# 2012–13 Ford Trophy

The 2012–13 Ford Trophy was the 42nd season of the official List A cricket tournament in New Zealand, and the second in a sponsorship deal between New Zealand Cricket and Ford Motor Company. The competition ran from 26 February 2013 to 30 March 2013, and was won by the Auckland Aces.

## Teams

* Auckland Aces
* Northern Districts Knights
* Central Districts Stags
* Wellington Firebirds
* Canterbury Wizards
* Otago Volts

## Grounds

| Home Team | Ground Used |
| Auckland Aces | Eden Park No.2 |
| Northern Knights | Seddon Park |
| Northern Knights | Bay Oval |
| Central Stags | Saxton Oval |
| Central Stags | Pukekura Park |
| Wellington Firebirds | Basin Reserve |
| Canterbury Wizards | Hagley Oval |
| Otago Volts | University Oval |
| Otago Volts | Queen's Park |

## Rules and regulations

Every match, points are allocated by the following:
| Result | Points Allocated |
| Win (W) | 4 |
| Tie (T), No Result (NR), Abandoned (A) | 2 |
| Loss | 0 |
Upon completion of the round-robin stage, the top two teams play each other in the 1st semi-final, with the winner advancing to the final and the loser advancing to the Preliminary Final, where they play the winner of the 2nd semi-final. The winner of the Preliminary Final will then advance to the Final.

## Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Auckland Aces | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0.627 |
| 2 | Canterbury Wizards | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 0.774 |
| 3 | Wellington Firebirds | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0.894 |
| 4 | Northern Knights | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20 | −0.004 |
| 5 | Otago Volts | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | −0.698 |
| 6 | Central Stags | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | −1.435 |

