Ford Ranger One Day Cup

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Ford Ranger One Day Cup
Country(ies)	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 most recent name of the domestic List A cricket (One-day/limited overs cricket) competition in Australia.

The competition commenced in 1969-70 with a knock-out format featuring the Australian state teams and New Zealand. Known as the Vehicle & General Australasian Knock-out Competition for two seasons, a sponsorship change meant that it went by the name of Coca-Cola Australasian Knock-out Competition in 1971-72 and 1972-73. In 1973-74, it was renamed the Gillette Cup. The competition became a purely Australian affair after New Zealand's last season in 1974-75.

The format was changed in 1979-80, when the new McDonald's Cup featured a two pool system. The same format was used by the FAI Cup from 1988-89 to 1991-92. From 1992-93, the Mercantile Mutual Cup involved a full round robin before the semifinals, and in 1997-98, the Canberra Comets were included. Only lasting three seasons, the Comets were axed in 2000-01, when the round robin structure was expanded to include home and away meetings for all teams before a single final. The name ING Cup was first used in the next season, following Mercantile Mutual's rebranding, and was used up to and including 2005–06, when ING withdrew as sponsor and Ford bought the naming rights.^[1] After several months delay, the naming rights for the 2007/08 Season for the One Day Domestic Competition remained as The Ford Ranger Cup, following on from the 2006/07 Season.

Contents 1 Teams 2 Winners and runners-up 3 Leading run-scorers and wicket-takers 4 Points system 5 Television coverage 6 References

[edit] 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 (XXX Gold Queensland Bulls)	The Gabba, Brisbane	2006-07	7 / 7
	Victorian Bushrangers (VB Victorian Bushrangers)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1998-99	4 / 7
	Tasmanian Tigers (Cascade Tasmanian Tigers)	Bellerive Oval, Hobart	2007-08	3 / 2
	Southern Redbacks (West End Redbacks)	Adelaide Oval	1986-87	2 / 6
Former teams:
	New Zealand1	none2	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 2005–06. Career statistics include all matches up to the end of the 2005–06 season.

[edit] Winners and runners-up

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

SEASON	WINNER	RUNNER UP	VENUE	CROWD
1969-70	New Zealand	Victoria	MCG	14,238
1970-71	Western Australia	Queensland	MCG	5,595
1971-72	Victoria	South Australia	Adelaide Oval	9,189
1972-73	New Zealand	Queensland	The Gabba	7,049
1973-74	Western Australia	New Zealand	MCG	-
1974-75	New Zealand	Western Australia	MCG	4,462
1975-76	Queensland	Western Australia	WACA	11,134
1976-77	Western Australia	Victoria	MCG	32,908
1977-78	Western Australia	Tasmania	WACA	13,753
1978-79	Tasmania	Western Australia	TCA Ground	10,822
1979-80	Victoria	New South Wales	MCG	20,604
1980-81	Queensland	Western Australia	The Gabba	20,043
1981-82	Queensland	New South Wales	SCG	5,549
1982-831	Western Australia	New South Wales	WACA	9,179
1983-84	South Australia	Western Australia	Adelaide Oval	-
1984-85	New South Wales	South Australia	SCG	11,782
1985-86	Western Australia	Victoria	MCG	9,370/3,065
1986-87	South Australia	Tasmania	TCA Ground	-
1987-88	New South Wales	South Australia	SCG	6,180
1988-89	Queensland	Victoria	MCG	-
1989-90	Western Australia	South Australia	WACA	11,675
1990-91	Western Australia	New South Wales	WACA	11,294
1991-92	New South Wales	Western Australia	WACA	10,825
1992-93	New South Wales	Victoria	SCG	11,070
1993-94	New South Wales	Western Australia	SCG	6,136
1994-95	Victoria	South Australia	MCG	11,167
1995-96	Queensland	Western Australia	The Gabba	8,597
1996-97	Western Australia	Queensland	WACA	13,399
1997-98	Queensland	New South Wales	SCG	11,164
1998-99	Victoria	New South Wales	MCG	-
1999-00	Western Australia	Queensland	WACA	11,893
2000-01	New South Wales	Western Australia	WACA	-
2001-02	New South Wales	Queensland	The Gabba	12,005
2002-03	New South Wales	Western Australia	WACA	-
2003-04	Western Australia	Queensland	The Gabba	13,092
2004-05	Tasmania	Queensland	The Gabba	12,357
2005-06	New South Wales	South Australia	Adelaide Oval	8,404
2006-07	Queensland	Victoria	MCG	5,000
2007-08	Tasmania	Victoria	Bellerive Oval	5,063

• ¹ The 1982-83 final was originally washed out, and then played at the beginning of the 1983-84 season.

[edit] Leading run-scorers and wicket-takers

Career statistics include all matches up to the end of the 2005–06 season.

Team	Leading run scorer (career)		Leading wicket taker (career)
Western Warriors	Justin Langer	2992 runs @ 40.43	Kade Harvey	103 wickets @ 27.13
New South Wales Blues	Michael Bevan	2400 runs @ 61.54	Stuart MacGill	124 wickets @ 21.83
Queensland Bulls	Jimmy Maher	3984 runs @ 48.00	Michael Kasprowicz	95 wickets @ 28.69
Victorian Bushrangers	Brad Hodge	3079 runs @ 41.05	Ian Harvey	81 wickets @ 27.41
Black Caps	Bevan Congdon	265 runs @ 33.13	Hedley Howarth	11 wickets @ 9.09
Southern Redbacks	Greg Blewett	3492 runs @ 40.60	Paul Wilson	70 wickets @ 23.94
Tasmanian Tigers	Michael Di Venuto	2629 runs @ 32.06	Damien Wright	63 wickets @ 28.80
Canberra Comets	Peter Solway	455 runs @ 25.27	Lea Hansen	12 wickets @ 21.16

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

1. ^ "Extra Twenty20 games next season", Sydney Morning Herald, 29 May 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-29. 

• Cricinfo Australian Domestic Cricket Archive - Contains results for all matches

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