The 2024–25 Super Smash was the 20th season of the men's Super Smash Twenty20 cricket competition played in New Zealand that took place between 26 December 2024 and 2 February 2025. The Auckland Aces were the defending champions coming into the tournament.
The tournament ran alongside the 2024–25 Plunket Shield and 2024–25 Ford Trophy.
The tournament was won by the Central Stags, who defeated Canterbury in the final and was chosen to participate in the 2025 Global Super League.
Competition format Teams played in a double round-robin in a group of six, therefore playing 10 matches each. 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.
The group worked on a points system with positions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows: +ResultsPointsWin4 pointsTie2 pointsNo result2 pointsLoss0 points
Teams and standings Points table
Match summary
League stage
Finals
Elimination Final
Grand Final
Season statistics +Highest team totalScore (overs)TeamOpponentResult VenueDate 215/3 (20.0)Auckland Aces Wellington Firebirds Won Basin Reserve, Wellington 20 January 2025 212/2 (20.0)Northern Brave Otago Volts Won University of Otago Oval, Dunedin 16 January 2025 204/8 (20.0)Otago Volts Northern Brave Lost University of Otago Oval, Dunedin 16 January 2025 197/6 (20.0)Auckland Aces Otago Volts Won Eden Park, Auckland 23 January 2025 196/4 (20.0)Central Stags Wellington Firebirds Won Basin Reserve, Wellington 9 January 2025 Source: ESPNCricinfo
+Lowest team totals (completed innings)Score (overs)TeamOpponentVenueDate 106 (16.1) Auckland Aces Otago Volts Molyneux Park, Alexandra 29 December 2024110/9 (20.0)Northern BraveCanterbury KingsBasin Reserve, Wellington1 February 2025 119/9 (20.0) Northern Brave Canterbury Kings Hagley Oval, Christchurch 28 January 2025 128 (16.2) Otago Volts Auckland Aces Eden Park, Auckland 23 January 2025 131 (18.1) Northern Brave Central Stags Saxton Oval, Nelson 6 January 2025 Source: ESPNCricinfo
+Most individual runsRunsPlayerTeam 377 Matt Boyle Canterbury Kings 339 Tom Bruce Central Stags 285Jack Boyle Central Stags 282Katene Clarke Northern Brave 263Bevon Jacobs Auckland Aces Source: ESPNcricinfo
+Highest individual scoreRunsBatsmenTeamOpposition 106 Katene Clarke Northern Brave Otago Volts 90* Bevon Jacobs Auckland Aces Northern Brave 90 Katene Clarke Northern Brave Auckland Aces 89 Tim Robinson Wellington Firebirds Central Stags 83 Joe Carter Northern Brave Auckland Aces Source: ESPNcricinfo
+Most wicketsWicketsPlayerTeam16Blair Tickner Central Stags 14Danru Ferns Auckland Aces Kyle JamiesonCanterbury Kings13Zakary Foulkes Canterbury KingsAndrew HazeldineOtago Volts Jock McKenzie Auckland Aces Source: ESPNcricinfo
+Best individual bowling figuresPlayerTeamOpposition 5/18 Matt Henry Canterbury Kings Wellington Firebirds 5/19 Henry Shipley Canterbury Kings Auckland Aces 5/24 James Hartshorn Wellington Firebirds Central Stags 4/12 Kyle Jamieson Canterbury Kings Central Stags 4/16 Danru Ferns Auckland Aces Wellington Firebirds Source: ESPNcricinfo
References
External links Official Website Series home at ESPNcricinfo