Ford Trophy

Ford Trophy

Countries	New Zealand
Administrator	New Zealand Cricket
Format	One-day cricket
First tournament	1971/72
Tournament format	Round-robin, preliminary finals and final
Number of teams	6
Current champion	Central Districts Stags (5th title)
Most successful	Canterbury Wizards (13 titles)
Website	blackcaps.co.nz/domestic/the-ford-trophy
2012-13 Ford Trophy

The New Zealand limited-overs cricket 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.

Since its commencement in 1971/72 the competition has had a number of sponsors, each one exercising its own naming rights. These have been:

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 to 1979/80
Shell Cup - from 1980/81 to 2000/01
State Shield - from 2001/02 to 2008/09
Ford Trophy - from 2011/12 onwards

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
Canterbury Wizards	2005-06	13
Auckland Aces	2012-13	10
Northern Districts Knights	2009-10	7
Wellington Firebirds	2013-14	7
Central Districts Stags	2015-16	6
Otago Volts	2007-08	2

Winners

Season	Team
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

References

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

External links

Scorecard for the New Zealand Motor Corporation Knockout Tournament Final Canterbury v Wellington in Christchurch, December 1971 - Cricket Archive.com

Cricket in New Zealand

Governing body	New Zealand Cricket

National Teams	New Zealand Women U-19 New Zealand A

Men's Domestic Teams	Auckland Canterbury Central Districts Northern Districts Otago Wellington

Women's Domestic Teams	Auckland Hearts Canterbury Magicians Central Districts Hinds Northern Districts Spirit Otago Sparks Wellington Blaze

Competitions	Plunket Shield ...09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 Ford Trophy ...09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 Georgie Pie Super Smash State League

Test & ODI Grounds	Christchurch Wellington Auckland Dunedin Napier Hamilton Dunedin University Oval Wellington Westpac Queenstown Cobham Oval, Whangarei

Player lists	Test cricketers Test wicket-keepers ODI cricketers Twenty20 Players Captains Wellington

Series lists	Australia (Chappell–Hadlee Trophy Trans Tasman Trophy) England

History	to 1890 1882–83 1890–91 to 1918 1918–19 to 1945 1945–46 to 1970 1970–71 to 2000 from 2000–01

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