2015–16 Super Smash
# 2015–16 Super Smash

The 2015–16 Georgie Pie Super Smash (named after the competition's sponsor McDonald's New Zealand brand Georgie Pie) was the eleventh season of the Men's Super Smash Twenty20 cricket tournament in New Zealand. The tournament consisted of a double round-robin, with the top three teams qualifying for the play-offs.

The Auckland Aces won the tournament.

## Teams

| Team | City | Home ground | Coach | Captain | Foreign players |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Auckland Aces | Auckland | Eden Park | Mark O'Donnell | Rob Nicol | James Fuller |
| Northern Knights | Hamilton | Seddon Park | James Pamment | Daniel Flynn | Kevin O'Brien Timm van der Gugten |
| Central Stags | New Plymouth | Yarrow Stadium | Heinrich Malan | George Worker | Mahela Jayawardene Mitchell Claydon |
| Wellington Firebirds | Wellington | Basin Reserve | Jamie Siddons | Michael Papps | Dane Hutchinson |
| Canterbury Kings | Christchurch | Hagley Oval | Bob Carter | Roneel Hira | Aiden Blizzard Michael Hussey Shane Watson |
| Otago Volts | Dunedin | University Oval | Dimitri Mascarenhas | Nathan McCullum | Christi Viljoen |

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Otago Volts | 10 | 26 |
| 2 | Auckland Aces | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Canterbury Kings | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Central Districts Stags | 10 | 18 |
| 5 | Northern Knights | 10 | 18 |
| 6 | Wellington Firebirds | 10 | 12 |

Win = 4 points / No Result = 2 points / Q = Qualified

Expansion Bids: Tauranga, Palmerston North, Nelson

## Grounds

| Name of the stadium | Capacity | City | Home team |
| - | - | - | - |
| Current Grounds ||||
| Eden Park | 42,000 | Auckland | Auckland Aces |
| Seddon Park | 10,000 | Hamilton | Northern Knights |
| Yarrow Stadium | 22,500 | New Plymouth | Central Stags |
| Basin Reserve | 13,000 | Wellington | Wellington Firebirds |
| Hagley Oval | 9,500 | Christchurch | Canterbury Kings |
| University Oval | 3,500 | Dunedin | Otago Volts |
| Bay Oval | 10,000 | Tauranga | Northern Knights |
| Saxton Oval | 6,000 | Nelson | Central Stags |

## 2015 matches

* 5 November 2015 Scorecard

| Central Stags 139/8 (20 overs) | v | Otago Volts 140/5 (17.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Tom Bruce 82* (51) Warren Barnes 3/33 (4 overs) | | Anaru Kitchen 47 (33) Andrew Mathieson 4/18 (4 overs) |

* Otago Volts won by 6 wickets Pukekura Park, New Plymouth Umpires: Ashley Mehrotra (Nzl) and Tony Gillies (Nzl)
* Central Stags won the toss and elected to bat.
* Tom Bruce, Josh Clarkson (Central Districts) and Warren Barnes (Otago) all made their T20 debuts.
* Andrew Mathieson best bowling figures in T20 career. (3/18)
* 6 November 2015 7:10 pm Scorecard

| Northern Knights 153/10 (19.2 overs) | v | Canterbury Kings 154/3 (18.3) |
| - | - | - |
| Anton Devcich 43 (18) Andrew Ellis 5/9 (2.2 overs) | | Henry Nicholls 58* (52) Scott Kuggeleijn 1/19 (2.3 overs) |

* Canterbury Kings won by 7 wickets Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Billy Bowden (Nzl) and Ashley Mehrotra (Nzl)
* Northern Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
* Leo Carter (Canterbury) made his T20 debut.
* Andrew Ellis best bowling figures in T20 career. (5/9)
* 7 November 2015 7:10 pm Scorecard

| Otago Volts 141/8 (20 overs) | v | Central Stags 146/6 (18.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Neil Broom 70* (49) George Worker 5/10 (4 overs) | | George Worker 42 (25) Nathan McCullum 2/19 (4 overs) |

* Central Stags won by 4 wickets Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth Umpires: Barry Frost (Nzl) and Phil Jones (Nzl)
* Central Stags won the toss and elected to bowl.
* George Worker best bowling figures in T20 career. (5/10)
* 8 November 2015 2:20 pm Scorecard

| Canterbury Kings 134/5 (15 overs) | v | Wellington Firebirds 135/3 (14.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Ronnie Hira 44 (36) Luke Woodcock 2/21 (3 overs) | | Stephen Murdoch 40* (23) Logan Van Beek 1/22 (3 overs) |

