Wikipedia - Super Smash (women's cricket)
The Women's Super Smash, known for sponsorship reasons as the Dream11 Super Smash, is a women's Twenty20 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 Wellington Blaze, who won the 2023-24 competition and are the most successful team in the history of the competition with eight 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. The following season had a final, in which Wellington Blaze beat defending champions Canterbury.
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. 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.
In 2018–19, the tournament was renamed the Burger King Women's Super Smash, in line with the men's competition. 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. Wellington Blaze won three titles in a row between 2017–18 and 2019–20, but Canterbury beat them in the final in 2020–21. Wellington regained their title in 2021–22, going unbeaten in the group stage before beating Otago in the final. Canterbury won their sixth title in 2022–23, beating Wellington in the final after finishing third in the group stage. Wellington Blaze claimed their eighth title after defeating Central Hinds in the 2023–24 final.
Der Super Smash - Frauen ist ein Twenty20-Cricket-Turnier, das jährlich in Neuseeland ausgetragen wird. Das Turnier wurde 2009 gegründet und wird von sechs Provinzmannschaften bestritten. Die Mannschaften spielen in einem Rundenturnier gegeneinander, wobei die besten drei Teams das Finale erreichen. Der Super Smash - Frauen ist ein wichtiger Bestandteil des neuseeländischen Cricket-Kalenders und bietet den besten Spielerinnen des Landes eine Plattform, um ihr Können zu präsentieren.
**Format**
Der Super Smash - Frauen wird in einem Rundenturnier ausgetragen, wobei jede Mannschaft zweimal gegen jede andere Mannschaft antritt. Die besten drei Mannschaften am Ende des Rundenturniers erreichen das Finale. Das Finale wird an einem neutralen Austragungsort ausgetragen.
**Mannschaften**
Die sechs Mannschaften, die am Super Smash - Frauen teilnehmen, sind:
* Auckland Hearts
* Canterbury Magicians
* Central Districts Hinds
* Northern Districts Spirit
* Otago Sparks
* Wellington Blaze
**Spielerinnen**
Der Super Smash - Frauen zieht einige der besten Cricketspielerinnen der Welt an. Zu den bemerkenswerten Spielerinnen, die im Turnier gespielt haben, gehören:
* Suzie Bates
* Sophie Devine
* Lea Tahuhu
* Amelia Kerr
* Hayley Jensen
**Geschichte**
Der Super Smash - Frauen wurde erstmals in der Saison 2009/10 ausgetragen. Der Canterbury Magicians gewann die ersten beiden Austragungen des Turniers. Die Auckland Hearts sind das erfolgreichste Team im Turnier und haben den Titel dreimal gewonnen. Der derzeitige Titelverteidiger ist Wellington Blaze.