The ECB has announced the groups for the 2012 Clydesdale Bank 40.

Worcestershire Royals have been drawn in Group A.

Group A

Netherlands
Leicestershire Foxes
Worcestershire Royals
Lancashire Lightning
Middlesex Panthers
Essex Eagles
Gloucestershire Gladiators

Group B

Scotland
Durham Dynamos
Hampshire Royals
Surrey Lions
Welsh Dragons (Glamorgan)
Somerset
Notts Outlaws

Group C

Unicorns
Derbyshire Falcons
Yorkshire Carnegie
Kent Spitfires
Warwickshire Bears
Sussex Sharks
Northamptonshire Steelbacks