Super Smash (men's cricket)

The Super Smash is a men's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in New Zealand. Since the 2018–19 season, the competition runs alongside the Women's Super Smash.

WWW Official Site 𝕏 SuperSmashNZ

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:

Georgie Pie – from 2014–15 to 2015–16
McDonald's – 2016–17
Burger King – from 2017–18 to 2018–19
Dream11 – from 2019–20 to 2024–25

From 2008–09 to 2013–14 the winner of the competition gained entry to the Champions League Twenty20 tournament later in the same year.

Teams

Six teams play in the league, four from the North Island and two from the South Island.

Team	Major Association	District Associations	Wins	2nds
Auckland Aces	Auckland	–	5	4
Canterbury Kings	Canterbury	Christchurch Metro, Christchurch Junior, Canterbury Country, South Canterbury, Buller, Mid Canterbury, West Coast	1	8
Central Stags	Central Districts	Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, Wanganui, Manawatu, Horowhenua-Kapiti, Wairarapa, Marlborough, Nelson	4	3
Northern Brave	Northern Districts	Northland, Counties Manukau, Hamilton, Waikato Valley Bay of Plenty, Poverty Bay	5	2
Otago Volts	Otago	Dunedin, Southland, Otago Country, North Otago	2	3
Wellington Firebirds	Wellington	–	4	1

Tournament results

Results of each season are here:

From 2008–09 until 2013–14, the winning team qualified for the Champions League Twenty20
From the 2010–11 season onwards, each team is allowed up to two overseas players