Auckland Aces Team: Squad, Results, Stats & Schedule

Auckland Aces are the men's representative side of Auckland Cricket. The provincial identity dates to the association's formation in 1873, while the ACES name was introduced in the early 2000s. The team competes in New Zealand's first-class, one-day and men's T20 domestic competitions.

The ACES finished second in the 2025/26 Super Smash league table with five wins, three losses and four points from two weather-affected fixtures. They then lost the Elimination Final to Canterbury at Hagley Oval, ending the campaign one match short of the Grand Final.

Bevon Jacobs was Auckland's leading 2025/26 Super Smash batter with 361 runs and won the club's Men's Super Smash Player of the Year award. Harjot Johal led the side with 15 wickets; Ryan Harrison combined 96 runs and 11 wickets across the full campaign.

No. Auckland completed its 16 domestic contracts when Jordan Sussex received the final place on 22 July 2026, but that list is not a match-specific T20 squad.

The first contract release says James Neesham is available for the limited-overs competitions. Centrally contracted or casual players may also enter later squads when eligible and available, as Auckland's 2025/26 selections showed.

The contract list therefore establishes the current domestic core, not guaranteed selection or appearances. A 2026/27 Super Smash playing group still needs a later squad announcement or scorecard evidence.

Five league wins supplied 20 points. The Boxing Day no-result after Auckland made 201/8 added two, and the Wellington match abandoned after the toss but before a ball added another two.

The complete calculation is 20 + 2 + 2 = 24. The final men's table classifies those weather outcomes differently: one as a no-result after play started and one as an abandonment after the toss.

Both classifications returned two points, but they are not interchangeable. The first produced Auckland batting statistics; the second counted as a match under ICC regulations without producing any player innings figures.

Jacobs scored 55, 54, 53, 88 not out and 78 not out in five successive Auckland innings from 26 December to 12 January. The abandoned Wellington match on 2 January contained no play, so it did not interrupt the batting sequence.

The run covered five different match situations: a completed first innings before rain, a successful chase, an 88-run win, a recovery from 28/4 in defeat and another successful chase.

Auckland Cricket later named Jacobs Men's Super Smash Player of the Year after that sequence. His 361-run campaign aggregate and the five-in-a-row claim answer different questions and should not be collapsed into one statistic.

The 2025/26 men's format sent top qualifier Northern Districts directly to the Grand Final. Second-placed Auckland and third-placed Canterbury had to contest the Elimination Final for the other place.

Finals weekend was staged at Hagley Oval, so Auckland's higher league position did not create a home eliminator. Canterbury bowled the Aces out for 106 there and chased the target in 10.3 overs.

Second place was valuable because it secured qualification, but it did not provide a second chance. Only first place carried direct passage to the title match.

No. Canterbury reached 133/2 from 14.2 overs before rain ended the 2023/24 final, and Auckland never began a chase.

NZC crowned Auckland because the Aces had entered the final as top qualifier. The title is fully valid, but the deciding mechanism was league position after a no-result rather than a completed final victory.

That distinction preserves both parts of the record: Auckland won its fifth national men's T20 title, while the final itself produced no winner on the field.