Northern Districts cricket team

The Northern Districts cricket team are one of six New Zealand first-class cricket teams that make up New Zealand Cricket.

Northern Districts
Top: Northern Districts Cricket logo
Bottom: Emblem for the Twenty20 team, the Northern Knights
Personnel
CaptainDean Brownlie
CoachJames Pamment
Chief executiveBen MacCormack
Team information
Colours
Founded1955
Home groundSeddon Park
Capacity10,000
History
First-class debutAuckland
in 1955
at Hamilton
Plunket Shield wins8
Ford Trophy wins7
Super Smash wins2
Official websiteNorthern Districts Cricket

They are based in the northern half of the North Island of New Zealand (excluding Auckland). They compete in the Plunket Shield first-class competition, the Ford Trophy domestic one-day competition and the Super Smash T20 competition as the Northern Knights.

Northern Districts, the last of the six current teams to attain first-class status, joined the Plunket Shield competition in 1956–57. The six district associations that make up Northern Districts are the Northland Cricket Association, Counties Manukau Cricket Association, Waikato Valley Cricket, Hamilton Cricket Association, Bay of Plenty Cricket and Poverty Bay Cricket Association.[1]

Honours

1962–63, 1979–80, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2011–12.

1979–80, 1994–95, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10.

2013–14, 2017–18

Grounds

Squad
Northern Knights celebrate taking Martin Guptill's wicket, 26 December 2011.

Contracted players for the 2017/18 Season[2] [3] [4]

  • No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
  • denotes players with international caps.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
22Kane Williamson  New Zealand (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990Right-handedRight arm off breakNZC contract
4Dean Brownlie  New Zealand (1984-07-30) 30 July 1984Right-handedRight-arm mediumCaptain
–Daniel Flynn  New Zealand (1985-04-16) 16 April 1985Left-handedSlow left-arm wrist-spinOccasional Wicket-keeper
–Joe Carter New Zealand (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992Right-handed
–Bharat Popli New Zealand (1984-05-30) 30 May 1984Right-handed
All-rounders
78Corey Anderson  New Zealand (1990-12-13) 13 December 1990Left-handedLeft arm medium-fastNZC contract
– Colin de Grandhomme   New Zealand 22 July 1986 Right handed Right-arm fast-medium NZC contract
–Mitchell Santner  New Zealand (1993-07-25) 25 July 1993Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxNZC contract
1Jonathon Boult New Zealand (1985-11-29) 29 November 1985Left-handedRight arm off break
–Brett Hampton New Zealand (1991-04-30) 30 April 1991Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
47Daryl Mitchell  New Zealand (1991-05-20) 20 May 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
11BJ Watling  New Zealand (1985-07-09) 9 July 1985Right-handed–NZC contract
24Tim Seifert  New Zealand (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994Right-handed–
Bowlers
8Trent Boult  New Zealand (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989Right-handedLeft arm medium-fastNZC contract
16Tim Southee  New Zealand (1988-12-11) 11 December 1988Right-handedRight arm medium-fastNZC contract
– Neil Wagner  New Zealand 13 March 1986 Left-handed Left-arm fast–medium NZC contract
17Ish Sodhi  New Zealand (1992-10-31) 31 October 1992Right-handedRight arm leg breakNZC contract
44Scott Kuggeleijn  New Zealand (1992-01-03) 3 January 1992Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
–James Baker New Zealand (1988-02-16) 16 February 1988Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
–Zak Gibson New Zealand (1997-03-19) 19 March 1997Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
–Tony Goodin New Zealand (1988-11-23) 23 November 1988Right-handedRight arm fast-medium

See also

References
  1. "District Associations". Northern Districts Cricket. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. https://www.ndcricket.co.nz/news/contracts-finalised-for-northern-districts-2016-2017-season
  3. http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/81522466/Zak-Gibson-and-Josef-Walker-receive-Northern-Districts-contracts-for-this-summer
  4. "ND News – ND Cricket". Northern Districts Cricket Association. Retrieved 21 May 2018.

Further reading
  • Winston Hooper, Everest to Vettori: The ND Story, Northern Districts Cricket, Hamilton, 2006
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