## Fixtures

All times are in New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT)
* 26 February 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Canterbury Wizards (H) 269/9 (50 overs) | v | Auckland Aces 270/5 (48 overs) |
| 74 Peter Fulton 4/45 Michael Bates | | 121 Craig Cachopa 2/52 Logan van der Beek |
* Auckland Aces won by 5 wickets Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Phil Agent and Tony Gilles
* Canterbury Wizards won the toss and chose to bat
* Donovan Grobbelaar and Matthew Quinn (Auckland) both made their List A debuts.
* 26 February 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Northern Knights 322/7 (50 overs) | v | Central Stags (H) 238 (38.3 overs) |
| 95 Daryl Mitchell 3/64 Adam Milne | | 75 Ross Taylor 4/38 Trent Boult |
* Northern Knights won by 84 runs Saxton Oval, Nelson Umpires: Barry Frost and Phil Jones
* Central Stags won the toss and chose to field
* Andrew Mathieson, Will Young (Central Districts) and Cam Fletcher (Northern Districts) all made their List A debuts.
* 26 February 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Otago Volts 349/7 (50 overs) | v | Wellington Firebirds (H) 352/4 (48.4 overs) |
| 114 Aaron Redmond 2/50 Luke Woodcock | | 162* Michael Papps 3/63 Jacob Duffy |
* Wellington Firebirds won by 6 wickets Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Tim Parlane and Evan Watkin
* Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to field
* Jacob Duffy (Otago) and Tom Blundell (Wellington) both made their List A debuts.
* 28 February 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Central Stags 302/7 (50 overs) | v | Wellington Firebirds (H) 292/9 (50 overs) |
| 67 Kieran Noema-Barnett 3/35 James Franklin | | 154 Michael Papps 2/33 Tarun Nethula |
* Central Stags won by 10 runs Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Barry Frost and Phil Jones
* Central Stags won the toss and chose to bat
* Ben Wheeler (Central Districts) made his List A debut.
* 28 February 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Auckland Aces 290 (49.3 overs) | v | Northern Knights (H) 294/7 (48.2 overs) |
| 104 Anaru Kitchen 2/45 Anton Devcich | | 92 Kane Williamson 2/38 Kyle Mills |
* Northern Knights won by 3 wickets Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Phil Agent and Tim Parlane
* Northern Knights won the toss and chose to field
* 28 February 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Canterbury Wizards (H) 283/7 (50 overs) | v | Otago Volts 177 (38.5 overs) |
| 95 George Worker 3/39 James McMillan | | 58 Derek de Boorder 5/27 Matt Henry |
* Canterbury Wizards won by 106 runs Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Gary Baxter and Evan Watkin
* Otago Volts won the toss and chose to field
* 3 March 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Northern Knights 249/7 (50 overs) | v | Otago Volts (H) 207 (46 overs) |
| 52 Daryl Mitchell 3/45 Ian Butler | | 81 Sam Wells 3/32 Anurag Verma |
* Northern Knights won by 42 runs Queen's Park, Invercargill Umpires: Phil Agent and Barry Frost
* Northern Knights won the toss and chose to bat
* Jono Hickey (Northern Districts) made his List A debut.
* 3 March 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Canterbury Wizards 280/4 (50 overs) | v | Central Stags (H) 213 (42 overs) |
| 129* George Worker 2/41 Ben Wheeler | | 57 Kieran Noema-Barnett 5/38 Ryan McCone |
* Canterbury Wizards won by 67 runs Saxton Oval, Nelson Umpires: Ashley Mehrotra and Tim Parlane
* Canterbury Wizards won the toss and chose to bat
* 3 March 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Wellington Firebirds (H) 318/5 (50 overs) | v | Auckland Aces 321/6 (50 overs) |
| 98* Harry Boam 4/43 Kyle Mills | | 117 Gareth Hopkins 2/36 Mark Houghton |
* Auckland Aces won by 4 wickets Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Gary Baxter and Evan Watkin
* Auckland Aces won the toss and chose to field
* Tipene Friday (Wellington) made his List A debut.
* 6 March 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Auckland Aces (H) 356 (49.4 overs) | v | Canterbury Wizards 343 (49.4 overs) |
| 151 Colin Munro 6/45 Matt Henry | | 126 Brad Cachopa 3/59 Chris Martin |
* Auckland Aces won by 13 runs Eden Park No.2, Auckland Umpires: Phil Agent and Barry Frost
* Canterbury Wizards won the toss and chose to field
* 6 March 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Central Stags 417/6 (50 overs) | v | Northern Knights (H) 398 (48.5 overs) |
| 222 Jamie How 2/73 Anurag Verma | | 61 Jono Hickey 3/74 Tarun Nethula |
* Central Stags won by 19 runs Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Derek Walker and Phil Jones
* Central Stags won the toss and chose to bat
* 6 March 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Wellington Firebirds 309/4 (39 overs) | v | Otago Volts (H) 287 (38 overs) |
| 82 Michael Papps 2/58 Jimmy Neesham | | 68 Derek de Boorder 5/71 Mark Gillespie |
* Wellington Firebirds won by 22 runs Queen's Park, Invercargill Umpires: Gary Baxter and Tim Parlane
* Otago Volts won the toss and chose to field
* Rain reduced play to 39 overs for both innings
* 9 March 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Auckland Aces (H) 383/7 (50 overs) | v | Wellington Firebirds 365 (49.3 overs) |
| 142 Gareth Hopkins 4/82 Jeetan Patel | | 129 Michael Papps 2/43 Donovan Grobbelaar |
* Auckland Aces won by 18 runs Eden Park No.2, Auckland Umpires: Chris Brown and Ashley Mehrotra
* Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to field
* 10 March 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Canterbury Wizards 362/6 (50 overs) | v | Northern Knights (H) 254 (39.4 overs) |
| 171* Rob Nicol 2/61 Jono Boult | | 58 Anurag Verma 3/64 Ryan McCone |
* Canterbury Wizards won by 108 runs Bay Oval, Mt Maunganui Umpires: Tim Parlane and Derek Walker
* Canterbury Wizards won the toss and chose to bat
* 10 March 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Central Stags (H) 283 (49.4 overs) | v | Otago Volts 287/6 (48.3 overs) |
| 93 Carl Cachopa 2/23 Nick Beard | | 76 Neil Broom 2/57 Andrew Mathieson |
* Otago Volts won by 4 wickets Pukekura Park, New Plymouth Umpires: Barry Frost and Evan Watkin
* Central Stags won the toss and chose to field
* 13 March 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Auckland Aces (H) 285 (47.5 overs) | v | Central Stags 74 (23.4 overs) |
| 78 Colin Munro 3/35 Carl Cachopa | | 19 Jamie How 3/33 Chris Martin |
* Auckland Aces won by 211 runs Eden Park No.2, Auckland Umpires: Phil Agent and Tim Parlane
* Auckland Aces won the toss and chose to bat
* 13 March 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Canterbury Wizards (H) 143 (38.1 overs) | v | Wellington Firebirds 147/3 (21.3 overs) |
| 41 Shanan Stewart 5/24 Scott Kuggeleijn | | 47 Michael Papps 1/18 Andrew Ellis |
* Wellington Firebirds won by 7 wickets Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Phil Jones and Evan Watkin
* Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to field
* 13 March 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Northern Knights (H) 301/7 (50 overs) | v | Otago Volts 209 (43.3 overs) |
| 135 Daniel Flynn 3/54 James McMillan | | 52 James Neesham 2/14 Graeme Aldridge |
* Northern Knights won by 92 runs Bay Oval, Mt Maunganui Umpires: Barry Frost and Tony Gillies
* Northern Knights won the toss and chose to bat
* 17 March 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Auckland Aces (H) | v | Northern Knights |
* Match abandoned without a ball bowled Eden Park No.2 Umpires: Phil Jones and Evan Watkin
* Match called off due to rain at 14:25
* 17 March 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Central Stags (H) | v | Wellington Firebirds |
* Match abandoned without a ball bowled Pukekura Park, New Plymouth Umpires: Phil Agent and Barry Frost
* Match called off due to rain at 14:30
* 17 March 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Canterbury Wizards (H) 159/4 (39.5 overs) | v | Otago Volts |
| 73* George Worker 2/57 Samuel Blakely | | |
* No result University Oval, Dunedin Umpires: Chris Gaffaney and Tim Parlane
* Otago Volts won the toss and chose to field
* Rain caused the abandonment of the match
* 20 March 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Canterbury Wizards (H) 291/5 (50 overs) | v | Central Stags 135 (28 overs) |
| 77 Tom Latham 3/44 Adam Milne | | 83 Jamie How 4/23 Logan van Beek |
* Canterbury Wizards won by 156 runs Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Phil Jones and Tim Parlane
* Central Stags won the toss and chose to field
* 20 March 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Auckland Aces 221 (49.2 overs) | v | Otago Volts (H) 222/4 (45.3 overs) |
| 51 Craig Cachopa 4/34 Jimmy Neesham | | 66* Nathan McCullum 2/49 Bhupinder Singh |
* Otago Volts won by 6 wickets University Oval, Dunedin Umpires: Chris Gaffaney and Evan Watkin
* Auckland Aces won the toss and chose to bat
* 20 March 2013 11.00 Scorecard
| Wellington Firebirds (H) 280/7 (50 overs) | v | Northern Knights 174 (39.3 overs) |
| 114 James Franklin 2/50 Brent Arnel | | 49 Corey Anderson 6/38 Mark Gillespie |
* Wellington Firebirds won by 106 runs Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Phil Agent and Derek Walker
* Northern Knights won the toss and chose to field

