# 2015–16 Ford Trophy

The 2015–16 Ford Trophy was the 45th season of the official List A cricket tournament in New Zealand, and the fifth in a sponsorship deal between New Zealand Cricket and Ford Motor Company. The competition ran from 27 December 2015 to 30 January 2016, and was won by the Central Districts who thrashed Canterbury to defend their title.

## Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Canterbury | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 1.041 |
| 2 | Central Districts | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0.473 |
| 3 | Otago | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0.725 |
| 4 | Auckland | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | −0.579 |
| 5 | Northern Districts | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | −0.253 |
| 6 | Wellington | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | −1.209 |
Teams qualified for the finals

## Group stage
### Round 1

* 27 December 2015 11:00 Scorecard
| Central Districts 167 (42.3 overs) | v | Canterbury 168/4 (41.4 overs) |
| Dane Cleaver 33 (52) Todd Astle 3/38 (10 overs) | | Ronnie Hira 70* (92) Seth Rance 2/29 (10 overs) |
* Canterbury won by 6 wickets McLean Park, Napier Umpires: Wayne Knights and Garth Stirrat
* Central Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
* Michael Davidson (Canterbury), Josh Clarkson and Ajaz Patel (Central Districts) all made their List A debuts.
* 27 December 2015 11:00 Scorecard
| Otago 313/8 (50 overs) | v | Auckland 314/8 (49.3 overs) |
| Neil Broom 101 (99) Lachie Ferguson 4/68 (10 overs) | | Colin Munro 110 (79) Mark Craig 2/52 (10 overs) |
* Auckland won by 2 wickets Molyneux Park, Alexandra Umpires: Barry Frost and Ashley Mehrotra
* Otago won the toss and elected to bat.
* Lachie Ferguson, Shawn Hicks (Auckland) and Warren Barnes (Otago) all made their List A debuts.
* 27 December 2015 11:00 Scorecard
| Northern Districts 267/9 (50 overs) | v | Wellington 268/5 (45.4 overs) |
| Daniel Flynn 69 (84) Brent Arnel 4/45 (10 overs) | | Craig Cachopa 95 (84) James Baker 2/50 (9 overs) |
* Wellington won by 5 wickets Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Chris Brown and Tony Gillies
* Wellington won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 2

* 30 December 2015 11:00 Scorecard
| Auckland 278/8 (50 overs) | v | Northern Districts 267/9 (50 overs) |
| Brad Cachopa 93 (116) James Baker 3/62 (10 overs) | | Corey Anderson 88 (87) Lachie Ferguson 2/37 (10 overs) |
* Auckland won by 11 runs Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Wayne Knights and Ashley Mehrotra
* Northern Districts won the toss and elected to field.
* 30 December 2015 11:00 Scorecard
| Canterbury 228 (47.4 overs) | v | Otago 163 (39.5 overs) |
| Peter Fulton 81 (92) Sam Wells 3/44 (10 overs) | | Neil Wagner 37* (40) Todd Astle 2/10 (4.2 overs) |
* Canterbury won by 65 runs Molyneux Park, Alexandra Umpires: Shaun Haig and Phil Jones
* Otago won the toss and elected to field.
* 30 December 2015 11:00 Scorecard
| Central Districts 241 (44.2 overs) | v | Wellington 209 (48 overs) |
| George Worker 114 (120) Luke Woodcock 3/25 (7.2 overs) | | Luke Woodcock 102 (103) Seth Rance 4/32 (9 overs) |
* Central Districts won by 32 runs Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Barry Frost and Tony Gillies
* Central Districts won the toss and elected to bat.

### Round 3

* 3 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Northern Districts 302/8 (50 overs) | v | Auckland 201 (40.3 overs) |
| Corey Anderson 98 (119) James Fuller 4/54 (9 overs) | | Robert O'Donnell 62 (88) Brett Hampton 4/30 (7.3 overs) |
* Northern Districts won by 101 runs Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland Umpires: Tony Gillies and Phil Jones
* Auckland won the toss and elected to field.
* 3 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Wellington 32/3 (5.4 overs) | v | Canterbury |
| Michael Papps 21 (15) Ed Nuttall 2/15 (3 overs) | | |
* No result Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Chris Brown and Wayne Knights
* Canterbury won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain stopped played during the 6th over of Wellington's innings.
* 3 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Central Districts | v | Otago |
* Match abandoned Pukekura Park, New Plymouth Umpires: Barry Frost and Tim Parlane
* No toss.

