Ford Ranger Cup

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Ford Ranger One Day Cup

Country(ies) Flag of Australia Australia
Administrator(s) Cricket Australia
Cricket format One Day Domestic
First tournament 1969-70
Tournament format(s) Round Robin, then Knockout
Total participants 6
Current champion Tasmania
Most successful Western Australia (11 titles)
Official website Cricket Australia

The Ford Ranger One Day Cup is the current name of the premier domestic One-day/limited overs cricket competition in Australia.

Contents

History

England was the first country to introduce a domestic one-day limited-overs competition with its Gillette Cup in 1963. Australia was the next country to do so when this competition was established in 1969/70. It has been held every summer since, under a wide variety of names and formats. It is a List A cricket competition.

Competition Format

  • 1969/70 to 1978/79 - Straight knockout
  • 1979/80 to 1981/82 - 2 pools of 3, semi finals, 3rd/4th playoff and final
  • 1982/83 to 1991/92 - 2 pools of 3, semi finals and final
  • 1992/93 to 1999/2000 - Single round robin (ie home OR away), preliminary final and final
  • 2000/01 to date - Double round robin (ie home AND away), final

Competition Names

  • Vehicle & General Australasian Knock-out Competition, 1969/70 and 1970/71
  • Coca-Cola Australasian Knock-out Competition, 1971-72 and 1972-73
  • Gillette Cup, 1973/74 to 1978/79
  • McDonald's Cup, 1979/80 to 1987/88
  • FAI Cup, 1988/89 to 1991/92
  • Mercantile Mutual Cup, 1992/93 to 1997/98
  • ING Cup 1998/99 to 2005/06
  • Ford Ranger Cup, 2006/07 to date

Teams

  Team name
(Sponsored name)		 Home ground Last win Wins 2nds
  Western Warriors
(Retravision Warriors)		 The WACA, Perth 2003-04 11 10
  New South Wales Blues
(SpeedBlitz Blues)		 Sydney Cricket Ground 2005-06 9 6
  Queensland Bulls
(XXXX Gold Queensland Bulls)		 The Gabba, Brisbane 2006-07 7 7
  Victorian Bushrangers
(VB Victorian Bushrangers)		 Melbourne Cricket Ground 1998-99 4 7
  Tasmanian Tigers
(PKF Tasmanian Tigers)		 Bellerive Oval, Hobart 2007-08 3 2
  Southern Redbacks
(West End Redbacks)		 Adelaide Oval 1986-87 2 6
Former teams:
  New Zealand1
 		 n/a2 1974-75 3 1
  Canberra Comets3
 		 Manuka Oval, Canberra N/A 0 0

1 Participated from 1969–70 until 1974–75.
2 New Zealand did not play home games in this series.
3 Participated from 1997–98 until 1999–2000.

Titles include all seasons up to 2007–08.

Competition Placings

For a complete list of finals with short scorecards and crowd figures, see Australian Domestic One-Day Cricket Final.

1969/70 to 1978/79

SEASON WINNER RUNNER UP SEMI-FINALIST SEMI-FINALIST
1969-70 New Zealand Victoria New South Wales Western Australia
1970-71 Western Australia Queensland South Australia New Zealand
1971-72 Victoria South Australia New Zealand Western Australia
1972-73 New Zealand Queensland South Australia New South Wales
1973-74 Western Australia New Zealand South Australia New South Wales
1974-75 New Zealand Western Australia Queensland Tasmania
1975-76 Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania
1976-77 Western Australia Victoria Queensland New South Wales
1977-78 Western Australia Tasmania New South Wales Victoria
1978-79 Tasmania Western Australia Queensland Victoria

1979/80 to 1991/92

SEASON WINNER RUNNER UP SEMI-FINALIST SEMI-FINALIST
1979-80 Victoria New South Wales Western Australia % Tasmania
1980-81 Queensland Western Australia South Australia % Victoria
1981-82 Queensland New South Wales Western Australia % Victoria
1982-831 Western Australia New South Wales Queensland Victoria
1983-84 South Australia Western Australia New South Wales Tasmania
1984-85 New South Wales South Australia Victoria Western Australia
1985-86 Western Australia Victoria New South Wales Queensland
1986-87 South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia
1987-88 New South Wales South Australia Tasmania Victoria
1988-89 Queensland Victoria New South Wales Western Australia
1989-90 Western Australia South Australia New South Wales Queensland
1990-91 Western Australia New South Wales Queensland Victoria
1991-92 New South Wales Western Australia Queensland Tasmania
  • 1 The 1982-83 final was originally washed out, and then played at the beginning of the 1983-84 season.
  •  % - Won third place playoff

