Dykes Trophy for clash

The Otago and Auckland cricket associations have come together and will honour the late Ross Dykes every season going forward. The first Ford Trophy fixture between the Otago Volts and the Aces will see the winner hold onto the Ross Dykes Memorial Trophy for the summer. Dykes, one of the great servants of cricket in New Zealand, died in November 2020. While Dykes donned the whites of Auckland, it is a ten-year stint as the Otago Cricket Chief Executive that brings the two associations together. Dykes was instrumental in the development of University Oval as New Zealand’s seventh International cricket venue.