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New Zealand One-Day Cricket Competition
The Ford Trophy is the main domestic List A cricket, 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 comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |