The 2020–21 Dream11 Super Smash was the fourteenth season of the women's Super Smash Twenty20 cricket competition played in New Zealand. It ran from December 2020 to February 2021, with 6 provincial teams taking part. Canterbury Magicians beat Wellington Blaze in the final to win the tournament, their 5th Super Smash title.
| Dates | 24 December 2020 – 13 February 2021 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | New Zealand Cricket |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round robin and knockout finals |
| Champions | Canterbury Magicians (5th title) |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 32 |
| Most runs | Sophie Devine (434) |
| Most wickets | Frances Mackay (20) |
The tournament ran alongside the 2020–21 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield.
Competition format
editTeams played in a double round-robin in a group of six, therefore playing 10 matches overall. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format. The top team in the group advanced straight to the final, whilst the second and third placed teams played off in an elimination final.[1][2]
The group worked on a points system with positions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:
Win: 4 points
Tie: 2 points
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/No Result: 2 points.
Points table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canterbury Magicians | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0.781 |
| 2 | Auckland Hearts | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0.275 |
| 3 | Wellington Blaze | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2.196 |
| 4 | Northern Spirit | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.865 |
| 5 | Otago Sparks | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −1.310 |
| 6 | Central Hinds | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −1.168 |
Source: ESPNCricinfo[3]
Fixtures
editRound-robin
edit 24 December 2020
Scorecard |
Auckland Hearts
92/9 (20 overs) |
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Wellington Blaze
94/1 (10.4 overs) |
Saachi Shahri 29 (27)
Amelia Kerr 3/11 (4 overs) |
- Wellington Blaze won the toss and elected to field.
27 December 2020
Scorecard |
Central Hinds
88/9 (20 overs) |
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Wellington Blaze
89/1 (13.1 overs) |
Rebecca Burns 42 (42)
Melissa Hansen 1/7 (1 over) |
- Wellington Blaze won the toss and elected to field.
28 December 2020
Scorecard |
Auckland Hearts
156/3 (20 overs) |
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Otago Sparks
119 (19.5 overs) |
Anna Peterson 68 (51)
Gemma Adams 1/16 (4 overs) |
Polly Inglis 62 (61)
Arlene Kelly 3/26 (3.5 overs) |
- Otago Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
29 December 2020
Scorecard |
Otago Sparks
112 (20 overs) |
v
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Canterbury Magicians
113/2 (15.3 overs) |
Bella James 24 (19)
Lea Tahuhu 3/11 (4 overs) |
- Otago Sparks won the toss and elected to bat.
30 December 2020
Scorecard |
Northern Spirit
161/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Central Districts
144/9 (20 overs) |
- Central Hinds won the toss and elected to field.
31 December 2020
Scorecard |
Auckland Hearts
158/2 (20 overs) |
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Central Districts
150/8 (20 overs) |
- Auckland Hearts won the toss and elected to bat.
1 January 2021
Scorecard |
Wellington Blaze
139/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Northern Spirit
140/5 (20 overs) |
- Wellington Blaze won the toss and elected to bat.
2 January 2021
Scorecard |
Northern Spirit
97/4 (13 overs) |
v
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Otago Sparks
103/4 (12.2 overs) |
Brooke Halliday 37 (31)
Emma Black 1/9 (1 over) |
- Otago Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
- Northern Spirit were set a revised target of 102 runs from 13 overs due to rain.
3 January 2021
Scorecard |
Canterbury Magicians
6/0 (1.4 overs) |
v
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Frances Mackay 5* (5)
|
- Auckland Hearts won the toss and elected to field.
4 January 2021
Scorecard |
Central Hinds
68/2 (10 overs) |
v
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Northern Spirit
72/1 (9.5 overs) |
- Northern Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
- Match reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain.
8 January 2021
Scorecard |
Central Hinds
102/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Otago Sparks
105/3 (15.2 overs) |
Polly Inglis 43* (38)
Monique Rees 1/13 (2 overs) |
- Otago Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
9 January 2021
Scorecard |
Northern Spirit
100/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Wellington Blaze
102/5 (17 overs) |
Rebecca Burns 24 (15)
Lucy Boucher 3/21 (3 overs) |
- Northern Spirit won the toss and elected to bat.
10 January 2021
Scorecard |
Central Hinds
100/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Canterbury Magicians
101/2 (17 overs) |
Kate Gaging 28 (27)
Frances Mackay 4/10 (4 overs) |
Frances Mackay 48 (33)
Claudia Green 1/26 (4 overs) |
- Canterbury Magicians won the toss and elected to field.
11 January 2021
Scorecard |
Auckland Hearts
138/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Canterbury Magicians
118 (19.2 overs) |
- Canterbury Magicians won the toss and elected to field.
14 January 2021
Scorecard |
Otago Sparks
128/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Wellington Blaze
131/0 (8.4 overs) |
Sophie Devine 108* (38)
|
- Otago Sparks won the toss and elected to bat.
15 January 2021
Scorecard |
Canterbury Magicians
154/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Northern Spirit
101 (19.5 overs) |
Kate Anderson 38 (31)
Sarah Asmussen 2/21 (4 overs) |
- Canterbury Magicians won the toss and elected to bat.
16 January 2021
Scorecard |
Canterbury Magicians
117 (19.3 overs) |
v
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Wellington Blaze
118/3 (13.2 overs) |
Sophie Devine 59 (26)
Sarah Asmussen 2/28 (4 overs) |
- Canterbury Magicians won the toss and elected to bat.
17 January 2021
Scorecard |
Northern Spirit
97/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Auckland Hearts
100/4 (17.4 overs) |
- Northern Spirit won the toss and elected to bat.
18 January 2021
Scorecard |
Central Hinds
126/3 (17 overs) |
v
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Otago Sparks
59/3 (8 overs) |
- Otago Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
- Otago Sparks were set a revised target of 66 runs from 8 overs due to rain.
21 January 2021
Scorecard |
Northern Spirit
124/5 (19 overs) |
v
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Canterbury Magicians
129/4 (16.3 overs) |
Amy Satterthwaite 38 (27)
Makayla Templeton 2/15 (3.3 overs) |
- Canterbury Magicians won the toss and elected to field.
- Match reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.
23 January 2021
Scorecard |
Auckland Hearts
120/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Central Districts
122/1 (16.3 overs) |
- Auckland Hearts won the toss and elected to bat.
24 January 2021
Scorecard |
Wellington Blaze
196/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Otago Sparks
74 (15.3 overs) |
Sophie Devine 80 (44)
Sophie Oldershaw 2/24 (4 overs) |
Polly Inglis 24 (25)
Xara Jetly 4/9 (3 overs) |
- Wellington Blaze won the toss and elected to bat.
25 January 2021
Scorecard |
Wellington Blaze
132/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Canterbury Magicians
134/1 (18.2 overs) |
Amy Satterthwaite 71* (50)
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- Canterbury Magicians won the toss and elected to field.
29 January 2021
Scorecard |
Northern Spirit
108/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Auckland Hearts
111/4 (18.1 overs) |
- Northern Spirit won the toss and elected to bat.
30 January 2021
Scorecard |
Canterbury Magicians
132/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Otago Sparks
129/7 (20 overs) |
Amy Satterthwaite 36 (30)
Sophie Oldershaw 2/20 (4 overs) |
Millie Cowan 50 (37)
Frances Mackay 2/23 (4 overs) |
- Otago Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
31 January 2021
Scorecard |
Wellington Blaze
162/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Central Hinds
125/6 (20 overs) |
Sophie Devine 88 (58)
Georgia Atkinson 1/26 (4 overs) |
- Wellington Blaze won the toss and elected to bat.
1 February 2021
Scorecard |
Auckland Hearts
123 (18.1 overs) |
v
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Otago Sparks
96 (19.4 overs) |
Anna Peterson 31 (26)
Emma Black 4/14 (3.1 overs) |
- Otago Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
5 February 2021
Scorecard |
Canterbury Magicians
137/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Central Hinds
107 (19.4 overs) |
Frances Mackay 46 (45)
Claudia Green 1/18 (4 overs) |
Anlo van Deventer 29 (27)
Gabby Sullivan 3/26 (3 overs) |
- Canterbury Magicians won the toss and elected to bat.
6 February 2021
Scorecard |
Otago Sparks
153/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Northern Spirit
111/9 (20 overs) |
Makayla Templeton 31 (30)
Eden Carson 3/18 (4 overs) |
- Northern Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
7 February 2021
Scorecard |
Auckland Hearts
117 (20 overs) |
v
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Wellington Blaze
110 (19 overs) |
- Auckland Hearts won the toss and elected to bat.
Finals
editWellington Blaze
150/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Auckland Hearts
115/7 (20 overs) |
- Wellington Blaze won the toss and elected to bat.
Wellington Blaze
125/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Canterbury Magicians
126/6 (19.4 overs) |
- Canterbury Magicians won the toss and elected to field.
- Amelia Kerr (Wellington Blaze) took a hat-trick.
Statistics
editMost runs
edit| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophie Devine | Wellington Blaze | 8 | 8 | 434 | 62.00 | 108* | 1 | 3 |
| Amy Satterthwaite | Canterbury Magicians | 11 | 10 | 364 | 52.00 | 71* | 0 | 3 |
| Amelia Kerr | Wellington Blaze | 12 | 11 | 361 | 51.57 | 66 | 0 | 4 |
| Natalie Dodd | Central Hinds | 10 | 10 | 301 | 43.00 | 61* | 0 | 1 |
| Kate Ebrahim | Canterbury Magicians | 11 | 9 | 292 | 73.00 | 84* | 0 | 1 |
Source: ESPN Cricinfo[4]
Most wickets
edit| Player | Team | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frances Mackay | Canterbury Magicians | 39.4 | 20 | 9.55 | 4/10 | 0 |
| Holly Huddleston | Auckland Hearts | 33.4 | 16 | 12.06 | 3/8 | 0 |
| Amelia Kerr | Wellington Blaze | 44.0 | 14 | 15.21 | 3/11 | 0 |
| Leigh Kasperek | Wellington Blaze | 27.0 | 13 | 11.53 | 4/16 | 0 |
| Arlene Kelly | Auckland Hearts | 33.5 | 12 | 15.66 | 4/28 | 0 |
Source: ESPN Cricinfo[5]
References
edit- ^ "New Zealand Cricket Women's Twenty20 2020/21". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Dream11 Women's Super Smash 2020–21 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ New Zealand Cricket Women's Twenty20 2020/21 Standings. ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2021
- ^ "Records/New Zealand Cricket Women's Twenty20, 2020/21/Most Runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Records/New Zealand Cricket Women's Twenty20 Competition, 2020/21/Most Wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2021.