The One-Day Cup,[a] for which the prize was renamed the Dean Jones Trophy from the 2024–25 season,[3] 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.
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 cricketerJason Gillespie suggested that Papua New Guinea should be added to the competition.[4] In August 2024, Cricket Australia launched a campaign to rename the trophy presented to the winner of the competition after a former player, with fans being able to vote to select the trophy's new name.[5]
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
a Each team has used several venues to host matches. For a full list, see list of cricket grounds in Australia. b New Zealand did not play home games in this series.
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.[25]
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.[26]
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.[27]