The crunch day in the domestic One-Day calendar is here as the Devon Hotel Central Stags look to defend their Ford Trophy title against Canterbury at Pukekura Park... the very ground where they won the same trophy in 2012.
LIVE on SKY Sport 1 from 10.55am, check out each team's form heading into the clash. Canterbury began the competition with a seven-match winning streak, but have lost two of their last three games, followed by a washed out Elimination Final at Hagley Oval that saw them eliiminate the dangerous SBS Bank Otago Volts, who were coming off a five-match unbeaten streak of their own.
Already, the dominant side and top qualifiers of the round robin had surrendered their chance of hosting a Grand Final at Hagley by losing to the Stags after the Stags got up to pull of an astounding come-from-behind win thanks to a seventh-wicket blitzkrieg from Jesse Ryder and Ben Wheeler.
Since then, the Stags have lost allrounder Doug Bracewell to the BLACKCAPS, but it's even stevens with Canterbury having given up Tom Latham to international duty as well.
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The Stags will be defending the trophy they won last season against the Aces at Colin Maiden Park:
Devon Hotel Central Stags’ path to the 2016 Ford Trophy Grand Final
Round one: lost to Canterbury by six wickets in Napier. Recap
Round two: beat the Wellington Firebirds by 32 runs in Wellington, with century to George Worker. Recap
Round three: Washout v SBS Bank Otago Volts in New Plymouth. Recap
Round four: Beat the SKYCITY Northern Knights by 81 runs in New Plymouth. Recap
Round five: Beat the Wellington Firebirds by 55 runs DLS in Palmerston North. Recap
Round six: Lost to the SKYCITY Northern Knights by eight wickets in Whangarei. Recap
Round seven: Washout v Canterbury in Christchurch. Recap
Round eight: Beat the Mondiale Auckland Aces by 47 runs in Auckland. Recap
QUALIFYING FINAL 1v2: Beat Canterbury by two wickets in Christchurch to earn a home Grand Final, set a new Ford Trophy record for seventh wicket with century to Jesse Ryder Recap
Canterbury’s path to the 2016 Ford Trophy Grand Final
Round one: Beat the Devon Hotel Central Stags by six wickets in Napier. Recap
Round two: Beat the SBS Bank Otago Volts by 65 runs in Alexandra. Recap
Round three: Washout v the Wellington Firebirds in Christchurch. Recap
Round four: Beat the SBS Bank Otago Volts by 47 runs in Christchurch. Recap
Round five: Beat the Mondiale Auckland Aces by six wickets in Auckland. Recap
Round six: Beat the Mondiale Auckland Aces by 98 runs in Christchurch. Recap
Round seven: Washout v Devon Hotel Central Stags in Christchurch. Recap
Round eight: Lost to SKYCITY Northern Knights by three wickets in Mount Maunganui. Recap
QUALIFYING FINAL 1v2 Lost to Devon Hotel Central Stags by two wickets in Christchurch, despite century to Tom Latham. Recap
ELIMINATION FINAL Washout v SBS Bank Otago Volts, Canterbury proceed as higher qualifier. Recap
