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Northern Districts men's cricket team

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This article is about the men's cricket team. For the women's cricket team, see Northern Districts women's cricket team.

Northern Districts


Top: Northern Districts Cricket logo
Bottom: Logo for the Twenty20 team, the Northern Brave
Personnel
CoachGraeme Aldridge
Chief executiveBen MacCormack
Team information
Founded1955
Home groundSeddon Park
Capacity10,000
History
First-class debutAuckland
in 1955
at Hamilton
Plunket Shield wins8
The Ford Trophy wins7
Men's Super Smash wins4
Official websitewww.ndcricket.co.nz

The Northern Districts men's cricket team are one of six New Zealand first-class cricket teams that make up New Zealand 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 Men's Super Smash T20 competition as the Northern Brave. The T20 team was previously known as the Northern Knights until the 2021–22 season, when both the men's and women's teams were rebranded under the same name.[1]

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.[2]

Honours

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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, 2021-22, 2022-23

Grounds

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Squad

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Northern Knights celebrate taking Martin Guptill's wicket, 26 December 2011.
Former Northern Knights Twenty20 emblem

Contracted players for the 2017/18 Season[3][4][5]

  • 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
22 Kane Williamson ‡  New Zealand (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Right arm off break NZC contract
4 Dean Brownlie ‡  New Zealand (1984-07-30) 30 July 1984 (age 40) Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain
22 Jeet Raval ‡  New Zealand (1988-05-22) 22 May 1988 (age 36) Left-handed Left arm leg break & googly
5 Joe Carter  New Zealand (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right arm off break
14 Henry Cooper  New Zealand (1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right arm off break
21 Katene Clarke  New Zealand (1999-09-21) 21 September 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm slow-medium
All-rounders
– Colin de Grandhomme ‡  New Zealand (1986-07-22) 22 July 1986 (age 38) Right handed Right-arm fast-medium NZC contract
33 Mitchell Santner ‡  New Zealand (1993-07-25) 25 July 1993 (age 31) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox NZC contract
13 Anton Devcich ‡  New Zealand (1985-09-28) 28 September 1985 (age 38) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
30 Brett Hampton  New Zealand (1991-04-30) 30 April 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
11 BJ Watling ‡  New Zealand (1985-07-09) 9 July 1985 (age 39) Right-handed – NZC contract
24 Tim Seifert ‡  New Zealand (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29) Right-handed –
12 Peter Bocock  New Zealand (1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 (age 33) Right-handed –
Bowlers
8 Trent Boult ‡  New Zealand (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 (age 35) Right-handed Left arm medium-fast
16 Tim Southee ‡  New Zealand (1988-12-11) 11 December 1988 (age 35) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast NZC contract
35 Neil Wagner ‡  New Zealand (1986-03-13) 13 March 1986 (age 38) Left-handed Left-arm fast–medium NZC contract
17 Ish Sodhi ‡  New Zealand (1992-10-31) 31 October 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right arm leg break NZC contract
44 Scott Kuggeleijn ‡  New Zealand (1992-01-03) 3 January 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
29 James Baker ‡  Samoa (1988-02-16) 16 February 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
15 Zak Gibson  New Zealand (1997-03-19) 19 March 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
32 Matthew Fisher  New Zealand (1999-11-10) 10 November 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
6 Brett Randell  New Zealand (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 29) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
25 Anurag Verma  New Zealand (1990-08-05) 5 August 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
10 Joe Walker  New Zealand (1992-09-06) 6 September 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right arm off-spin

See also

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Further reading

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

References

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  1. ^ "Northern Districts Make Brave Change". Northern Districts. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  2. ^ "District Associations". Northern Districts Cricket. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Knights top-order strengthened as Raval joins ND".
  4. ^ "Northern Districts - Our Players". Northern Districts Cricket Association. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  5. ^ "ND News – ND Cricket". Northern Districts Cricket Association. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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