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The Men's Super Smash, currently named the
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Super Smash for sponsorship purposes until 2026, is a men's domestic
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competition in
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. 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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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
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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
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. *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 ...
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The Ford Trophy The Ford Trophy is the main domestic 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 c ...
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References

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