Super Smash 2024-25 Guide: All You Need To Know About New Zealand T20 League

While India and Australia battle it out in the Boxing Day Test Down Under, another major cricket fixture is set to commence on the same day in neighbouring New Zealand. The Super Smash (men's) 2024-25 season will begin on December 26 at Seddon Park, Hamilton. (More Cricket News)

What's special about the tournament this time is the fact that it will celebrate the 20th season of T20 cricket in New Zealand. The league will thus feature a nostalgic twist, with all teams wearing retro-style jerseys, in honour of the first-ever T20 international match between New Zealand and Australia at Eden Park two whole decades back.

Super Smash 2024-25 Format

The men's T20 league comprises six teams: Auckland Aces, Canterbury, Central Stags, Northern Districts, Otago Volts and Wellington Firebirds. There will be a preliminary stage and the playoffs, which include the final. After double round-robin games on a home-and-away basis, the top three teams make it to the playoffs.

While the top-ranked team will advance straight to the summit meeting, the second and third-placed teams will lock horns in the eliminator. The winner proceeds to the final. Every win will award teams four points, while no results and ties will give both sides two points.

There is no Super Over in the league phase, but the knockout playoffs will have the provision for them.

Super Smash 2024-25 Schedule

The league phases begins with a clash between Northern Brave and Auckland Aces on December 26. Each team will play the other five twice in the league stage that ends on January 30, 2025, with the last game between Wellington Firebirds and Norther Brave in Wellington.

The 30 league games will be followed by the knockout playoffs. The eliminator will be played on February 1 at the Cello Basin Reserve and the final on February 2 at the same venue. You can check out the full schedule .

Super Smash 2024-25 Squads

Auckland Aces: Adithya Ashok, Ben Lister, Bevon Jacobs, Cam Fletcher, Danru Ferns, Harjot Johal, Jock McKenzie, Jordan Sussex, Louis Delport, Mark Chapman, Matthew Gibson, Michael Sclanders, Quinn Sunde, Sean Solia, Simon Keene, William O’Donnell

Canterbury: Angus McKenzie, Cam Paul, Chad Bowes, Cole McConchie, Daryl Mitchell, Ed Nuttall, Fraser Sheat, Henry Nicholls, Henry Shipley, Ish Sodhi, Ken McClure, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Boyle, Matt Henry, Matt Rowe, Michael Rae, Michael Rippon, Mitchell Hay, Rhys Mariu, Sean Davey, Tom Latham, Will O’Rourke, Zak Foulkes

Central Stags: Ajaz Patel, Angus Schaw, Blair Tickner, Brad Schmulian, Brett Randell, Curtis Heaphy, Dane Cleaver, Doug Bracewell, Ewald Schreuder, Jack Boyle, Jayden Lennox, Joey Field, Josh Clarkson, Mason Hughes, Roy Toole, Tom Bruce, William Clark, Will Young

Northern Districts: Ben Pomare, Bharat Popli, Brett Hampton, Fergus Lellman, Freddy Walker, Henry Cooper, Jeet Raval, Joe Carter, Josh Brown, Katene Clarke, Kristian Clarke, Matthew Fisher, Mitchell Santner, Neil Wagner, Robert O’Donnell, Scott Johnston, Snehith Reddy, Tim Seifert, Tim Southee

Otago Volts: Andrew Hazledine, Ben Lockrose, Dale Phillips, Dean Foxcroft, Glenn Phillips, Jacob Cumming, Jacob Duffy, Jake Gibson, Jamal Todd, Jarrod McKay, Leo Carter, Llew Johnson, Luke Georgeson, Matthew Bacon, Max Chu, Travis Muller, Thorn Parkes

Wellington Firebirds: Adam Milne, Ben Sears, Callum McLachlan, Gareth Severin, Iain McPeake, James Hartshorn, Jesse Tashkoff, Liam Dudding, Logan van Beek, Michael Bracewell, Michael Snedden, Muhammad Abbas, Nathan Smith, Nick Greenwood, Nick Kelly, Peter Younghusband, Rachin Ravindra, Sam Mycock, Tim Robertson, Tom Blundell, Troy Johnson, Yahya Zeb

Super Smash 2024-25 Live Streaming, Telecast Details

The Super Smash 2024-25 season will be broadcast on TVNZ+ and TVNZ DUKE in New Zealand, Foxtel in Australia, FanCode in the Indian sub-continent, SuperSport in Sub-Saharan Africa, TNT in the UK and ESPN+ in the USA.