### Round 4

* 6 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Auckland 288/9 (50 overs) | v | Wellington 276 (49.5 overs) |
| Michael Guptill-Bunce 73 (73) Matt McEwan 3/76 (10 overs) | | Tom Blundell 73 (68) Shawn Hicks 2/28 (8 overs) |
* Auckland won by 12 runs Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland Umpires: Tony Gillies and Ashley Mehrotra
* Auckland won the toss and elected to bat.
* Michael Guptill-Bunce (Auckland) made his List A debut.
* 6 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Canterbury 257/7 (50 overs) | v | Otago 210 (46.1 overs) |
| Todd Astle 59 (85) Neil Wagner 3/42 (10 overs) | | Hamish Rutherford 46 (76) Todd Astle 3/31 (9.1 overs) |
* Canterbury won by 47 runs Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Chris Brown and Tim Parlane
* Canterbury won the toss and elected to bat.
* 6 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Central Districts 363/9 (50 overs) | v | Northern Districts 282 (45.5 overs) |
| Will Young 85 (57) Tony Goodin 4/69 (10 overs) | | Daryl Mitchell 102 (107) Seth Rance 4/53 (8 overs) |
* Central Districts won by 81 runs Pukekura Park, New Plymouth Umpires: Barry Frost and S. K. Ryan
* Central Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
* Blair Tickner (Central Districts), Tony Goodin and Nick Kelly (Northern Districts) all made their List A debuts.

### Round 5

* 9 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Auckland 243/7 (50 overs) | v | Canterbury 245/4 (37.4 overs) |
| Brad Cachopa 107 (146) Todd Astle 3/44 (10 overs) | | Peter Fulton 65 (55) Lachie Ferguson 2/65 (9.4 overs) |
* Canterbury won by 6 wickets Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland Umpires: Wayne Knights and Ashley Mehrotra
* Canterbury won the toss and elected to field.
* 10 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Central Districts 324/7 (50 overs) | v | Wellington 141/4 (29.2 overs) |
| Jesse Ryder 83 (74) Jeetan Patel 3/61 (10 overs) | | Michael Pollard 43 (48) Blair Tickner 2/45 (6 overs) |
* Central Districts won by 55 runs (D/L method) Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North Umpires: John Bromley and Tim Parlane
* Wellington won the toss and elected to field.
* 10 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Otago 298/6 (50 overs) | v | Northern Districts 295/7 (50 overs) |
| Neil Broom 124 (128) Tony Goodin 3/57 (10 overs) | | Anton Devcich 81 (78) Neil Wagner 2/55 (10 overs) |
* Otago won by 3 runs Cobham Oval, Whangārei Umpires: Barry Frost and Tony Gillies
* Northern Districts won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 6

* 13 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Canterbury 265 (48.5 overs) | v | Auckland 167 (35.5 overs) |
| Tom Latham 96 (111) Colin de Grandhomme 3/42 (8 overs) | | Mark Chapman 34 (33) Ed Nuttall 4/50 (10 overs) |
* Canterbury won by 98 runs Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Tim Parlane and Derek Walker
* Canterbury won the toss and elected to bat.
* Michael Barry (Auckland) made his List A debut.
* 13 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Central Districts 224 (48.5 overs) | v | Northern Districts 227/2 (42.4 overs) |
| Doug Bracewell 80 (103) James Baker 3/30 (7 overs) | | Dean Brownlie 107* (129) Seth Rance 1/22 (6 overs) |
* Northern Districts won by 8 wickets Cobham Oval, Whangārei Umpires: Chris Jones and Phil Jones
* Central Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
* 13 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Otago 249 (47.5 overs) | v | Wellington 74/1 (23 overs) |
| Neil Broom 54 (57) Brent Arnel 2/23 (9 overs) | | Stephen Murdoch 35* (62) Jacob Duffy 1/8 (5 overs) |
* Match tied (D/L method) Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Tony Gillies and Ashley Mehrotra
* Otago won the toss and elected to bat.

