Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2016–17 McDonald's Super Smash (named after the competition's sponsor McDonald's ) was the twelfth season of the Men's Super Smash Twenty20 cricket tournament in New Zealand . The competition was run from 4 December 2016 to 7 January 2017.[ 1] [ 2] The previous edition was known as the Georgie Pie Super Smash. The Auckland Aces were the defending champions.
The match between Otago Volts and Central Stags on 21 December 2016 set a new record for the highest aggregate total in a T20 fixture, with a total of 497 runs scored.[ 3]
The Wellington Firebirds beat Canterbury Kings by three wickets in the elimination final, and faced Central Stags in the final on 7 January 2017.[ 4] The Wellington Firebirds won the final by 14 runs.[ 5]
Teams
Points table
Teams qualified for the play-offs
Fixtures
Round-robin
Wellington won the toss and elected to field.
Joe Carter and Zak Gibson (Northern Districts) both made their T20 debuts.
Central Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
Only 20 overs of play was possible due to rain.[ 7]
Canterbury won the toss and elected to bat.
Ben Horne (Auckland) made his T20 debut.
Otago won the toss and elected to bat.
Northern Districts won the toss and elected to field.
Wellington won the toss and elected to field.
Northern Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
Canterbury won the toss and elected to bat.
Otago won the toss and elected to bat.
This match set a new record for the highest aggregate run total in a T20 fixture (497).[ 3]
Wellington won the toss and elected to bat.
Canterbury won the toss and elected to bat.
Central Districts won the toss and elected to field.
Wellington won the toss and elected to bat.
Wellington won the toss and elected to bat.
Canterbury won the toss and elected to bat.
Nathan Smith (Otago) made his T20 debut.
Auckland won the toss and elected to bat.
Peter Bocock (Northern Districts) made his T20 debut.
Otago won the toss and elected to bat.
Canterbury won the toss and elected to bat.
Auckland won the toss and elected to field.
Northern Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
Peter Younghusband (Wellington) made his T20 debut.
Central Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
Canterbury won the toss and elected to bat.
Wellington won the toss and elected to field.
Auckland won the toss and elected to bat.
Finn Allen (Auckland) made his T20 debut.
Finals
Canterbury won the toss and elected to bat.
References
External links
Domestic cricket in 2016–17
First-class List A Twenty20