Canterbury has gone back to back with Ford Trophy championships and have won three of the last five one-day competitions in Aotearoa after defeating Auckland in the final.

Canterbury's win over Auckland sent them straight into the Ford Trophy final, leaving Auckland to play Central Districts in the elimination final on Friday.

A win for Canterbury and loss for Auckland saw Canterbury take the top spot in Ford Trophy, with both teams chillin' on six wins.

Auckland went back to back with Ford Trophy wins after defeating Northern Districts, while Central Districts stopped the Canterbury streak by winning in Rangiora and Otago grabbed a win against Wellington at the Basin Reserve.

The first stanza of Ford Trophy has finished with Auckland at the top of the ladder, one point ahead of Canterbury.

Auckland are top of the Ford Trophy ladder after their win over Canterbury and a big hundy from 21-year-old Curtis Heaphy led Central Districts to their first win of the season.

Canterbury is the only undefeated team in Ford Trophy after Chad Bowes' crazy double hundy last week and despite the rain impacting two games on the weekend, Auckland had a win over Otago to snap up second spot on the ladder.

Ford Trophy cricket has started with wins for Otago, Auckland and Canterbury.

The Aotearoa summer of cricket will start with Ford Trophy instead of Plunket Shield and while the best lads still need to pile up runs or wickets, this does provide a few intriguing wrinkles framing the start of the season.

On the day of the Ford Trophy final between Canterbury and Auckland we come together in harmony to celebrate the five best youngsters.

Ford Trophy enters finals mode with Otago hosting Auckland in Dunedin tomorrow and the winner will go on to face Canterbury in Christchurch on Saturday.

Otago and Central Districts snared wins in the latest round of Ford Trophy, while the top of the table battle between Canterbury and Northern Districts was rained off.

In the latest round of Ford Trophy there were wins for Canterbury, Wellington and Otago as Wellington and Otago grabbed their second wins of the season.

Ford Trophy cricket returns after Super Smash season with young seamers sizzling and frisky lower order slugging on show.

Finn Allen's second century in four Ford Trophy games gave Auckland a win over Northern Districts and kept them on top of the Ford Trophy ladder.

Finn Allen went full-banger bonkers to help Auckland grab their first win of Ford Trophy but it's Northern Districts who are top of the table with two wins.