Women's Super Smash
CountriesNew Zealand New Zealand
AdministratorNew Zealand Cricket
FormatTwenty20
First edition2007–08
Latest edition2022–23
Tournament formatDouble round-robin, preliminary final and final
Number of teams6
Current championCanterbury Magicians (6th title)
Most successfulWellington Blaze (7 titles)
TVTVNZ (New Zealand)
ESPN+ (US)
2023–24 Super Smash
WebsiteSuper Smash

The Women's Super Smash, known for sponsorship reasons as the Dream11 Super Smash, is a women's Twenty20 cricket competition organised by New Zealand Cricket.

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 Canterbury Magicians, who won the 2022–23 competition. Wellington Blaze are the most successful side in the history of the competition, with seven 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 were the inaugural winners.[1] The following season had a final, in which Wellington Blaze beat defending champions Canterbury.[2]

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.[3] 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 and Otago Sparks.[4]

In 2018–19, the tournament was renamed the Burger King Women's Super Smash, in line with the men's competition.[5] 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.[6] Wellington Blaze won three titles in a row between 2017–18 and 2019–20, but Canterbury beat them in the final in 2020–21.[4] Wellington regained their title in 2021–22, going unbeaten in the group stage before beating Otago in the final.[7] Canterbury won their sixth title in 2022–23, beating Wellington in the final after finishing third in the group stage.[8]

Tournament names

Period Name
2007–08 to 2008–09 State League Twenty20
2009–10 New Zealand Cricket Women's Twenty20
2010–11 to 2011–12 Action Cricket Twenty20
2012–13 to 2017–18 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition
2018–19 to present Super Smash

Teams

TeamWinsRunners-up
Auckland Hearts14
Canterbury Magicians65
Central Hinds12
Northern Brave00
Otago Sparks12
Wellington Blaze73

Roll of Honour

Season Winner Runner-up Leading run-scorer Leading wicket-taker Ref
2007–08 Canterbury Magicians Central Hinds Sara McGlashan (Hinds) 231 Paula Gruber (Hearts); Amanda Cooper (Blaze) 8 [1]
2008–09 Wellington Blaze Canterbury Magicians Lucy Doolan (Blaze) 212 Amanda Cooper (Blaze) 9 [2]
2009–10 Central Hinds Auckland Hearts Nicola Browne (Hinds) 150 Sarah Tsukigawa (Sparks) 11 [3]
2010–11 Canterbury Magicians Wellington Blaze Suzie Bates (Sparks) 413 Natasha Miles (Sparks); Lucy Doolan (Blaze) 14 [9]
2011–12 Canterbury Magicians Auckland Hearts Sarah Taylor (Blaze) 306 Paula Gruber (Hearts); Rachel Candy (Magicians) 11 [10]
2012–13 Wellington Blaze Canterbury Magicians Sophie Devine (Blaze) 191 Brooke Kirkbride (Hinds) 9 [11]
2013–14 Auckland Hearts Canterbury Magicians Sara McGlashan (Hearts) 243 Paula Gruber (Hearts); Megan Tremaine (Hearts) 7 [12]
2014–15 Wellington Blaze Otago Sparks Suzie Bates (Sparks) 237 Amelia Kerr (Blaze); Eimear Richardson (Blaze) 10 [13]
2015–16 Canterbury Magicians Central Hinds Frances Mackay (Magicians) 190 5 bowlers[lower-alpha 1] [14]
2016–17 Otago Sparks Canterbury Magicians Frances Mackay (Magicians) 223 Leigh Kasperek (Sparks) 8 [15]
2017–18 Wellington Blaze Auckland Hearts Bernadine Bezuidenhout (Hinds) 280 Lucy Doolan (Blaze); Anna Peterson (Hearts) 16 [16]
2018–19 Wellington Blaze Canterbury Magicians Frances Mackay (Magicians) 367 Amelia Kerr (Blaze) 19 [5]
2019–20 Wellington Blaze Auckland Hearts Katie Perkins (Hearts) 485 Jess Kerr (Blaze) 20 [6]
2020–21 Canterbury Magicians Wellington Blaze Sophie Devine (Blaze) 434 Frances Mackay (Magicians) 20 [17]
2021–22 Wellington Blaze Otago Sparks Suzie Bates (Sparks) 504 Leigh Kasperek (Blaze) 20 [7]
2022–23 Canterbury Magicians Wellington Blaze Kate Anderson (Magicians) 536 Gabby Sullivan (Magicians) 21 [8]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Deanna Doughty (Blaze), Frances Mackay (Magicians), Anna Peterson (Hearts), Amy Satterthwaite (Magicians) and Lea Tahuhu (Magicians) all took 7 wickets.

References

  1. 1 2 "State League Twenty20 2007/08". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 "State League Twenty20 2008/09". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 "New Zealand Cricket Women's Twenty20 2009/10". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Super Smash". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Burger King Women's Super Smash 2018/19". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Dream11 Women's Super Smash 2019/20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Dream11 Women's Super Smash 2021/22". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Dream11 Women's Super Smash 2022/23". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "Action Cricket Twenty20 2010/11". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "Action Cricket Twenty20 2011/12". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition 2012/13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition 2013/14". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  13. ↑ "New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition 2014/15". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  14. ↑ "New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition 2015/16". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  15. ↑ "New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition 2016/17". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  16. ↑ "New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition 2017/18". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  17. ↑ "Dream11 Women's Super Smash 2020/21". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
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