Ford Trophy (cricket)


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:
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 in the league format. From the 2009/10 season onward teams play each other once 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

Winners

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