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.

Ford Trophy
CountriesNew Zealand
AdministratorNew Zealand Cricket
FormatOne-day cricket
First edition1971-72
Tournament formatRound-robin, preliminary finals and final
Number of teams6
Current championAuckland (12th title)
Most successfulCanterbury (14 titles)
TVSpark Sport (final)
2019–20 Ford Trophy
Websiteblackcaps.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
TeamLast winWins
Canterbury2016-1714
Auckland2019-2012
Welington2018-198
Northern Districts2009-107
Central Districts2015-166
Otago2007-082

Winners
SeasonTeam
1971-72Canterbury
1972-73Auckland
1973-74Wellington
1974-75Wellington
1975-76Canterbury
1976-77Canterbury
1977-78Canterbury
1978-79Auckland
1979-80Northern Districts
1980-81Auckland
1981-82Wellington
1982-83Auckland
1983-84Auckland
1984-85Central Districts
1985-86Canterbury
1986-87Auckland
1987-88Otago
1988-89Wellington
1989-90Auckland
1990-91Wellington
1991-92Canterbury
1992-93Canterbury
1993-94Canterbury
1994-95Northern Districts
1995-96Canterbury
1996-97Canterbury
1997-98Northern Districts
1998-99Canterbury
1999-00Canterbury
2000-01Central Districts
2001-02Wellington
2002-03Northern Districts
2003-04Central Districts
2004-05Northern Districts
2005-06Canterbury
2006-07Auckland
2007-08Otago
2008-09Northern Districts
2009–10Northern Districts
2010–11Auckland
2011–12Central Districts
2012–13Auckland
2013–14Wellington
2014–15Central Districts
2015–16Central Districts
2016–17Canterbury
2017–18Auckland
2018–19Wellington
2019–20Auckland

References
  • Association of Cricket Statisticians International Cricket Year Book 1996 - compiled by Philip Bailey
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