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The One-Day Cup, known as the Marsh One-Day Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an Australian domestic
List A List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numbe ...
50-over limited-overs cricket tournament. It has had many different names, formats and teams since the inaugural 1969-1970 season. Initially a knockout cup, the competition now features a single round-robin followed by a finals series. The tournament is contested between teams representing the six states of Australia, who also compete in the first-class
Sheffield Shield The Sheffield Shield (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Marsh Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams from the six states of Australia. Sheffield Shi ...
. Three other teams have also played in the tournament for short periods of time: New Zealand's national team competed from 1969–70 until the 1974–75,
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participated from 1997–98 until 1999–2000, and a select
Cricket Australia XI Cricket Australia XI is a domestic cricket team that plays matches against international teams touring Australia. The team formerly played in Australia's JLT Cup limited-overs tournament. Before each tournament, a 14-man squad was selected fro ...
took part as the seventh team for three seasons from 2015–16 until 2017–18. The current champions are
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History

England was the first country to introduce a domestic one-day limited-overs competition with its Gillette Cup in 1963. Australia was the next country to do so when this competition was established in 1969–70. It has been held every summer since, under a wide variety of names and formats. It is a
List A cricket List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numbe ...
competition. It was the first List A competition to feature numbers on player's shirts when they were introduced for the 1995–96 season and numbers were also subsequently introduced for the ODI series later in the season. In September 2017, former Australian
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suggested that
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should be added to the competition.


Seasons and competition formats

*1969/70–1978/79 – Straight knockout *1979/80–1981/82 – 2 pools of 3, semi-finals, 3rd/4th playoff and final *1982/83–1991/92 – 2 pools of 3, semi-finals and final *1992/93–1999/2000 – Single round robin (i.e. home OR away), preliminary final and final *2000/01–2010/11 – Double round robin home and away plus final. *2011/12–2012/13 – Partial round robin (8 matches per team, 3 of 5 opponents played both home and away), plus final. *2013/14 – Carnival format, 6 round games, preliminary final and final. *2014/15 – Carnival format, 7 round games, preliminary final and final. *2015/16–2017/18 – Carnival format, 8 round games, preliminary final and final. *2018/19 – Single round robin, 2 qualification finals, 2 semi-finals and final. *2019/20–present – Carnival format, 7 round games and final


Seasons of sponsorship and competition names

* 1969/70 - 1970/71 - Vehicle & General Australasian Knock-out Competition * 1971/72 - 1972/73 -
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Australasian Knock-out Competition * 1973/74 - 1978/79 -
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Cup * 1979/80 - 1987/88 -
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Cup * 1988/89 - 1991/92 - FAI Cup * 1992/93 - 2000/01 -
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Cup * 2001/02 - 2005/06 -
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Cup * 2006/07 - 2009/10 - Ford Ranger Cup * 2010/11 - 2013/14 -
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One-Day Cup * 2014/15 - 2016/17 - Matador BBQs One-Day Cup * 2017/18 - 2018/19 - JLT One-Day Cup * 2019/20 - 2022/23 -
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One-Day Cup


Teams

* ''Titles correct up to the end of the 2022 season.'' Each team has used several venues to host matches. For a full list, see
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.
New Zealand did not play home games in this series.


Competition placings

''For a complete list of finals with short scorecards and crowd figures, see
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.'' *1 The 1982–83 final was originally washed out, and then rescheduled at the beginning of the 1983–84 season. *3 – Won third place playoff *4 – Lost third place playoff


1969–70 to present


Leading run-scorers and wicket-takers for each team

Career statistics include all matches up to the end of the 2018–19 season.


Player of the tournament


Records and statistics

''Last updated on 27 February 2023''


Points system

Points are awarded as follows: * 4 points for a win * 2 points for a no-result or a tie * 0 points for a loss * 1 bonus point if a team achieves a
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1.25 times that of the opposition * 2 bonus points if a team achieves a
run rate In cricket, the run rate (RR), or runs per over (RPO), is the average number of runs a batting side scores per over. It includes all runs made by the batting side in the innings to that point of the game, both the runs scored by the batsmen and ...
twice that of the opposition The top two teams at the end of the pool matches play-off in the final. The higher-placed team has the home ground advantage.


Television coverage

In 2006–07, the Ford Ranger One Day Cup was televised on Fox Sports. 25 out of the 31 games were televised including the final. Prior to Fox Sports' broadcasting of the domestic cricket competition, Nine was the host broadcaster. In India
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shows the telecast with the help of Fox Sports. In 2011–12 Fox Sports broadcast all 25 games of the Ryobi One Day Cup live. The
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became the rights holder once again from season 2013–14 to the 2016–17 season, primarily showing matches Live on
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and simulcasting via Cricket Australia's website. There are negotiations in place with
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to televise the competition in the UK. For the 2017–18 season, the Nine Network dropped its coverage of the JLT One Day Cup. All matches were streamed live and free on Cricket Australia's own website and app. It was announced on 13 April 2018 that from the 2018–19 season, Fox Sports will broadcast 13 matches of the tournament each year for six years on the new Fox Cricket channel. All remaining matches will be streamed live on Cricket Australia's website and app.


See also

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Australian Domestic One-Day Cricket Final The Australian Domestic One-Day Cricket Final is the last match in the domestic List A Limited overs cricket series in Australia. The competition has had many names since its inception, since 2019–20 it is known as the Marsh One-Day Cup. Un ...


Notes


References


External links

For match results and individual scorecards, see:
Cricinfo Australian Domestic Cricket Archive


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