* Wellington Firebirds won by 7 wickets Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Tim Parlane (Nzl) and Tony Gillies (Nzl)
* Wellington Firebirds won the toss and elected to bowl.
* 70 minute delay with rain
* 11 November 2015 7:10 pm Scorecard

| Auckland Aces 134/5 (20 overs) | v | Central Stags 135/7 (19 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Robert O'Donnell 51 (46) Andrew Mathieson 3/18 (4 overs) | | Josh Clarkson 64* (48) Michael Bates 4/28 (4 overs) |

* Central Stags won by 3 wickets Pukekura Park, New Plymouth Umpires: Billy Bowden (Nzl) and Wayne Knights (Nzl)
* Central Stags won the toss and elected to bowl.
* Robert O'Donnell (Auckland) made his T20 debut.
* Robert O'Donnell highest T20 score. (51)
* Josh Clarkson highest T20 score. (64*)
* 12 November 2015 4:10 pm Scorecard

| Canterbury Kings 134/10 (20 overs) | v | Otago Volts 137/1 (15.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Henry Nicholls 51 (41) Jacob Duffy 5/18 (4 overs) | | Michael Bracewell 80* (49) Ed Nuttall 1/22 (3 overs) |

* Otago Volts won by 9 wickets Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Barry Frost (Nzl) and Chris Brown (Nzl)
* Canterbury Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ed Nuttall (Canterbury) made his T20 debut.
* Jacob Duffy best bowling figures in T20 career. (5/18)
* Michael Bracewell highest T20 score. (80*)
* 12 November 2015 7:10 pm Scorecard

| Northern Knights 184/4 (20 overs) | v | Wellington Firebirds 72/10 (13.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Anton Devcich 66 (57) Dane Hutchinson 3/44 (4 overs) | | Matt Taylor 28 (21) Ish Sodhi 3/12 (3 overs) |

* Northern Knights won by 112 runs Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Ashley Mehrotra (Nzl) and Tim Parlane (Nzl)
* Wellington Firebirds won the toss and elected to bowl.
* Alecz Day (Wellington) made his T20 debut.
* Ish Sodhi best bowling figures in T20 career. (3/12)
* 15 November 2015 1:00 pm

| Wellington Firebirds 139/6 (20 overs) | v | Otago Volts 140/3 (19 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Alecz Day 38 (49) Bradley Scott 3/25 (4 overs) | | Neil Broom 70 (53) Aruan Verma 1/18 (2 overs) |

* Otago Volts won by 7 wickets University Oval, Dunedin Umpires: D. Walker (Nzl) and J. Bromley (Nzl)
* Otago Volts won the toss and elected to bowl.
* 15 November 2015 2:10 pm

| Auckland Aces 217/4 (20 overs) | v | Central Stags 207/7 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Colin Munro 89 (40) Josh Clarkson 2/21 (3 overs) | | Will Young 96 (50) Matt Quinn 3/46 (4 overs) |

* Auckland Aces won by 10 runs Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: Billy Bowden (Nzl) and C.Brown (Nzl)
* Central Stags won the toss and elected to bowl.
* 15 November 2015 2:00 pm

| Northern Knights 172/8 (20 overs) | v | Canterbury Kings 160/6 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Corey Anderson 42 (18) Ewan Nuttall 3/30 (4 overs) | | Adien Blizzard 69 (53) Jono Boult 2/29 (4 overs) |

* Northern Knights won by 12 runs Cobham Oval, Whangarei Umpires: A. Gillies (Nzl) and P. Jones (Nzl)
* Canterbury Kings won the toss and elected to bowl.
* Ewan Nuttall best bowling figures in T20 career. (3/30)
* 17 November 2015 4:00 pm

| Northern Knights 77/10 (19.2 overs) | v | Otago Volts 78/2 (11.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Anton Devcich 33 (32) Joel Finnie 4/11 (4 overs) | | Brad Wilson 31* (17) Ish Sodhi 1/16 (4 overs) |

* Otago Volts won by 8 wickets University Oval, Dunedin Umpires: D. Walker (Nzl) and W. Knights (Nzl)
* Otago Volts won the toss and elected to bowl.
* 18 November 2015 4:00 pm

| Auckland Aces 170/4 (20 overs) | v | Canterbury Kings 170/9 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Rob Nicol 50* (48) Hamish Bennett 2/30 (4 overs) | | Aiden Blizzard 57 (38) Mitchell McClenaghan 3/42 (4 overs) |

* Auckland Aces won in an elimination over. Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: A. Gillies (Nzl) and Barry Frost (Nzl)
* Auckland Aces won the toss and elected to bowl.
* 18 November 2015 4:00 pm

| Canterbury Kings 5/2 (6 balls) | v | Auckland Aces 6/0 (1 ball) |
| - | - | - |
| Peter Fulton 3* (2) Michael Bates 2/5 (6 balls) | | Colin Munro 6* (1) Hamish Bennett 0/6 (1 ball) |

