# 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 | Wins |
| Canterbury | 2024–25 | 17 |
| Auckland | 2021–22 | 13 |
| Wellington | 2018–19 | 8 |
| Northern Districts | 2009–10 | 7 |
| Central Districts | 2022–23 | 7 |
| 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 |
| 2020–21 | Canterbury |
| 2021–22 | Auckland |
| 2022–23 | Central Districts |
| 2023–24 | Canterbury |
| 2024–25 | Canterbury |