2014–15 Super Smash

2014–15 Super Smash
Dates	1 November 2014 – 7 December 2014
Administrator(s)	New Zealand Cricket
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Champions	Wellington Firebirds (1st title)
Participants	6
Matches	33
Most runs	Daniel Flynn (366)
Most wickets	Andrew Ellis (18)
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The 2014–15 Georgie Pie Super Smash (named after the competition's sponsor McDonald's iconic New Zealand brand Georgie Pie) was the tenth season of the Men's Super Smash Twenty20 cricket tournament in New Zealand. The competition ran from 1 November 2014 to 7 December 2014.^[1] The tournament was won by the Wellington Firebirds for the first time, after they defeated Auckland Aces in the final by six runs.^[2]

Points table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Northern Knights	10	7	2	1	30	0.431
2	Wellington Firebirds	10	5	3	2	24	0.233
3	Auckland Aces	10	5	4	1	22	0.433
4	Canterbury Kings	10	5	5	0	20	0.538
5	Central Stags	10	3	6	1	14	−0.511
6	Otago Volts	10	2	7	1	10	−1.127

Source: ^[3]

Teams qualified for the finals

Finals[edit]

1st Preliminary Final[edit]

5 December 2014
Scorecard

Northern Knights 124/5 (20 overs)	v	Wellington Firebirds 125/2 (16.1 overs)
Daryl Mitchell 36* (31) Grant Elliott 2/20 (4 overs)		Michael Papps 65 (46) Scott Kuggeleijn 1/50 (3.1 overs)

Wellington Firebirds won by 8 wickets^[4]
Seddon Park, Hamilton
Umpires: Phil Jones and Tim Parlane

Wellington Firebirds won the toss and elected to field.

2nd Preliminary Final[edit]

6 December 2014
Scorecard

Northern Knights 140 (19.3 overs)	v	Auckland Aces 146/4 (17.3 overs)
Kevin O'Brien (cricketer) 52 (25) Michael Bates 4/10 (2.3 overs)		Craig Cachopa 79* (47) Ish Sodhi 1/27 (4 overs)

Auckland Aces won by 6 wickets^[5]
Seddon Park, Hamilton
Umpires: Derek Walker and Tim Parlane

Northern Knights won the toss and elected to bat.

Final[edit]

7 December 2014
Scorecard

Wellington Firebirds 186/6 (20 overs)	v	Auckland Aces 180/9 (20 overs)
Michael Pollard 76 (56) Tarun Nethula 2/30 (4 overs)		Craig Cachopa 37 (25) Grant Elliott 2/32 (4 overs)

Wellington Firebirds won by 6 runs^[2]
Seddon Park, Hamilton
Umpires: Phil Jones and Derek Walker

Auckland Aces won the toss and elected to field.

References[edit]

^ "2014–15 Georgie Pie Super Smash". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Wellington seal title in close higher-scorer". ESPN Cricinfo. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
^ "Points table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
^ "Papps propels Wellington into final". ESPN Cricinfo. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
^ "Cachopa, Bates steer Auckland into final". ESPN Cricinfo. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2019.

External links[edit]

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

[Fixtures-1] "2014–15 Georgie Pie Super Smash". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2019.

[final-2] "Wellington seal title in close higher-scorer". ESPN Cricinfo. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2019.

[Points-3] "Points table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2019.

[prelim1-4] "Papps propels Wellington into final". ESPN Cricinfo. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2019.

[prelim2-5] "Cachopa, Bates steer Auckland into final". ESPN Cricinfo. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2019.

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