By Gary Watton
May 2 2013
Here are all the County Championship fixtures and the Twenty20 final from Yorkshire's successful summer of 2012.
2012: 2nd in League Two (promoted); (County champions: Warwickshire)
Yorkshire v Kent; 5-8 April; at Headingley
Kent first innings: 537 for 9 declared [Coles 103*, Key 97, Nash 67, Newman 64, Davies 58; Shahzad 3-86, Rashid 3-141]
Yorkshire first innings: 364 [Bairstow 107, Rashid 58; Shreck 4-90, Davies 3-48]
Yorkshire second innings: 146 for 4 [Root 76]
The hosts were required to follow on, and even by the end of this 'contest', they were still 27 runs in arrears.
MATCH DRAWN; YORKSHIRE 9 points; Kent 10 points
Yorkshire v Essex; 19-22 April; at Headingley
Yorkshire first innings: 246 [Jaques 126; Mills 4-62, Masters 3-65]
Essex first innings: 199 [Bopara 117*; Sidebottom 5-30, Patterson 3-54]
Yorkshire second innings: 214 for 4 declared [Root 67]
Essex second innings: 26 for 2
No play was possible on the first day. Eight Essex batsmen were dismissed for single figure scores in their first innings.
MATCH DRAWN; YORKSHIRE 7 points; Essex 6 points
Kent v Yorkshire; 26-29 April; at Canterbury
Yorkshire first innings: 247 [Coles 4-70]
Kent first innings: 350 for 9 [Nash 132*; Bresnan 3-89]
Only one over was possible on day one and day four was regrettably abandoned without a ball being bowled.
MATCH DRAWN; Kent 10 points; YORKSHIRE 7 points
Yorkshire v Leicestershire; 2-5 May; at Scarborough
Yorkshire first innings: 447 [Bairstow 182, McGrath 90, Gale 80; White 5-90]
Leicestershire first innings: 116 [McGrath 4-21, Patterson 3-17]
Leicestershire second innings: 309 [Boyce 122, Cobb 69, White 67; Patterson 5-77]
On the final day the visitors collapsed from 282 for 5 when following on, just when they seemed likely to secure a draw.
YORKSHIRE WON BY AN INNINGS AND 22 RUNS; YORKSHIRE 23 points; Leicestershire 1 point
Gloucestershire v Yorkshire; 9-12 May; at Bristol
Gloucestershire first innings: 351 for 9 declared [Williamson 111, Dent 62; Bresnan 5-81, Patterson 4-77]
Yorkshire first innings: forfeited
Gloucestershire second innings: 48 for 0 declared
Yorkshire second innings: 402 for 6 [Jaques 160, Ballance 121*]
The visitors made history by chasing down 400 runs in their 'second' innings in this weather-interrupted encounter.
YORKSHIRE WON BY 4 WICKETS; Gloucestershire 4 points; YORKSHIRE 19 points
Yorkshire v Hampshire; 16-19 May; at Headingley
Hampshire first innings: 427 [Katich 196, Bates 103; Rashid 3-86, Patterson 3-87]
Yorkshire first innings: 399 for 9 declared [McGrath 106*, Jaques 93, Ballance 76; Dawson 3-61]
Hampshire second innings: 191 for 2 declared [Carberry 61*, Katich 61*]
In a weather-interrupted match, Australian Simon Katich accumulated 257 runs from 494 minutes and 356 deliveries.
MATCH DRAWN; YORKSHIRE 9 points; Hampshire 10 points
Yorkshire v Northamptonshire; 30 May - 2 June; at Headingley
Northamptonshire first innings: 253 [Hall 79; Sidebottom 3-37, Patterson 3-61]
Yorkshire first innings: 416 [Root 125, Bairstow 68; Daggett 4-109]
Northamptonshire second innings: 250 for 6 [Wakely 66; Starc 3-50]
Only 45 overs were possible on the first two days. A lack of time may have prevented an eventual Yorkshire win.
MATCH DRAWN; YORKSHIRE 11 points; Northamptonshire 8 points
Glamorgan v Yorkshire; 6-9 June; at Colwyn Bay
Glamorgan first innings: 117 for 3
Only 34 overs were possible in this match, with no play possible on days two, three, and four.
MATCH DRAWN; Glamorgan 3 points; YORKSHIRE 4 points
Hampshire v Yorkshire; 11-14 July; at Southampton
Yorkshire first innings: 350 for 9 declared [Root 222*; Tomlinson 4-80, Kabir Ali 3-88]
Hampshire first innings: 39 for 0
No play was possible on days one and four. Joe Root amassed his maiden double century, hitting 222 off 270 balls.
MATCH DRAWN; Hampshire 6 points; YORKSHIRE 7 points
Derbyshire v Yorkshire; 18-21 July; at Chesterfield
Yorkshire first innings: 219 [Jaques 61; Durston 3-23, Groenewald 3-38, Turner 3-53]
Derbyshire first innings: 135 for 7 [Harmison 3-49]
There was no play on days two, three, and four which was a shame as Derbyshire were somewhat on the ropes.
