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

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

Squad

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
22Kane Williamson ‡ New Zealand8 August 1990Right-handedRight arm off breakNZC contract
4Dean Brownlie ‡ New Zealand30 July 1984Right-handedRight-arm mediumCaptain
22Jeet Raval ‡ New Zealand22 May 1988Left-handedLeft arm leg break & googly
5Joe Carter New Zealand17 December 1992Right-handedRight arm off break
14Henry Cooper New Zealand20 May 1993Right-handedRight arm off break
21Katene Clarke New Zealand21 September 1999Right-handedRight-arm slow-medium
All-rounders
–Colin de Grandhomme ‡ New Zealand22 July 1986Right handedRight-arm fast-mediumNZC contract
33Mitchell Santner ‡ New Zealand25 July 1993Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxNZC contract
13Anton Devcich ‡ New Zealand28 September 1985Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
30Brett Hampton New Zealand30 April 1991Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
11BJ Watling ‡ New Zealand9 July 1985Right-handed–NZC contract
24Tim Seifert ‡ New Zealand14 December 1994Right-handed–
12Peter Bocock New Zealand12 April 1991Right-handed–
Bowlers
8Trent Boult ‡ New Zealand22 July 1989Right-handedLeft arm medium-fast
16Tim Southee ‡ New Zealand11 December 1988Right-handedRight arm medium-fastNZC contract
35Neil Wagner ‡ New Zealand13 March 1986Left-handedLeft-arm fast–mediumNZC contract
17Ish Sodhi ‡ New Zealand31 October 1992Right-handedRight arm leg breakNZC contract
44Scott Kuggeleijn ‡ New Zealand3 January 1992Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
29James Baker ‡ Samoa16 February 1988Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
15Zak Gibson New Zealand19 March 1997Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
32Matthew Fisher New Zealand10 November 1999Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
6Brett Randell New Zealand20 May 1995Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
25Anurag Verma New Zealand5 August 1990Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
10Joe Walker New Zealand6 September 1992Right-handedRight arm off-spin

See also

Further reading

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

References

  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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