Australian domestic cricket

A history of domestic one-day cricket

Martin Williamson

List of winners

Australia was the second country to embrace domestic one-day cricket, six years after its successful launch in England, and it was a hit from the off. The competition started in 1969-70 with a knock-out tournament featuring the state sides as well as New Zealand, who won the inaugural event. The sponsor names changed regularly, but one of the few major changes came in 1975-76 when New Zealand stopped competing. The knock-out format was changed in 1979-80 when two pools were introduced, and in 1992-93 all teams were put in a league with the top four progressing to semi-finals. For three seasons from 1997-98 an experimental extra side - the Canberra Comets - participated, but they were dropped to make way for another format change, with a full league of home and away matches with the top two playing a final (the same principle as the first-class competition).

Winners

Vehicle & General Australasian Knock-out

Coca-Cola Knock-out

McDonalds Cup

FAI Insurance Cup

Mercantile Mutual Cup

ING Cup

Ford Ranger Cup

Martin Williamson is managing editor of Cricinfo

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