One-Day Cup (Australia)

The One-Day Cup, known as the Marsh One-Day Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an Australian domestic List A 50-over limited-overs cricket tournament. It has had many different names, formats and teams since the inaugural 1969-1970 season. Initially a knockout cup, the competition now features a single round-robin followed by a finals series.

The tournament is contested between teams representing the six states of Australia, who also compete in the first-class Sheffield Shield. Three other teams have also played in the tournament for short periods of time: New Zealand's national team competed from 1969–70 until the 1974–75, Australian Capital Territory participated from 1997–98 until 1999–2000, and a select Cricket Australia XI took part as the seventh team for three seasons from 2015–16 until 2017–18. The current champions are Western Australia.

History
England was the first country to introduce a domestic one-day limited-overs competition with its Gillette Cup in 1963. Australia was the next country to do so when this competition was established in 1969–70. It has been held every summer since, under a wide variety of names and formats. It is a List A cricket competition. It was the first List A competition to feature numbers on player's shirts when they were introduced for the 1995–96 season and numbers were also subsequently introduced for the ODI series later in the season. In September 2017, former Australian Test cricketer Jason Gillespie suggested that Papua New Guinea should be added to the competition.

Seasons and competition formats

 * 1969/70–1978/79 – Straight knockout
 * 1979/80–1981/82 – 2 pools of 3, semi-finals, 3rd/4th playoff and final
 * 1982/83–1991/92 – 2 pools of 3, semi-finals and final
 * 1992/93–1999/2000 – Single round robin (i.e. home OR away), preliminary final and final
 * 2000/01–2010/11 – Double round robin home and away plus final.
 * 2011/12–2012/13 – Partial round robin (8 matches per team, 3 of 5 opponents played both home and away), plus final.
 * 2013/14 – Carnival format, 6 round games, preliminary final and final.
 * 2014/15 – Carnival format, 7 round games, preliminary final and final.
 * 2015/16–2017/18 – Carnival format, 8 round games, preliminary final and final.
 * 2018/19 – Single round robin, 2 qualification finals, 2 semi-finals and final.
 * 2019/20–present – Carnival format, 7 round games and final

Seasons of sponsorship and competition names

 * 1969/70 - 1970/71 - Vehicle & General Australasian Knock-out Competition
 * 1971/72 - 1972/73 - Coca-Cola Australasian Knock-out Competition
 * 1973/74 - 1978/79 - Gillette Cup
 * 1979/80 - 1987/88 - McDonald's Cup
 * 1988/89 - 1991/92 - FAI Cup
 * 1992/93 - 2000/01 - Mercantile Mutual Cup
 * 2001/02 - 2005/06 - ING Cup
 * 2006/07 - 2009/10 - Ford Ranger Cup
 * 2010/11 - 2013/14 - Ryobi One-Day Cup
 * 2014/15 - 2016/17 - Matador BBQs One-Day Cup
 * 2017/18 - 2018/19 - JLT One-Day Cup
 * 2019/20 - 2023/24 - Marsh One-Day Cup

Teams
Each team has used several venues to host matches. For a full list, see list of cricket grounds in Australia. New Zealand did not play home games in this series.
 * Titles correct up to the end of the 2023 season.

Competition placings
For a complete list of finals with short scorecards and crowd figures, see Australian Domestic One-Day Cricket Final.


 * 1 The 1982–83 final was originally washed out, and then rescheduled at the beginning of the 1983–84 season.
 * 3 – Won third place playoff
 * 4 – Lost third place playoff

Leading run-scorers and wicket-takers for each team
Career statistics include all matches up to the end of the 2018–19 season.

Records and statistics
Last updated on 9 October 2023

Points system
Points are awarded as follows:
 * 4 points for a win
 * 2 points for a no-result or a tie
 * 0 points for a loss
 * 1 bonus point if a team achieves a run rate 1.25 times that of the opposition
 * 2 bonus points if a team achieves a run rate twice that of the opposition

The top two teams at the end of the pool matches play-off in the final. The higher-placed team has the home ground advantage.

Television coverage
In 2006–07, the Ford Ranger One Day Cup was televised on Fox Sports. 25 out of the 31 games were televised including the final. Prior to Fox Sports' broadcasting of the domestic cricket competition, Nine was the host broadcaster. In India STAR Cricket shows the telecast with the help of Fox Sports. In 2011–12 Fox Sports broadcast all 25 games of the Ryobi One Day Cup live. The Nine Network became the rights holder once again from season 2013–14 to the 2016–17 season, primarily showing matches Live on GEM and simulcasting via Cricket Australia's website. There are negotiations in place with ITV to televise the competition in the UK.

For the 2017–18 season, the Nine Network dropped its coverage of the JLT One Day Cup. All matches were streamed live and free on Cricket Australia's own website and app.

From the 2018–19 season, Fox Sports broadcast 13 matches of the tournament each year for six years on the new Fox Cricket channel. All remaining matches were streamed live on Cricket Australia's website and app.