2014–15 Ford Trophy

The 2014–15 Ford Trophy was the 44th season of the official List A cricket tournament in New Zealand, and the fourth in a sponsorship deal between New Zealand Cricket and Ford Motor Company. The competition ran from 27 December 2014 to 1 February 2015.^[1] The tournament was won by Central Districts for the fifth time, after defeating Auckland in the final by 73 runs.^[2]

2014–15 Ford Trophy

Dates	27 December 2014 – 1 February 2015
Administrator(s)	New Zealand Cricket
Cricket format	List A cricket
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Champions	Central Districts (5th title)
Participants	6
Matches	28
Most runs	George Worker (538)
Most wickets	Andrew Mathieson (31)
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	Central Districts	8	6	2	0	2	26	1.169
2	Auckland	8	5	3	0	4	24	0.847
3	Otago	8	3	3	2	1	17	0.258
4	Northern Districts	8	4	4	0	0	16	−0.754
5	Canterbury	8	2	4	2	1	13	−0.865
6	Wellington	8	2	6	0	1	9	−0.835

Source: ^[3]

  Teams qualified for the finals

Finals

1st Preliminary Final

24 January 2015 Scorecard

Auckland 260 (49.3 overs)	v	Central Districts 215 (43.3 overs)
Colin de Grandhomme 63 (64) Doug Bracewell 4/44 (10 overs)		Dane Cleaver 66 (40) Tarun Nethula 4/51 (9 overs)

Auckland won by 45 runs[4] Pukekura Park, New Plymouth Umpires: Phil Jones and Tim Parlane

• Auckland won the toss and elected to bat.
• Glenn Phillips (Auckland) made his List A debut

2nd Preliminary Final

24 January 2015 Scorecard

Northern Districts 245/8 (50 overs)	v	Otago 246/7 (49.2 overs)
Daryl Mitchell 72 (94) Neil Wagner 4/60 (10 overs)		Jesse Ryder 52 (54) Graeme Aldridge 2/41 (10 overs)

Otago won by 3 wickets[4] Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown Umpires: Barry Frost and Wayne Knights

• Northern Districts won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Preliminary Final

28 January 2015 Scorecard

Central Districts 252 (48.1 overs)	v	Otago 203 (41.5 overs)
Tom Bruce 88 (65) Jacob Duffy 3/44 (10 overs)		Jesse Ryder 47 (37 overs) George Worker 3/25 (6.5 overs)

Central Districts won by 49 runs[5] Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Barry Frost and Wayne Knights

• Central Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
• Tom Bruce and Mattie Thomas (Central Districts) made their List A debuts

Final

1 February 2015 Scorecard

Central Districts 271/7 (50 overs)	v	Auckland 193 (38.2 overs)
Kruger van Wyk 53 (88) Donovan Grobbelaar 2/38 (10 overs)		Donovan Grobbelaar 45 (54) Andrew Mathieson 4/22 (8 overs)

Central Districts won by 73 runs[2] Colin Maiden Park, Auckland Umpires: Phil Jones and Tim Parlane

• Central Districts won the toss and elected to bat.