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Ford Trophy takes a break as Plunket Shield swings around and with five games of one-day cricket in the scorebooks, it's a lovely spot to roll through the five best players from the opening stanza.
Canterbury are top of the Ford Trophy ladder after their win vs Central Districts and Auckland claimed the second spot after defeating Wellington, while Northern Districts vs Otago was washed out.
Wins for Canterbury, Central Districts and Wellington took them to 3-1 starts to the season, while Otago are still hunting their first win.
Wellington, Canterbury and Central Districts had wins in Ford Trophy’s round three and along with Auckland, these four teams are 2-1 to start the season.
Auckland have back to back wins on home turf to start Ford Trophy and all other teams except for Otago have a win so far.
Auckland, Canterbury and Central Districts had wins to start the domestic cricket summer.
The domestic cricket summer starts in a week with Ford Trophy sparking up the action. Every team has high quality young cricketers with fresh Blackcaps likely to start the season in domestic cricket and a wave of lads who will soon elevate to the Blackcaps mix.
Canterbury has gone back to back with Ford Trophy championships and have won three of the last five one-day competitions in Aotearoa after defeating Auckland in the final.
Canterbury's win over Auckland sent them straight into the Ford Trophy final, leaving Auckland to play Central Districts in the elimination final on Friday.
A win for Canterbury and loss for Auckland saw Canterbury take the top spot in Ford Trophy, with both teams chillin' on six wins.
Auckland went back to back with Ford Trophy wins after defeating Northern Districts, while Central Districts stopped the Canterbury streak by winning in Rangiora and Otago grabbed a win against Wellington at the Basin Reserve.
Ford Trophy cricket is back with Canterbury and Auckland leading the competition as the only teams with five wins.
Canterbury is first on the Plunket Shield ladder and second on the Ford Trophy ladder with Aotearoa's strongest concentration of young talent leading their mahi.
A decent chunk of domestic cricket has been played with the first stanza of Ford Trophy followed by a couple Plunket Shield games and that provides a nice spot to check in with the most impressive emerging cricketers in New Zealand.
The first stanza of Ford Trophy has finished with Auckland at the top of the ladder, one point ahead of Canterbury.
Auckland are top of the Ford Trophy ladder after their win over Canterbury and a big hundy from 21-year-old Curtis Heaphy led Central Districts to their first win of the season.
Canterbury is the only undefeated team in Ford Trophy after Chad Bowes' crazy double hundy last week and despite the rain impacting two games on the weekend, Auckland had a win over Otago to snap up second spot on the ladder.
Ford Trophy cricket has started with wins for Otago, Auckland and Canterbury.
The Aotearoa summer of cricket will start with Ford Trophy instead of Plunket Shield and while the best lads still need to pile up runs or wickets, this does provide a few intriguing wrinkles framing the start of the season.
On the day of the Ford Trophy final between Canterbury and Auckland we come together in harmony to celebrate the five best youngsters.