### Round 7

* 17 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Central Districts 110/4 (18.3 overs) | v | Canterbury |
| Ben Smith 36* (40) Kyle Jamieson 2/23 (4 overs) | | |
* No result Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Tony Gillies and R. G. Hooper
* Canterbury won the toss and elected to field.
* Ken McClure and Henry Shipley (Canterbury) both made their List A debuts.
* 17 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Northern Districts 181 (46.1 overs) | v | Otago 187/2 (27.4 overs) |
| Dean Brownlie 44 (81) Sam Wells 3/25 (10 overs) | | Neil Broom 69* (76) James Baker 1/42 (7 overs) |
* Otago won by 8 wickets University Oval, Dunedin Umpires: Barry Frost and Ashley Mehrotra
* Otago won the toss and elected to field.
* 17 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Wellington 199 (49.1 overs) | v | Auckland 203/3 (39 overs) |
| Michael Pollard 51 (78) Colin de Grandhomme 4/37 (10 overs) | | Brad Cachopa 85 (118) Anurag Verma 3/48 (7 overs) |
* Auckland won by 7 wickets Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Shaun Haig and Tim Parlane
* Wellington won the toss and elected to bat.

### Round 8

* 20 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Central Districts 348/7 (50 overs) | v | Auckland 301/9 (50 overs) |
| Tom Bruce 91 (62) Donovan Grobbelaar 4/65 (10 overs) | | Mark Chapman 157 (111) Seth Rance 3/40 (9 overs) |
* Central Districts won by 47 runs Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland Umpires: Barry Frost and Wayne Knights
* Auckland won the toss and elected to field.
* 20 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Canterbury 251/8 (50 overs) | v | Northern Districts 255/7 (49.4 overs) |
| Andrew Ellis 96* (119) Tony Goodin 3/36 (7 overs) | | Dean Brownlie 67 (77) Tim Johnston 3/39 (10 overs) |
* Northern Districts won by 3 wickets Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui Umpires: Tony Gillies and Ashley Mehrotra
* Canterbury won the toss and elected to bat.
* Cody Andrews (Northern Districts) made his List A debut.
* 20 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Otago 362/8 (50 overs) | v | Wellington 141 (23.3 overs) |
| Hamish Rutherford 126 (90) Luke Woodcock 3/56 (7 overs) | | Michael Pollard 35 (27) Neil Wagner 4/43 (8.3 overs) |
* Otago won by 221 runs Queen's Park, Invercargill Umpires: John Dempsey and Tim Parlane
* Otago won the toss and elected to bat.

## Finals
### 1st Preliminary Final

* 23 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Canterbury 294/8 (50 overs) | v | Central Districts 295/8 (49.3 overs) |
| Tom Latham 126 (135) Doug Bracewell 3/55 (10 overs) | | Jesse Ryder 136 (114) Kyle Jamieson 3/59 (10 overs) |
* Central Districts won by 2 wickets Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Tony Gillies and Wayne Knights
* Central Districts won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd Preliminary Final

* 23 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Otago 312/7 (50 overs) | v | Auckland 159/8 (34 overs) |
| Neil Broom 109 (120) Donovan Grobbelaar 3/48 (8 overs) | | Robert O'Donnell 37 (42) Jacob Duffy 3/16 (6 overs) |
* Otago won by 125 runs (D/L method) Queen's Park, Invercargill Umpires: Chris Brown and Tim Parlane
* Otago won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd Preliminary Final

* 27 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Canterbury 108/4 (26 overs) | v | Otago |
| Ken McClure 34* (48) Jacob Duffy 2/24 (6 overs) | | |
* No result Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Chris Brown and Tim Parlane
* Otago won the toss and elected to field.
* Canterbury advanced to the final, after finishing above Otago in the points table.

### Final

* 30 January 2016 11:00 Scorecard
| Central Districts 405/6 (50 overs) | v | Canterbury 249 (37.4 overs) |
| George Worker 159 (151) Kyle Jamieson 2/81 (9 overs) | | Andrew Ellis 101 (76) Bevan Small 3/59 (7 overs) |
* Central Districts won by 156 runs Pukekura Park, New Plymouth Umpires: Wayne Knights and Tim Parlane
* Central Districts won the toss and elected to bat.