2011–12 HRV Cup

2011–12 HRV Cup

Administrator(s)	New Zealand Cricket
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin and final
Champions	Auckland Aces
Participants	6
Matches played	31
Most runs	Martin Guptill (504)
Most wickets	Ronnie Hira (14)

The 2011–12 HRV Cup was the seventh season of the HRV Twenty20 Cup, the official Twenty20 domestic cricket in New Zealand. The season was played between 18 December 2011 and 22 January 2012. The winners of the tournament were the Auckland Aces who beat the Canterbury Wizards by 44 runs in the final.

Teams

Club	Home ground	Captain
Auckland Aces	Colin Maiden Park	Gareth Hopkins
Canterbury Wizards	Mainpower Oval	Peter Fulton
Central Districts Stags	Pukekura Park	Jamie How
Northern Knights	Seddon Park	Scott Styris
Otago Volts	University Oval	Brendon McCullum
Wellington Firebirds	Basin Reserve	Grant Elliott

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Auckland Aces	10	7	2	1	30	+0.771
Canterbury Wizards	10	6	2	2	28	+1.135
Northern Knights	10	4	5	1	18	+0.077
Otago Volts	10	3	4	3	18	-0.318
Central Districts Stags	10	3	5	2	16	−0.049
Wellington Firebirds	10	2	7	1	10	−1.503

Full table on cricinfo

League Progression

		Group matches											Knockout
Team		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		F
Auckland Aces		4	8	8	10	14	18	22	26	30	30		W
Canterbury Wizards		0	4	6	10	10	14	18	20	24	28		L
Northern Knights		4	4	6	6	6	10	10	14	18	18
Otago Volts		4	4	6	10	10	10	12	14	14	18
Central Districts Stags		0	4	6	8	12	12	12	12	12	16
Wellington Firebirds		0	0	4	4	8	8	10	10	10	10
Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed. Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (Knockout) to see the summary for the match.					Win			Loss			No result
					Team was eliminated before the league reached this stage.

Results

Visitor team → Auckland Canterbury Central Districts Northern Districts Otago Wellington Home team ↓ Auckland Aces Canterbury 7 wickets Auckland 7 wickets Auckland 3 wickets Auckland 30 runs Auckland 10 runs Canterbury Wizards Auckland 4 wickets Canterbury 4 wickets Northern Districts 5 runs Canterbury 6 runs Canterbury 70 runs Central Districts Stags Abandoned No result Abandoned No result Northern Districts 23 runs Central Districts 28 runs Central Districts 53 runs Northern Knights Auckland 6 wickets Canterbury 16 runs Northern Districts 8 wickets Otago 9 wickets Wellington 8 wickets Otago Volts Auckland 8 wickets Abandoned No result Otago 4 wickets Abandoned No result Otago 7 wickets Wellington Firebirds Wellington 7 wickets Canterbury 61 runs Central Districts 25 runs Northern Districts 34 runs Abandoned No result
	Note: Results listed are according to the home and visitor teams. Note: Click on the results to see match summary.	Home team won Visitor team won Match abandoned

Final

22 January 14:00 Scorecard

Auckland Aces (H) 196/5 (20 overs)	v	Canterbury Wizards 152/10 (18.3 overs)
Martin Guptill 70 (41) Yasir Arafat 2/35 (4 overs)		AM Ellis 41 (17) MD Bates 3/18 (3 overs)

Auckland Aces won by 44 runs Colin Maiden Park, Auckland Umpires: GAV Baxter and CB Gaffaney

• Canterbury Wizards won the toss and decided to field.