* Auckland Aces won the elimination over. Eden Park, Auckland
* 19 November 2015 4:00 pm

| Wellington Firebirds 175/9 (20 overs) | v | Central Stags 149/9 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Stephen Murdoch 70 (45) Seth Rance 3/32 (4 overs) | | Kruger Van Wyk 38 (35) Jade Dernbach 3/25 (4 overs) |

* Wellington Firebirds won by 26 runs. Saxton Oval, Nelson Umpires: K. Cross (Nzl) and P. Jones (Nzl)
* Wellington Firebirds won the toss and elected to bat.
* Stephen Murdoch highest T20 score. (70)
* 20 November 2015 7:10 pm

| Northern Knights | v | Auckland Aces |
| - | - | - |

* Match Abandoned without a ball bowled. Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Billy Bowden (Nzl) and A. Mehrotra (Nzl)
* No toss
* Rain Abandoned game.
* 21 November 2015 7:10 pm

| Central Stags | v | Canterbury Kings |
| - | - | - |

* Match Abandoned without a ball bowled. Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth Umpires: Tim Parlane (Nzl) and Barry Frost (Nzl)
* No toss
* Rain Abandoned game.
* 22 November 2015 1:10 pm

| Auckland Aces 156/9 (20 overs) | v | Otago Volts 155/6 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Colin Munro 45 (17) Nathan McCullum 3/19 (4 overs) | | Anaru Kitchen 45 (22) Matt Quinn 2/31 (4 overs) |

* Auckland Aces won by 1 run. Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: D. Walker (Nzl) and R. Hooper (Nzl)
* Otago Volts won the toss and elected to bowl.
* 22 November 2015 2:00 pm

| Wellington Firebirds 152/5 (20 overs) | v | Northern Knights 154/3 (18 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Stephen Murdoch 92* (59) Jono Boult 1/17 (3 overs) | | Anton Devcich 67 (53) Alecz Day 2/32 (3 overs) |

* Northern Knights won by 7 wickets. Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: P. Jones (Nzl) and S. Haig (Nzl)
* Northern Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
* Stephen Murdoch highest T20 score. (92*)
* 25 November 2015 4:00 pm

| Otago Volts 181/8 (20 overs) | v | Wellington Firebirds 162/10 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Brad Wilson 67 (46) Jade Dernbach 4/33 (4 overs) | | Matthew Taylor 65 (41) Sam Wells 4/24 (3 overs) |

* Northern Knights won by 7 wickets. Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: W. Knights (Nzl) and Billy Bowden (Nzl)
* Wellington Firebirds won the toss and elected to bowl.
* Matthew Taylor highest T20 score. (65)
* Sam Wells best career bowling figures. (4/24)
* 26 November 2015 4:00 pm

| Auckland Aces 133/9 (20 overs) | v | Canterbury Kings 134/4 (16.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Brad Cachopa 49 (41) Andrew Ellis 4/17 (4 overs) | | Peter Fulton 76* (43) Mitchell McClenaghan 3/23 (4 overs) |

* Canterbury Kings won by 6 wickets. Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: D. Walker (Nzl) and C. Brown (Nzl)
* Auckland Aces won the toss and elected to bat.
* Cameron Fletcher highest T20 score. (38)
* 26 November 2015 7:10 pm

| Central Stags 170/6 (20 overs) | v | Northern Knights 173/8 (19.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Mahela Jayawardene 76 (52) Scott Kuggeleijn 3/24 (4 overs) | | Anton Devcich 70 (47) Mitch Claydon 3/28 (4 overs) |

* Northern Knights won by 2 wickets. Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: B. Frost (Nzl) and A. Gillies (Nzl)
* Northern Knights won the toss and elected to bowl.
* Scott Kuggeleijn best career bowling figures. (3/24)
* 29 November 2015 1:00 pm

| Canterbury Kings 152/8 (20 overs) | v | Otago Volts 129/9 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Cameron Fletcher 61 (56) Warren Barnes 3/30 (4 overs) | | Neil Broom 39 (35) Ronnie Hira 4/18 (4 overs) |

* Canterbury Kings won by 23 runs University Oval, Dunedin Umpires: Barry Frost (Nzl) and A. Gillies (Nzl)
* Otago Volts won the toss and elected to bowl.
* Cameron Fletcher highest T20 score. (61)
* 29 November 2015 1:10 pm

| Wellington Firebirds 136/9 (20 overs) | v | Auckland Aces 140/3 (18.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Michael Pollard 33 (30) Tarun Nethula 2/18 (4 overs) | | Colin de Grandhomme 38* (26) Jeetan Patel 3/26 (4 overs) |

