Ford Trophy

Ford Trophy

Countries	New Zealand
Administrator	New Zealand Cricket
Format	One-day cricket
First edition	1971-72
Tournament format	Round-robin, preliminary finals and final
Number of teams	6
Current champion	Auckland (12th title)
Most successful	Canterbury (14 titles)
TV	Spark Sport (final)
Website	blackcaps.co.nz/domestic/the-ford-trophy
2019–20 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.

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

Team	Last win	Wins
Canterbury	2016-17	14
Auckland	2019-20	12
Welington	2018-19	8
Northern Districts	2009-10	7
Central Districts	2015-16	6
Otago	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
2016–17	Canterbury
2017–18	Auckland
2018–19	Wellington
2019–20	Auckland

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