## Knockout stage

Upon completion of the round-robin stage, the top two teams play each other in the 1st semi-final, with the winner advancing to the final and the loser advancing to the Preliminary Final, where they play the winner of the 2nd semi-final. The winner of the Preliminary Final will then advance to the Final.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| 24 March 2013 – Seddon Park, Hamilton | 24 March 2013 – Seddon Park, Hamilton | 24 March 2013 – Seddon Park, Hamilton | | | | 31 March 2013 – Eden Park No.2, Auckland | 31 March 2013 – Eden Park No.2, Auckland | 31 March 2013 – Eden Park No.2, Auckland |
| Auckland Aces | Auckland Aces | 314/9 | | | | Auckland Aces | Auckland Aces | 143/7 |
| Canterbury Wizards | Canterbury Wizards | 186 | 27 March 2013 – Hagley Oval, Christchurch | 27 March 2013 – Hagley Oval, Christchurch | 27 March 2013 – Hagley Oval, Christchurch | Canterbury Wizards | Canterbury Wizards | 139 |
| | | | Canterbury Wizards | Canterbury Wizards | 198 | | | |
| 24 March 2013 – Basin Reserve, Wellington | 24 March 2013 – Basin Reserve, Wellington | 24 March 2013 – Basin Reserve, Wellington | Wellington Firebirds | Wellington Firebirds | 137 | | | |
| Wellington Firebirds | Wellington Firebirds | 144/2 | | | | | | |
| Northern Knights | Northern Knights | 140 | | | | | | |

#### Semi-finals

* 24 March 2013 10:30 Scorecard
| Auckland Aces (H) 314/9 (50 overs) | v | Canterbury Wizards 186 (43.4 overs) |
| 118 Colin Munro 3/48 Ryan McCone | | 71 Shanan Stewart 5/21 Chris Martin |
* Auckland Aces won by 128 runs Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Barry Frost and Chris Gaffaney
* Auckland Aces won the toss and chose to bat
* Auckland progress to Final, Canterbury progress to Preliminary Final
* 24 March 2013 10.30 Scorecard
| Northern Knights 140 (36.1 overs) | v | Wellington Firebirds (H) 144/2 (22.4 overs) |
| 46 Anton Devcich 4/21 Jeetan Patel | | 76 Luke Ronchi 1/28 Daniel Vettori |
* Wellington Firebirds won by 8 wickets Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Tim Parlane and Evan Watkin
* Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to field
* Wellington progress to Preliminary Final, Northern Districts are eliminated

#### Preliminary final

* 27 March 2013 10.30 Scorecard
| Canterbury Wizards (H) 198 (45.5 overs) | v | Wellington Firebirds 137 (42.3 overs) |
| 44 Tom Latham 3/22 Luke Woodcock | | 63 Grant Elliott 4/14 Matt Henry |
* Canterbury Wizards won by 61 runs Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Phil Jones and Derek Walker
* Canterbury Wizards won the toss and chose to bat
* Canterbury progress to final, Wellington are eliminated

#### Final

* 31 March 2013 10.30 Scorecard
| Canterbury Wizards 139 (34.5 overs) | v | Auckland Aces (H) 143/7 (25.1 overs) |
| 42 Tom Latham 3/30 Michael Bates | | 37 Anaru Kitchen 3/31 Ryan McCone |
* Auckland Aces won by 3 wickets Eden Park No.2, Auckland Umpires: Chris Gaffaney and Derek Walker
* Auckland Aces won the toss and chose to field