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Ford Trophy

{{Short description|Domestic One Day Cricket Competition}}

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{{Infobox cricket tournament main

| name = The Ford Trophy

| image =Ford-trophy web.jpg

| imagesize = 250px

| country = New Zealand

| caption =

| administrator = New Zealand Cricket

| cricket format = List A

| first = 1971–72

| last = 2024–25

| tournament format = Round-robin, preliminary finals and final

| participants = 6

| champions = Canterbury (17th title)

| most successful = Canterbury (17 titles)

| qualification =

| most runs =

| TV = TVNZ (final)

| most wickets =

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20111231205345/http://www.blackcaps.co.nz/domestic/the-ford-trophy/112/schedule.aspx blackcaps.co.nz/domestic/the-ford-trophy]

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ford.co.nz/about-ford/newsroom/2020/ford-nz-celebrates-11-years-of-nz-cricket-sponsorship/|title=Ford New Zealand Celebrates 11 Years Of New Zealand Cricket Sponsorship

|date=29 April 2020|website=Ford New Zealand|access-date=16 November 2021}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/that-s-the-over-353235|title=The Explainer – That's the over|date=5 June 2008|website=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=16 November 2021}}

Teams

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! Team !! Last win !! Wins

Canterbury2024–2517
Auckland2021–2213
Wellington2018–198
Northern Districts2009–107
Central Districts2022–237
Otago2007–082

Winners

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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
| 2023–24Canterbury
| 2024–25Canterbury

See also

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References

{{Reflist}}

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

External links

  • [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/32/32100.html Scorecard for the New Zealand Motor Corporation Knockout Tournament Final Canterbury v Wellington in Christchurch, December 1971 – Cricket Archive.com]

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