2012–13 Ford Trophy

2012–13 Ford Trophy
Dates26 February 2013 – 30 March 2013
Administrator(s)New Zealand Cricket
Cricket formatList A cricket
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Knockout
ChampionsAuckland Aces
Participants6
Matches28
Most runsMichael Papps - 609
Most wicketsMatt Henry - 23
Official websitewww.blackcaps.co.nz

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

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
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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)
121 Craig Cachopa
2/52 Logan van der Beek
Auckland Aces won by 5 wickets
Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Umpires: Phil Agent and Tony Gilles
26 February 2013
11.00
Scorecard
Northern Knights
322/7 (50 overs)
v
Central Stags (H)
238 (38.3 overs)
Northern Knights won by 84 runs
Saxton Oval, Nelson
Umpires: Barry Frost and Phil Jones
26 February 2013
11.00
Scorecard
Otago Volts
349/7 (50 overs)
v
Wellington Firebirds (H)
352/4 (48.4 overs)
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)
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)
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)
  • 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)
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)
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)
  • 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
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)
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
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)
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)
  • 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)
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
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)
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
v
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
v
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
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)
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)
66* Nathan McCullum
2/49 Bhupinder Singh
  • 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)
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.

Semi-finals

24 March 2013
10:30
Scorecard
Auckland Aces (H)
314/9 (50 overs)
v
Canterbury Wizards
186 (43.4 overs)
  • 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)
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)
63 Grant Elliott
4/14 Matt Henry
Canterbury Wizards
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)
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

See also

References

1.http://www.blackcaps.co.nz/domestic/the-ford-trophy/138/schedule.aspx