Super Smash 2022-23: All you need to know about the tournament

The 18th edition of the Super Smash League is all set to begin on December 23 as the defending champions Northern Knights will take on Canterbury Kings in the first match of the season at Bay Oval. A total of 32 matches will be played throughout the course of the season and the finals will be hosted on February 11. The venue of which hasn’t been announced yet.

Just like any other franchise tournament across the globe, it is going to be played in a round-robin format. All six teams - Auckland Aces, Canterbury Kings, Central Stags, Northern Knights, Otago Volts and Wellington Firebirds will play each other twice in the group stage and out of which, the league leaders will qualify for the finals while the second and third-placed teams will play an eliminator in order to determine the second finalist.

Unfortunately, Super Smash is going to clash with New Zealand’s upcoming international games. Thus, a fair number of cricketers will not be available for quite a few games.

Super Smash 2022-23 Squads:

Auckland Aces: Graeme Beghin, Jamie Brown, Robbie O’Donnell (c), Mark Chapman, Louis Delport, Danru Ferns, Ben Horne (wk), Ben Lister, Matt McEwan, Colin Munro, Will O’Donnell, Glenn Phillips, Ollie Pringle, Sean Solia, Will Somerville, Ross ter Braak, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Kyle Jamieson

Canterbury Kings: Todd Astle, Chad Bowes, Cole McConchie (c), Jack Boyle, Leo Carter, Sean Davey, Cam Fletcher (wk), Andrew Hazeldine, Tyler Lortan, Ken McClure, Daryl Mitchell, Ed Nuttall, Fraser Sheat, Henry Shipley, Theo van Woerkom, Will Williams, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls

Central Stags: Doug Bracewell, Tom Bruce (c), Brad Schmulian, Josh Clarkson, Dane Cleaver (wk), Greg Hay, Jayden Lennox, Christian Leopard, Adam Milne, Seth Rance, Ben Smith, Blair Tickner, Ray Toole, Ben WheeleR, Bayley Wiggins, George Worker, Ajaz Patel, Ross Taylor, Will Young

Northern Knights: James Baker, Peter Bocock, Dean Brownlie, Zak Gibson, Joe Carter, Katene Clarke, Henry Cooper, Anton Devcich (c), Matthew Fisher, Brett Hampton, Scott Kuggeleijn, Brett Randell, Jeet Raval, Tim Seifert (wk), Anurag Verma, Joe Walker, Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, BJ Watling, Kane Williamson

Otago Volts: Matt Bacon, Neil Broom, Max Chu, Jarrod McKay, Jacob Duffy (c), Josh Finnie, Dean Foxcroft, Camden Hawkins, Anaru Kitchen, Nick Kelly, Dale Phillips, Hamish Rutherford, Mitch Renwick (wk), Michael Rippon, Michael Rae, Nathan Smith

Wellington Firebirds: Finn Allen, Hamish Bennett, Lauchie Johns, Jakob Bhula, Michael Bracewell (c/wk), Fraser Colson, Andrew Fletcher, Jamie Gibson, Troy Johnson, lain McPeake, Ollie Newton, Rachin Ravindra, Ben Sears, Michael Snedden, Logan van Beek, Peter Younghusband, Tom Blundell, Devon Conway, Jimmy Neesham

Super Smash Fixtures

December 23: Northern Brave vs Canterbury Kings, Match 1
 
December 24: Wellington Firebirds vs Otago Volts, Match 2
 
December 26: Canterbury Kings vs Auckland Aces, Match 3
 
December 27: Central Stags vs Wellington Firebirds, Match 4
 
December 28: Otago Volts vs Northern Brave, Match 5
 
December 29: Otago Volts vs Auckland Aces, Match 6
 
December 30: Central Stags vs Canterbury Kings, Match 7
 
December 31: Central Stags vs Northern Brave, Match 8
 
January 1: Canterbury Kings vs Wellington Firebirds, Match 9
 
January 2: Auckland Aces vs Otago Volts, Match 10
 
January 4: Wellington Firebirds vs Northern Brave, Match 11
 
January 5: Central Stags vs Auckland Aces, Match 12
 
January 6: Northern Brave vs Otago Volts, Match 13
 
January 7: Wellington Firebirds vs Central Stags, Match 14
 
January 8: Auckland Aces vs Canterbury Kings, Match 15
 
January 13: Canterbury Kings vs Northern Brave, Match 16
 
January 14: Auckland Aces vs Central Stags, Match 17
 
January 15: Otago Volts vs Wellington Firebirds, Match 18
 
January 20: Auckland Aces vs Wellington Firebirds, Match 19
 
January 21: Central Stags vs Otago Volts, Match 20
 
January 22: Northern Brave vs Auckland Aces, Match 21
 
January 23: Wellington Firebirds vs Canterbury Kings, Match 22
 
January 27: Canterbury Kings vs Central Stags, Match 23
 
January 28: Northern Brave vs Wellington Firebirds, Match 24
 
January 29: Otago Volts vs Central Stags, Match 25
 
January 30: Auckland Aces vs Northern Brave, Match 26
 
February 3: Northern Brave vs Central Stags, Match 27
 
February 4: Canterbury Kings vs Otago Volts, Match 28
 
February 5: Wellington Firebirds vs Auckland Aces, Match 29
 
February 6: Otago Volts vs Canterbury Kings, Match 30
 
February 9: Qualifier 2 vs Qualifier 3
 
February 11: Qualifier 1 vs Winner of Q2 vs Q3

Broadcast Details of Super Smash 2022-23

Live Streaming – Fancode