The Ford Trophy

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.[1]

The Ford Trophy
CountriesNew Zealand
AdministratorNew Zealand Cricket
FormatList A
First edition1971–72
Latest edition2022-23
Tournament formatRound-robin, preliminary finals and final
Number of teams6
Current championCentral Districts (7th title)
Most successfulCanterbury (15 titles)
TVSpark Sport (final)
2023-24 Ford Trophy
Websiteblackcaps.co.nz/domestic/the-ford-trophy

Tournament name

Since its commencement in 1971/72, the competition has had several sponsors, each one exercising its 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 to 1980
  • 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
  • The 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 to 1990 onwards. From 1993–to 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 standardized to 6 balls.[2]

Teams
TeamLast winWins
Canterbury2020–2115
Auckland2021–2213
Wellington2018–198
Northern Districts2009–107
Central Districts2022–237
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
2020–21Canterbury
2021–22Auckland
2022–23Central Districts

See also

References
  1. "Ford New Zealand Celebrates 11 Years Of New Zealand Cricket Sponsorship". Ford New Zealand. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. "The Explainer – That's the over". ESPN Cricinfo. 5 June 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  • Association of Cricket Statisticians International Cricket Year Book 1996 – compiled by Philip Bailey
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