1992/93 to date

SEASON FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH FIFTH SIXTH SEVENTH
1992-93 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland Tasmania South Australia N/A
1993-94 New South Wales Western Australia South Australia Queensland Victoria Tasmania N/A
1994-95 Victoria South Australia Western Australia Queensland Tasmania New South Wales N/A
1995-96 Queensland Western Australia New South Wales South Australia Tasmania Victoria N/A
1996-97 Western Australia Queensland New South Wales Victoria Tasmania South Australia N/A
1997-98 Queensland New South Wales Western Australia South Australia Tasmania ACT Victoria
1998-99 Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia Western Australia ACT Tasmania
1999-00 Western Australia Queensland New South Wales South Australia Victoria Tasmania ACT
2000-01 New South Wales Western Australia South Australia Queensland Tasmania Victoria N/A
2001-02 New South Wales Queensland South Australia Western Australia Victoria Tasmania N/A
2002-03 New South Wales Western Australia Queensland Tasmania Victoria South Australia N/A
2003-04 Western Australia Queensland Victoria New South Wales South Australia Tasmania N/A
2004-05 Tasmania Queensland Victoria Western Australia South Australia New South Wales N/A
2005-06 New South Wales South Australia Victoria Western Australia Tasmania Queensland N/A
2006-07 Queensland Victoria Western Australia South Australia Tasmania New South Wales N/A
2007-08 Tasmania Victoria South Australia Queensland Western Australia New South Wales N/A
2008-09         N/A

Leading run-scorers and wicket-takers

Career statistics include all matches up to the end of the 2007-08 season.

Team Leading run scorer (career) Leading wicket taker (career)
Western Warriors Justin Langer 3374 runs @ 44.99 Kade Harvey 103 wickets @ 27.12
New South Wales Blues Michael Bevan 3243 runs @ 61.18 Stuart MacGill 124 wickets @ 22.36
Queensland Bulls Jimmy Maher 4589 runs @ 44.99 James Hopes 112 wickets @ 23.63
Victorian Bushrangers Brad Hodge 4056 runs @ 44.57 Mick Lewis 83 wickets @ 28.53
Black Caps Bevan Congdon 265 runs @ 33.13 Hedley Howarth 11 wickets @ 9.09
Southern Redbacks Darren Lehmann 4155 runs @ 51.29 Shaun Tait 87 wickets @ 19.24
Tasmanian Tigers Michael Di Venuto 2891 runs @ 30.75 Brett Geeves 74 wickets @ 26.94
Canberra Comets Peter Solway 455 runs @ 25.27 Lea Hansen 12 wickets @ 21.16

Player of the Tournament

Season Player State
1998/99 Matthew Hayden Queensland Bulls
1999/2000 Matthew Hayden Queensland Bulls
2000/01 Shaun Young Tasmanian Tigers
Darren Lehmann Southern Redbacks
2001/02 Darren Lehmann Southern Redbacks
2002/03 Justin Langer Western Warriors
2006/07 Matthew Elliott Southern Redbacks
2007/08 Matthew Elliott Southern Redbacks

Points system

Since the 2005–06 season, the following points have been awarded for each pool match:

  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a no-result or a tie
  • 0 points for a loss
  • 1 bonus point if a team achieves a run rate 1.25 times that of the opposition
  • 2 bonus points if a team achieves a run rate twice that of the opposition

The top two teams at the end of the pool matches play-off in the final. The higher-placed team has the home ground advantage.

Television coverage

In 2006-07, the Ford Ranger One Day Cup was televised on Fox Sports. 25 out of the 31 games were televised including the final. Prior to Fox Sports' broadcasting of the domestic cricket competition, Nine was the host broadcaster.

Seasons

References

For match results and individual scorecards, see:

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