Super Smash (men's cricket)

Men's Super Smash
Countries	New Zealand
Administrator	New Zealand Cricket
Format	Twenty20
First edition	2005–06
Latest edition	2021–22
Tournament format	Double round-robin, elimination final and final
Number of teams	6
Current champion	Northern Brave (3rd title)
Most successful	Auckland Aces (4 titles) ; Wellington Firebirds (4 titles)
TV	Spark Sport ; TVNZ 1 ; TVNZ Duke ; ESPN+ (US)
	2021–22 Men's Super Smash
Website	Super Smash

The Men's Super Smash, currently named the Dream11 Super Smash for sponsorship purposes until 2026,^[3] is a men's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in New Zealand.^[4] Since the 2018–19 season, the competition runs alongside the Women's Super Smash.

History[]

The tournament consists of a double round-robin, with the top three teams qualifying for the play-offs.

The competition has been held every year since 2005 and its former names include:

New Zealand Twenty20 Competition – 2005–06
State Twenty20 – from 2006–07 to 2008–09
HRV Cup – from 2009–10 to 2012–13
HRV Twenty20 – 2013–14

Since the 2014-15 season, the competition has been known as the Super Smash with many different sponsors exercising their own naming rights:

Georgie Pie – from 2014–15 to 2015–16
McDonald's – 2016–17
Burger King – from 2017–18 to 2018–19
Dream11 – from 2019–20 to present (sponsorship contract expires in 2026^[3])

From 2008–09 to 2013–14 the winner of the competition gained entry to the Champions League Twenty20 tournament later in the same year.

Teams[]

Following teams play in this tournament:^[5]

	Major Association	District Associations	Home ground(s)	Wins	2nds
Auckland Aces	Auckland	None	Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland	4	4
Canterbury Kings	Canterbury	Christchurch Metro, Christchurch Junior, Canterbury Country South Canterbury, Buller, Mid Canterbury, West Coast	Hagley Oval, Christchurch Mainpower Oval, Rangiora	1	4
Central Stags	Central Districts	Taranaki, Wanganui, Manawatu, Horowhenua-Kapiti Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa, Marlborough, Nelson	Pukekura Park, New Plymouth McLean Park, Napier Saxton Oval, Nelson	3	3
Northern Brave	Northern Districts	Northland, Counties Manukau, Hamilton, Waikato Valley Bay of Plenty, Poverty Bay	Seddon Park, Hamilton Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui	3	2
Otago Volts	Otago	Dunedin, Southland, Otago Country, North Otago	University Oval, Dunedin Molyneux Park, Alexandra Queens Park, Invercargill	2	3
Wellington Firebirds	Wellington	None	Basin Reserve, Wellington	4	1

Tournament results[]

Results of each season are here:^[6]

Tournament	Final				Format	Matches
Tournament	Final venue	Winner	Result	Runner-up	Format	Matches
2005–06 Fixtures	Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland	Canterbury Wizards 180 for 4 (17.2 overs)	won by 6 wickets Scorecard	Auckland Aces 179 for 7 (20 overs)	Two groups; Single round-robin for each group; Final between top team of each group	7
2006–07 Fixtures	Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland	Auckland Aces 211 for 5 (20 overs)	won by 60 runs Scorecard	Otago Volts 151 all out (20 overs)	Single round-robin; Final between top two teams	16
2007–08 Fixtures	Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	Central Stags 150 for 5 (16.3 overs)	won by 5 wickets Scorecard	Northern Knights 148 for 8 (20 overs)	Single round-robin; Final between top two teams	16
2008–09 Fixtures	University Oval, Dunedin	Otago Volts	won by topping group stage (final abandoned due to rain) Scorecard	Canterbury Wizards	Group stage with eight matches per team; Final between top two teams	25
2009–10	Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	Central Stags 206 for 6 (20 overs)	won by 78 runs Scorecard	Auckland Aces 128 all out (16.1 overs)	Double round-robin; Final between top two teams	31
2010–11	Colin Maiden Park, Auckland	Auckland Aces 158 for 8 (20 overs)	won by 4 runs Scorecard	Central Stags 154 for 9 (20 overs)
2011–12	Colin Maiden Park, Auckland	Auckland Aces 196 for 5 (20 overs)	won by 44 runs Scorecard	Canterbury Wizards 152 all out (18.3 overs)
2012–13	University Oval, Dunedin	Otago Volts 145 for 6 (18.3 overs)	won by 4 wickets Scorecard	Wellington Firebirds 143 for 9 (20 overs)	Double round-robin, preliminary final and final	32
2013–14	Seddon Park, Hamilton	Northern Knights 144 for 5 (19.0 overs)	won by 5 wickets Scorecard	Otago Volts 143 for 5 (20 overs)	Double round-robin, preliminary final and final	32
2014–15	Seddon Park, Hamilton	Wellington Firebirds 186 for 6 (20 overs)	won by 6 runs Scorecard	Auckland Aces 180 for 9 (20 overs)	Double round-robin, 2 preliminary finals and final	33
2015–16	Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth	Auckland Aces 166 for 6 (20 overs)	won by 20 runs Scorecard	Otago Volts 146 for 9 (20 overs)	Double round-robin, 2 preliminary finals and final	33
2016–17	Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	Wellington Firebirds 172 for 7 (20 overs)	won by 14 runs Scorecard	Central Stags 158 for 8 (20 overs)	Double round-robin, elimination final and final	32
2017–18	Seddon Park, Hamilton	Northern Knights 103 for 1 (8.5 overs)	won by 9 wickets Scorecard	Central Stags 99 for 8 (20 overs)
2018–19	Seddon Park, Hamilton	Central Stags 147/8 (20 overs)	won by 67 runs Scorecard	Northern Knights 80 (14.4 overs)
2019–20	Basin Reserve, Wellington	Wellington Firebirds 168/7 (20 overs)	won by 22 runs Scorecard	Auckland Aces 146/9 (20 overs)
2020–21	Basin Reserve, Wellington	Wellington Firebirds 178/5 (19.4 overs)	won by 5 wickets Scorecard	Canterbury Kings 175/8 (20 overs)
2021–22	Seddon Park, Hamilton	Northern Brave 217/5 (20 overs)	won by 56 runs Scorecard	Canterbury Kings 161 (18.5 overs)

Notes

From the 2008–09 season until the 2013–14 season, the winning team would qualify for the Champions League Twenty20.
From the 2010–11 season onwards, each team is allowed up to two international imports.

References[]

^ Geenty, Mark (13 February 2021). "Super Smash: Devon Conway fires Wellington Firebirds to back to back Twenty20 titles". Stuff. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
^ "Final - Canterbury v Wellington". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "DREAM11 signs up with New Zealand Cricket for another six years". NZC. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ "Central Districts' bowling firepower lifts them to title win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
^ "New Zealand Domestic Twenty20 Table - 2018-19". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
^ "New Zealand Domestic Twenty20". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

[1] Geenty, Mark (13 February 2021). "Super Smash: Devon Conway fires Wellington Firebirds to back to back Twenty20 titles". Stuff. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

[2] "Final - Canterbury v Wellington". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

[dream11-3] "DREAM11 signs up with New Zealand Cricket for another six years". NZC. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[4] "Central Districts' bowling firepower lifts them to title win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

[5] "New Zealand Domestic Twenty20 Table - 2018-19". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

[6] "New Zealand Domestic Twenty20". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

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Super Smash (men's cricket)

Contents

History[]

Teams[]

Tournament results[]

See also[]

References[]