{{Short description|Domestic One Day Cricket Competition}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2020}} {{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 = 2025–26 | tournament format = Round-robin, preliminary finals and final | participants = 6 | champions = Central Districts (8th title) | most successful = Canterbury (17 titles) | qualification = | most runs = | most wickets = | TV = NZ Cricket Youtube (all matches including final) | 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] | next = 2026–27 | current = }}
'''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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Teams== {| class="wikitable" ! Team !! Last win !! Wins |- |Canterbury || 2024–25 || 17 |- |Auckland || 2021–22 || 13 |- |Central Districts || 2025–26 || 8 |- |Wellington || 2018–19 || 8 |- |Northern Districts || 2009–10 || 7 |- |Otago || 2007–08 || 2 |}
== Winners ==
{| class="wikitable" |- ! 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 |}
==See also== {{portal|Cricket|New Zealand}} * Plunket Shield * Hallyburton Johnstone Shield * Men's Super Smash * Women's Super Smash
==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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