Ford Trophy (cricket)
The Ford trophy is the main domestic List A limited overs cricket competition in New Zealand. Previous sponsor State Insurance did not renew naming rights in 2009, resulting in the competition being renamed the New Zealand Cricket one-day competition. The competition was renamed the Ford Trophy following a partnership between New Zealand Cricket and Ford Motor Company in 2011.
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Administrator | New Zealand Cricket |
Format | One-day cricket |
First edition | 1971-72 |
Tournament format | Round-robin, preliminary finals and final |
Number of teams | 6 |
Current champion | Auckland (12th title) |
Most successful | Canterbury (14 titles) |
TV | Spark Sport (final) |
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Website | blackcaps.co.nz/domestic/the-ford-trophy |
Since its commencement in 1971/72 the competition has had a number of sponsors, each one exercising its own naming rights. The competition has been known as:
- New Zealand Motor Corporation Knock-Out - from 1971-72 to 1976-77
- Gillette Cup - from 1977-78 to 1978-79
- National Knock-Out - from 1979-80
- Shell Cup - from 1980-81 to 2000-01
- State Shield - from 2001-02 to 2008-09
- New Zealand One-Day Cricket Competition - from 2009-10 to 2010-11
- Ford Trophy- from 2011-12 to present
Format
Between 1971-72 and 1979-80 the competition was played on a knock-out basis with a preliminary round, semi finals and a final. From 1980-81 to 1984-85 the competition was played in a league format with all six teams playing each other once and the top two teams playing off in a final. Between 1985-86 and 1988-89 the side on top of the league after a single round robin were declared champions. Semi Finals and Finals were re-introduced from 1989-90 onwards. From 1993-94 teams played each other home and away (10 matches) in the league format. From the 2009/10 season onward teams play each other once (five games) followed by three randomly selected teams a second time, forming an eight-game round robin.
Games in the competition consist of 50 6-ball overs. The competition was originally 40 8-ball overs per innings until 1979-80 when overs throughout the world were standardised to 6 balls.
Teams
Team | Last win | Wins |
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Canterbury | 2016-17 | 14 |
Auckland | 2019-20 | 12 |
Welington | 2018-19 | 8 |
Northern Districts | 2009-10 | 7 |
Central Districts | 2015-16 | 6 |
Otago | 2007-08 | 2 |
Winners
Season | Team |
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1971-72 | Canterbury |
1972-73 | Auckland |
1973-74 | Wellington |
1974-75 | Wellington |
1975-76 | Canterbury |
1976-77 | Canterbury |
1977-78 | Canterbury |
1978-79 | Auckland |
1979-80 | Northern Districts |
1980-81 | Auckland |
1981-82 | Wellington |
1982-83 | Auckland |
1983-84 | Auckland |
1984-85 | Central Districts |
1985-86 | Canterbury |
1986-87 | Auckland |
1987-88 | Otago |
1988-89 | Wellington |
1989-90 | Auckland |
1990-91 | Wellington |
1991-92 | Canterbury |
1992-93 | Canterbury |
1993-94 | Canterbury |
1994-95 | Northern Districts |
1995-96 | Canterbury |
1996-97 | Canterbury |
1997-98 | Northern Districts |
1998-99 | Canterbury |
1999-00 | Canterbury |
2000-01 | Central Districts |
2001-02 | Wellington |
2002-03 | Northern Districts |
2003-04 | Central Districts |
2004-05 | Northern Districts |
2005-06 | Canterbury |
2006-07 | Auckland |
2007-08 | Otago |
2008-09 | Northern Districts |
2009–10 | Northern Districts |
2010–11 | Auckland |
2011–12 | Central Districts |
2012–13 | Auckland |
2013–14 | Wellington |
2014–15 | Central Districts |
2015–16 | Central Districts |
2016–17 | Canterbury |
2017–18 | Auckland |
2018–19 | Wellington |
2019–20 | Auckland |
References
- Association of Cricket Statisticians International Cricket Year Book 1996 - compiled by Philip Bailey