MATCH DRAWN; Derbyshire 6 points; YORKSHIRE 6 points
Leicestershire v Yorkshire; 27-30 July; at Leicester
Leicestershire first innings: 320 [Boyce 107; Patterson 3-56]
Yorkshire first innings: 486 [Lyth 248*, Bairstow 118; Henderson 4-126, Buck 3-124]
Leicestershire second innings: 157 for 7 [Harmison 3-52]
Only 35 overs were completed on day four, thereby preventing a Lyth-inspired Yorkshire from a near-certain victory.
MATCH DRAWN; Leicestershire 8 points; YORKSHIRE 11 points
Northamptonshire v Yorkshire; 1-4 August; at Northampton
Yorkshire first innings: 249 [Jaques 75; Daggett 3-64]
Northamptonshire first innings: 352 [Peters 107, Willey 76; Rashid 5-105]
Yorkshire second innings: 74 for 3
Yorkshire's decision to bat first was not vindicated but they were saved by inclement weather on day four.
MATCH DRAWN; Northamptonshire 10 points; YORKSHIRE 7 points
Yorkshire v Derbyshire; 15-18 August; at Headingley
Yorkshire first innings: 420 [McGrath 104, Lyth 93, Ballance 79, Hodd 58; Durston 5-34]
Derbyshire first innings: 268 [Durston 84, Wainwright 50; Sidebottom 3-38]
Derbyshire second innings: 190 for 5 [Khawaja 110*]
Australian Usman Khawaja saved Derbyshire from defeat after they were reduced to 111-4 when they were following on.
MATCH DRAWN; YORKSHIRE 11 points; Derbyshire 6 points
FRIENDS LIFE TWENTY20 FINAL; at Lord's; versus Hampshire; Hampshire won the toss
HAMPSHIRE: 150 for 6
Carberry b Sidebottom 8
Adams c Ballance b Pyrah 43
Vince b Ashraf 36
McKenzie lbw b Azeem Rafiq 4
Ervine c Root b Sidebottom 21
Katich run out 25
Dawson not out 8
Extras: 5
YORKSHIRE 140 for 8
Gale* b Mascarenhas 15
Jaques b Dawson 11
Root b Mascarenhas 7
Bairstow c Bates b Briggs 3
Miller not out 72
Ballance c Briggs b Ervine 7
Bresnan c Ervine b Wood 18
Pyrah b Wood 1
Azeem Rafiq c Ervine b Wood 0
Extras: 6
Wood 3-26
Miller's innings included five fours and five sixes off forty-six balls.
HAMPSHIRE WON BY TEN RUNS
Yorkshire v Gloucestershire; 28-31 August; at Scarborough
Gloucestershire first innings: 215 [Patterson 3-35, Ashraf 3-44, Azeem Rafiq 3-85]
Yorkshire first innings: 61 for 2 declared
Gloucestershire second innings: 159 for 0 declared [Howell 83*, Nicol 75*]
Yorkshire second innings: 316 for 8 [Jaques 79, McGrath 76*]
In Gloucestershire's second innings, Andrew Gale bowled 5 overs for 71 and Adam Lyth bowled 5 overs for an absurd 88!
YORKSHIRE WON BY TWO WICKETS; YORKSHIRE 19 points; Gloucestershire 1 point
Yorkshire v Glamorgan; 4-7 September; at Headingley
Glamorgan first innings: 272 [Bragg 92; Patterson 4-49]
Yorkshire first innings: 344 [Lyth 95, Gale 55; Allenby 4-61, Glover 3-78, Wagg 3-87]
Glamorgan second innings: 182 [Patterson 4-47, Ashraf 3-42]
Yorkshire second innings: 111 for 2 [Lyth 50]
Eight wickets for Patterson, eight catches by Hodd, and two Lyth half centuries all contributed to this comfortable triumph.
YORKSHIRE WON BY EIGHT WICKETS; YORKSHIRE 22 points; Glamorgan 5 points
Essex v Yorkshire; 11-14 September; at Chelmsford
Yorkshire first innings: 312 [Lyth 67, Azeem Rafiq 53; Napier 5-65]
Essex first innings: 177 [ten Doeschate 62; Ashraf 4-62, Azeem Rafiq 3-65]
Yorkshire second innings: 252 for 8 declared [Azeem Rafiq 75*, McGrath 68, Lyth 51; Napier 4-54]
Essex second innings: 148 [Shah 71*; Azeem Rafiq 5-50, Patterson 4-34]
A total of nine wickets and two half centuries was a superb all-round display from Azeem Rafiq as his team got promoted.
YORKSHIRE WON BY 239 RUNS; Essex 3 points; YORKSHIRE 22 points