The Women's Super Smash, known for sponsorship reasons as the Dream11 Super Smash, is a
women's Twenty20 competition organised by
New Zealand Cricket
New Zealand Cricket, formerly the New Zealand Cricket Council, is the governing body for professional cricket in New Zealand. Cricket is the most popular and highest profile summer sport in New Zealand.
New Zealand Cricket operates the New ...
.
The competition began in 2007–08 and features six teams, who play each other twice in a
double round-robin format. The winner of the group advances to the final, and the second and third placed teams play in an elimination final. The competition runs alongside the 50-over
Hallyburton Johnstone Shield.
The current champions are
Wellington Blaze, who won the
2024–25 competition and are the most successful team in the history of the competition with eight title wins.
History
The tournament began in
2007–08, as the State League Twenty20. Teams played each other once, with the winner of the group being crowned champions:
Canterbury Magicians
The Canterbury Magicians is the women's representative cricket team for the New Zealand region of Canterbury. They play their home games at Hagley Oval, Christchurch. They compete in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield one-day competition and the ...
were the inaugural winners.
The
following season had a final, in which
Wellington Blaze beat defending champions Canterbury.
The
following season kept the same format, but was known as the New Zealand Cricket Women's Twenty20, with the
Central Hinds winning their first title.
For the following two seasons, the tournament was known as the Action Cricket Twenty20, before becoming simply the New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition until the 2017–18 season. In this period, Wellington and Canterbury won three titles apiece, and one each for
Auckland Hearts
The Auckland Hearts is the women's representative cricket team for the New Zealand region of Auckland. They play their home games at Eden Park Outer Oval. They compete in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield one-day competition and the Women's S ...
and
Otago Sparks
The Otago Sparks is the women's cricket representative team for the New Zealand region of Otago and the surrounding area. They play their home games at University Oval, Dunedin. They compete in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield one-day competition ...
.
In
2018–19, the tournament was renamed the Burger King Women's Super Smash, in line with the
men's competition.
In
2019–20,
Dream11 became the sponsors, and an elimination final, a match between the second and third placed teams to advance to the final, was introduced.
Wellington Blaze won three titles in a row between 2017–18 and 2019–20, but Canterbury beat them in the final in
2020–21.
Wellington regained their title in
2021–22, going unbeaten in the group stage before beating Otago in the final.
Canterbury won their sixth title in
2022–23, beating Wellington in the final after finishing third in the group stage.
Wellington Blaze claimed their eighth title after defeating Central Hinds in the
2023–24 final.
Tournament names
Teams
Roll of Honour
See also
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Super Smash (men's cricket)
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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 Octo ...
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Hallyburton Johnstone Shield
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The Ford Trophy
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Cricket in New Zealand
Notes
References
External links
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{{Twenty20 cricket domestic competitions
New Zealand domestic cricket competitions
Women's cricket competitions in New Zealand
Recurring sporting events established in 2007
Twenty20 cricket leagues
Professional cricket leagues