (26–29 April)
Glamorgan v Essex (2–5 May)
Derbyshire v Glamorgan (16–19 May)
Hampshire v Glamorgan (23–26 May)
Glamorgan v Leicestershire (29 May – 1 June)
Glamorgan v Yorkshire (6–9 June)
Northamptonshire v Glamorgan (14–17 July)
Kent v Glamorgan (19–22 July)
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (1–4 August)
Essex v Glamorgan (15–18 August)
Glamorgan v Northamptonshire (28–31 August)
Yorkshire v Glamorgan (4–7 September)
Glamorgan v Kent (11–14 September)
One-Day Cup Standings
Advanced to the semi-finals
Matches Hampshire v Glamorgan (7 May)
Scotland v Glamorgan (13 May)
Glamorgan v Surrey (2 June)
Glamorgan v Durham (10 June)
Glamorgan v Somerset (12 June)
Somerset v Glamorgan (28 July)
Glamorgan v Scotland (29 July)
Glamorgan v Nottinghamshire (5 August)
Glamorgan v Hampshire (10 August)
Durham v Glamorgan (12 August)
Surrey v Glamorgan (21 August)
Nottinghamshire v Glamorgan (27 August)
Twenty20 Cup
Advanced to the quarter-finals
Matches Northamptonshire v Glamorgan (14 June)
Glamorgan v Warwickshire (17 June)
Somerset v Glamorgan (22 June)
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (23 June)
Worcestershire v Glamorgan (29 June)
Glamorgan v Northamptonshire (30 June)
Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (2 July)
Glamorgan v Worcestershire (3 July)
Glamorgan v Somerset (6 July)
Warwickshire v Glamorgan (8 July)
Pre-season and friendlies Two-day: Somerset v Glamorgan (19–20 March)
40-over: Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (23 March)
40-over: Worcestershire v Glamorgan (26 March)
40-over: Kent v Glamorgan (27 March)
Two-day: Kent v Glamorgan (28–29 March)
Three-day: Oxford MCCU v Glamorgan (31 March – 2 April)
Statistics Batting + First-classPlayerMatchesInningsRunsStewart Walters1423281315938.7151.061701051Mark Wallace16245775122*40.7864.47314873Jim Allenby15224733125*40.7257.852307611Ben Wright1627366110427.5446.71110811Will Bragg152506489225.9254.68053920Marcus North913057711644.3857.35151752Gareth Rees122004136620.6541.38012572Nick James91703278319.2340.17012490Graham Wagg91302636020.2370.13022275Dean Cosker1517324349*17.3551.37002270Source: ESPNcricinfo
+ List APlayerMatchesInningsRunsChris Cooke1191249137*31.12102.04100204Mark Wallace1110121210523.5595.49100260Gareth Rees1110219460*24.2567.12010223Stewart Walters11811836826.1474.08010171Jim Allenby77113039*21.6673.86000141Marcus North8601255920.8365.7801071Ben Wright9601166219.3382.8501072Graham Wagg540622815.5076.5400051Dean Cosker108251258.5076.1100241Nick James420383719.0095.0000020Source: ESPNcricinfo
+ Twenty20PlayerMatchesInningsRunsShaun Marsh6512098552.25129.81020218Jim Allenby651943323.50125.3300094Martin van Jaarsveld640873621.75119.1700092Stewart Walters6337540*—129.3100061Mark Wallace630472515.66142.4200072Marcus North651471711.7577.0400041Chris Cooke540423210.50168.0000233Dean Cosker510131313.00100.0000010James Harris5211313*13.0086.6600110Robert Croft610333.0021.4200000Source: ESPNcricinfo
Bowling + First-classPlayerMatchesInningsOversMaidensRunsWicketsJim Allenby1524359.380992424/395/5423.612.7551.3500Huw Waters1320304.279798397/539/9820.462.6246.8220Graham Wagg916246.345769326/448/6524.033.1146.2110Robert Croft710141.327403235/318/10417.522.8436.9120John Glover713176.440585194/767/12130.783.3155.7800Moises Henriques5895.018323164/546/9420.183.4035.6200Dean Cosker1524361.383991164/225/4661.932.74135.5600James Harris46129.019402105/1185/12740.203.1177.4010Mike Reed4888.01031083/394/9138.753.5266.0000Marcus North9873.0822373/403/4031.853.0562.5700Will Owen3456.2523874/876/14134.004.2248.2800Source: ESPNcricinfo
+ List APlayerMatchesInningsOversMaidensRunsWicketsSimon Jones111171.00443134/2334.076.2332.7610Jim Allenby7749.55183123/1615.253.6724.9100Graham Wagg5534.00229104/4522.906.7320.4010Dean Cosker10968.0529593/2632.774.3345.3300John Glover5536.0023073/3432.856.3830.8500Will Owen4417.308042/3820.004.5726.2500James Harris5535.0121742/3654.256.2052.5000Andrew Salter2216.009032/4130.005.6232.0000Robert Croft114.001511/1515.003.7524.0000Alex Jones114.003111/3131.007.7524.0000Nick James427.004111/3341.005.8542.0000Source: ESPNcricinfo
+ Twenty20PlayerMatchesInningsOversMaidensRunsWicketsSimon Jones6619.0012873/2918.286.7316.2800Robert Croft6618.0113142/2732.757.2727.0000James Harris5515.0214642/4836.509.7322.5000Dean Cosker5513.1010432/2334.667.8926.3300Jim Allenby6615.2012531/141.668.1530.6600Marcus North644.002111/521.005.2524.0000Will Owen225.005911/2059.0011.8030.0000Source: ESPNcricinfo
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