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Auckland: A New Zealand Cricket has announced an expanded season with more matches in each of the three main tournaments - the four-day competition, the one-day tournament and the Twenty20.
The first-class competition will have each of the six teams playing the other twice, on a home-and-away basis, with the side topping the table after the league phase winning. Unlike previous seasons there will be no final.
"This is an important element in strengthening our international performance - as it will give our leading domestic first-class players increased exposure to the longer form of the game," NZC chief executive Justin Vaughan said.
There is a similar increase in the number of matches - from eight to ten - each side will play in the league phase of the Twenty20 tournament, now called the HRV Cup.
There's a change in the format of the one-day competition as well. While the ten-round league phase has been retained, there will be three matches to decide the finalists: one has the top two teams playing each other, the winner of which qualifies for the final; the second has the third and fourth placed teams facing off, the loser of which is eliminated; the third has the winner of the second match and the loser of the first match playing off for a spot in the finals.
The four-day tournament will be in two phases; the first starts on November 10 and has five rounds of matches till mid-December, after which the tournament has a two-month break during which the limited-overs competitions take place. The one-day competition follows a similar pattern, starting in December before halting for the HRV Cup, which takes all of January, and resuming in early February.
The women's season schedule includes ten rounds of one-day competition, played in double headers. Five rounds will be played in the Twenty20 competition, with matches played on the days before or after the one-day games.
