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.

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.

Teams Team Last win WinsCanterbury 2024–25 17Auckland 2021–22 13Central Districts 2025–26 8Wellington 2018–19 8Northern Districts 2009–10 7Otago 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 2020–21 Canterbury 2021–22 Auckland 2022–23 Central Districts 2023–24 Canterbury 2024–25 Canterbury 2025–26 Central Districts

Ford Trophy

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