The Men's Super Smash, currently named the
Dream11
Dream11 is an Indian fantasy sports platform that allows users to play fantasy cricket, hockey, football, kabaddi, handball, basketball, volleyball, rugby, futsal, American football and baseball. In April 2019, Dream11 became the first Indi ...
Super Smash for sponsorship purposes until 2026,
is a men's domestic
Twenty20 cricket
Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innin ...
competition in
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 count ...
. Since the 2018–19 season, the competition runs alongside the
Women's Super Smash
The Women's Super Smash, known for sponsorship reasons as the Dream11 Super Smash, is a women's Twenty20 cricket competition organised by New Zealand Cricket.
The competition began in 2007–08 and features six teams, who play each other twice ...
.
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:
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Georgie Pie
Georgie Pie was a fast food chain owned by retailer Progressive Enterprises specialising in meat pies that hoped to be "New Zealand’s own homegrown alternative to the global fast-food industry giants such as McDonald's, Pizza Hut and Burg ...
from 2014–15 to 2015–16
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McDonald's
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2016–17
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Burger King from 2017–18 to 2018–19
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Dream11
Dream11 is an Indian fantasy sports platform that allows users to play fantasy cricket, hockey, football, kabaddi, handball, basketball, volleyball, rugby, futsal, American football and baseball. In April 2019, Dream11 became the first Indi ...
from 2019–20 to present (sponsorship contract expires in 2026
)
From 2008–09 to 2013–14 the winner of the competition gained entry to the
Champions League Twenty20
The Champions League Twenty20, also referred to as the CLT20, was an annual international Twenty20 Cricket competition played between qualifying domestic teams from some major cricketing nations. The competition was launched in 2008 with the f ...
tournament later in the same year.
Teams
6 teams play in the Super Smash.
Following teams play in this tournament:
Tournament results
Results of each season are here:
Notes
*From the 2008–09 season until the 2013–14 season, the winning team would qualify for the
Champions League Twenty20
The Champions League Twenty20, also referred to as the CLT20, was an annual international Twenty20 Cricket competition played between qualifying domestic teams from some major cricketing nations. The competition was launched in 2008 with the f ...
.
*From the 2010–11 season onwards, each team is allowed up to two international imports.
See also
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Women's Super Smash
The Women's Super Smash, known for sponsorship reasons as the Dream11 Super Smash, is a women's Twenty20 cricket competition organised by New Zealand Cricket.
The competition began in 2007–08 and features six teams, who play each other twice ...
*
Plunket Shield
New Zealand has had a domestic first-class cricket championship since the 1906–07 season. Since the 2009–10 season it has been known by its original name of the Plunket Shield.
History
The Plunket Shield competition was instigated in Octob ...
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Hallyburton Johnstone Shield
The Hallyburton Johnstone Shield is the premier domestic women's one-day cricket competition in New Zealand. The tournament began in 1935–36, as a first-class competition, but is now played as a 50-over competition, with six provincial teams ...
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The Ford Trophy
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Cricket in New Zealand
Cricket is the most popular summer sport in New Zealand, second only in total sporting popularity to rugby. New Zealand is one of the twelve countries that take part in Test match cricket.
History
The beginnings of cricket in New Zealand
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References
{{Champions League Twenty20
New Zealand domestic cricket competitions
Recurring sporting events established in 2005
Twenty20 cricket leagues
Professional cricket leagues
Professional sports leagues in New Zealand