The Women's Super Smash, known for sponsorship reasons as the Dream11 Super Smash, is a

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competition organised by

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. The competition began in 2007–08 and features six teams, who play each other twice in a

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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

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. The current champions are

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, 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

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 The Central Hinds are the women's representative cricket team of Central Districts Cricket Association, based in central New Zealand. The Major Association team is the only female team to draw players from both the main islands of New Zealand. T ...

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,

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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

Notes

References

External links

* {{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