2024/25 Ford Trophy: Canterbury & Auckland Keep Winning
Ford Trophy cricket is back with Canterbury and Auckland leading the competition as the only teams with five wins. Canterbury defeated Wellington in the latest round and Auckland had a win over Otago, while Central Districts were too good for Northern Districts. Here's a whirlwind of basic information to keep you in the loop - the stats don't include players who drifted into T20 tournaments.
Table
Canterbury: 5-1 | 25 points
Auckland: 5-2 | 22 points
Central Districts: 3-3 | 16 points
Wellington: 3-3 | 15 points
Otago: 2-5 | 10 points
Northern Districts: 1-5 | 6 points
Net Run-Rate
Canterbury: 1.287
Auckland: 0.422
Central Districts: 0.436
Wellington: -0.589
Otago: -0.201
Northern Districts: -1.34
Most Sixes
Brett Hampton: 14
Tom Bruce: 12
Llew Johnson: 12
Highest Batting Strike-Rates (50+ runs)
Jake Gibson: 151.2
Chad Bowes: 149.7
Bevon Jacobs: 127.7
Most Economical Bowlers (10+ overs)
Sean Davey: 3.6rpo
Fraser Sheat: 3.9rpo
Angus McKenzie: 3.96
Lowest Bowling Strike-Rates (10+ overs)
Simon Keene: 13
Nick Greenwood: 15
Matt Bacon: 21.07
Most Catches
Tom Bruce: 8
Fergus Lellman: 7
Katene Clarke: 6
Josh Clarkson: 6
Dale Phillips: 6
Auckland
Batting
Cam Fletcher: 256 runs @ 51.2avg/86sr
Michael Sclanders: 242 runs @ 40.3avg/78sr
Sean Solia: 235 runs @ 33.5avg/71sr
Will O'Donnell: 194 runs @ 38.8avg/73sr
Jock McKenzie: 149 runs @ 37.2avg/74sr
Bowling
Danru Ferns: 10w @ 26.3avg/5.9rpo
Simon Keene: 6w @ 11.6avg/5.3rpo
Adithya Ashok: 6w @ 31.3avg/4.9rpo
Louis Delport: 5w @ 42.6avg/4.9rpo
Jock McKenzie: 4w @ 59.5avg/6.2rpo
Northern Districts
Batting
Brett Hampton: 247 runs @ 41.1avg/102sr
Henry Cooper: 241 runs @ 40.1avg/83sr
Fergus Lellman: 150 runs @ 25avg/80sr
Rob O'Donnell: 127 runs @ 21.1avg/64sr
Katene Clarke: 81 runs @ 13.5avg/79sr
Bowling
Brett Hampton: 7w @ 32.1avg/5.3rpo
Kristian Clarke: 6w @ 49.8avg/5.8rpo
Freddie Walker: 4w @ 75.2avg/6.9rpo
Scott Johnston: 3w @ 20.6avg/6.8rpo
Central Districts
Batting
Curtis Heaphy: 374 runs @ 74.8avg/75sr
Brad Schmulian: 321 runs @ 53.5avg/84sr
Tom Bruce: 304 runs @ 50.6avg/113sr
Jack Boyle: 258 runs @ 36.8avg/90sr
Dane Cleaver: 107 runs @ 17.8avg/86sr
Josh Clarkson: 105 runs @ 26.2avg/99sr
Bowling
Blair Tickner: 13w @ 21.5avg/5.2rpo
Brett Randell: 12w @ 23.4avg/5.3rpo
Ray Toole: 8w @ 25.7avg/5.1rpo
Jayden Lennox: 8w @ 35.8avg/4.8rpo
Josh Clarkson: 6w @ 35.8avg/5.1rpo
Wellington
Batting
Muhammad Abbas: 178 runs @ 35.6avg/83sr
Nick Kelly: 158 runs @ 26.3avg/84sr
Troy Johnson: 128 runs @ 21.3avg/62sr
Tim Robinson: 100 runs @ 50avg/68sr
Logan van Beek: 97 runs @ 24.2avg/74sr
Bowling
Liam Dudding: 11w @ 18.7avg/5.3rpo
Peter Younghusband: 10w @ 22avg/4.4rpo
Logan van Beek: 7w @ 35.2avg/5.3rpo
Nick Greenwood: 6w @ 10.5avg/4.2rpo
Michael Snedden: 4w @ 49avg/5.7rpo
Canterbury
Batting
Chad Bowes: 283 runs @ 94.3ag/150sr
Matt Boyle: 257 runs @ 51.4avg/101sr
Cole McConchie: 220 runs @ 44avg/89sr
Rhys Mariu: 118 runs @ 19.6avg/60sr
Scott Janett: 115 runs @ 57.5avg/98sr
Bowling
Zak Foulkes: 12w @ 18.3avg/4.6rpo
Angus McKenzie: 8w @ 21avg/3.9rpo
Fraser Sheat: 7w @ 17.2avg/3.9rpo
Michael Rippon: 7w @ 21.5avg/5.2rpo
Sean Davey: 4w @ 19.5avg/3.6rpo
Otago
Batting
Dale Phillips: 312 runs @ 44.5avg/82sr
Llew Johnson: 280 runs @ 40avg/98sr
Max Chu: 191 runs @ 31.8avg/99sr
Dean Foxcroft: 186 runs @ 26.5avg/81sr
Leo Carter: 179 runs @ 25.5avg/82sr
Luke Georgeson: 175 runs @ 35avg/94sr
Bowling
Matt Bacon: 14w @ 19.2avg/5.4rpo
Dean Foxcroft: 9w @ 33.3avg/5.6rpo
Andrew Hazeldine: 7w @ 47.8avg/6.2rpo
Luke Georgeson: 5w @ 19avg/4.7rpo
Jake Gibson: 5w @ 32.4avg/5.6rpo
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