* Auckland Aces won by 7 wickets Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: P. Jones (Nzl) and A. Mehrotra (Nzl)
* Wellington Firebirds won the toss and elected to bat.
* 2 December 2015 4:00 pm

| Canterbury Kings 145/10 (20 overs) | v | Wellington Firebirds 127/9 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Ronnie Hira 57 (40) Aruna Verma 3/34 (4 overs) | | Tom Blundell 60 (48) Ronnie Hira 2/20 (4 overs) |

* Canterbury Kings won by 18 runs Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Billy Bowden (Nzl) and A. Gilles (Nzl)
* Wellington Firebirds won the toss and elected to bowl.
* Tom Blundell highest T20 career score. (60)
* 3 December 2015 4:00 pm

| Otago Volts | v | Auckland Aces |
| - | - | - |

* Match Abandoned University Oval, Dunedin Umpires: Barry Frost (Nzl) and Tim Parlane (Nzl)
* No Toss
* 4 December 2015 7:10 pm

| Central Stags 165/9 (20 overs) | v | Wellington Firebirds 132/10 (19 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Tom Bruce 54 (31) Aruan Verma 4/27 (4 overs) | | Michael Pollard 44 (34) Adam Milne 2/18 (4 overs) |

* Central Stags won by 33 runs McLean Park, Napier Umpires: C. Brown (Nzl) and W. Knights (Nzl)
* Central Stags won the toss and elected to bat.
* Aruan Verma career best bowling figures. (4/27)
* Play delayed for 20 minutes due to too much light.
* 5 December 2015 7:10 pm

| Auckland Aces 191/4 (20 overs) | v | Northern Knights 154/10 (18.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Colin Munro 82 (39) Timm van der Gugten 2/47 (4 overs) | | Corey Anderson 39 (22) Rob Nicol 3/37 (4 overs) |

* Auckland Aces won by 37 runs Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Billy Bowden (Nzl) and Barry Frost (Nzl)
* Auckland Aces won the toss and elected to bat.
* 6 December 2015 3:00 pm

| Otago Volts 178/4 (20 overs) | v | Northern Knights 122/10 (16.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Michael Bracewell 54 (39) Ish Sodhi 1/15 (4 overs) | | Nick Kelly 42 (32) Anaru Kitchen 3/31 (4 overs) |

* Otago Volts won by 56 runs Bay Oval, Mt Maunganui Umpires: Billy Bowden (Nzl) and W. Knights (Nzl)
* Northern Knights won the toss and elected to bowl.
* 6 December 2015 3:00 pm

| Canterbury Kings 166/6 (20 overs) | v | Central Stags 149/9 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Peter Fulton 48 (33) Seth Rance 3/17 (4 overs) | | Mahela Jayawardene 53 (44) Logan van Beek 3/21 (3 overs) |

* Canterbury Kings won by 17 runs Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: A. Gilles (Nzl) and C. Brown (Nzl)
* Canterbury Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
* 6 December 2015 3:10 pm

| Auckland Aces 109/10 (18.2 overs) | v | Wellington Firebirds 110/3 (15.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Colin Munro 28 (22) Dane Hutchinson 3/17 (3.2 overs) | | Tom Blundell 45* (41) Tarun Nethula 1/14 (3 overs) |

* Wellington Firebirds won by 7 wickets Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: A. Mehrotra (Nzl) and T. Parlane (Nzl)
* Auckland Aces won the toss and elected to bat.
* 11 December 2015 7:10 pm

| Otago Volts 165/5 (20 overs) | v | Auckland Aces |
| - | - | - |
| Hamish Rutherford 91* (66) Rob Nicol 2/20 (4 overs) | | |

* Match Abandoned by rain. Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth Umpires: Billy Bowden and Phil Jones
* Auckland Aces won the toss and elected to bowl.
* Otago go through to the Final because of finishing top of the table
* Hamish Rutherford highest career T20 score. (91*)
* 12 December 2015 7:10 pm

| Canterbury Kings 113/10 (19.2 overs) | v | Auckland Aces 50/2 (9.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Cameron Fletcher 33 (36) Donovan Grobbelar 3/23 (3.3 overs) | | Rob Nicol 27* (32) Todd Astle 2/9 (2 overs) |

* Auckland Aces won by 2 runs (D/L) Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth Umpires: Billy Bowden and W. Knights
* Auckland Aces won the toss and elected to field.
* When rain stopped play Auckland needed 48 to win with Duckworth - Lewis.
* 13 December 2015 7:10 pm

| Auckland Aces 166/6 (20 overs) | v | Otago Volts 146/9 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Rob Nicol 77 (54) Warren Barnes 3/33 (4 overs) | | Nathan McCullum 35 (21) Mitchell McClenaghan 3/23 (4 overs) |

* Auckland Aces won by 20 runs Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth Umpires: Billy Bowden and Phil Jones
* Auckland Aces won the toss and elected to bat.
* Auckland Aces win the Georgie Pie Super Smash 2015.
