Northern Districts cricket team

Northern Districts
Captain:	Daniel Flynn
Coach:	James Pamment
Colors:	Pink
Founded:	1955
Home ground:	Seddon Park
Capacity:	10,000
First-class debut:	Auckland in 1955 at Hamilton
Official website:	Northern Districts Cricket

The Northern Districts cricket team (nicknamed the Northern Knights) are one of six New Zealand first class cricket teams that make up New Zealand Cricket.

It is based in the northern half of the North Island of New Zealand (excluding Auckland). The domestic competition is made up of the Plunket Shield - first class four day cricket, Men's One Day - limited overs cricket and the shop window - HRV Cup which is the Twenty20 competition. Previously it has competed in the Plunket Shield first class competition, the Ford Trophy domestic one day competition and the HRV Cup.

Northern Districts, the last of the six current teams to attain first-class status, joined the Plunket Shield competition in 1956-57.

Honours

• Shell Trophy/State Championship/Plunket Shield (8)

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

• Ford Trophy (7)

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

• New Zealand Twenty20 Competition/State Twenty20/HRV Twenty20 (1)

2013-14.

Grounds

• Seddon Park, Hamilton (primary home ground)
• Bay Oval, Blake Park Mount Maunganui
• Cobham Oval, Whangarei
• Harry Barker Reserve, Gisborne
• Owen Delany Park, Taupo

Squad

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

Players who represented Northern Districts in 2013/14.

• 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
–	Daniel Flynn	New Zealand	(1985-04-16) 16 April 1985	Left-handed	Slow left-arm chinaman	Captain
–	Jono Hickey	New Zealand	(1991-03-30) 30 March 1991	Left-handed	Right arm leg break
–	Kane Williamson	New Zealand	(1990-08-08) 8 August 1990	Right-handed	Right arm off break	NZC contract
–	Brad Wilson	New Zealand	(1985-04-10) 10 April 1985	Right-handed	Right arm off break
All-rounders
–	Corey Anderson	New Zealand	(1990-12-13) 13 December 1990	Left-handed	Left arm medium-fast	NZC contract
–	Jonathon Boult	New Zealand	(1985-11-29) 29 November 1985	Left-handed	Right arm off break
–	Anton Devcich	New Zealand[1]	(1985-09-28) 28 September 1985	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
–	Daryl Mitchell	New Zealand	(1991-05-20) 20 May 1991	Right-handed	Right arm medium
–	Scott Styris	New Zealand	(1975-07-10) 10 July 1975	Right-handed	Right arm medium
–	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	(1979-01-27) 27 January 1979	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
–	Cameron Fletcher	New Zealand	(1993-03-01) 1 March 1993	Right-handed	—
–	BJ Watling	New Zealand	(1985-07-09) 9 July 1985	Right-handed	—	NZC contract
Bowlers
–	Graeme Aldridge	New Zealand	(1977-11-15) 15 November 1977	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
–	James Baker	New Zealand	(1988-02-16) 16 February 1988	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
–	Trent Boult	New Zealand	(1989-07-22) 22 July 1989	Right-handed	Left arm medium-fast	NZC contract
–	Tony Goodin	New Zealand	(1988-11-23) 23 November 1988	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
–	Scott Kuggeleijn	New Zealand	(1992-01-03) 3 January 1992	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
–	Ish Sodhi	New Zealand	(1992-10-31) 31 October 1992	Right-handed	Right arm leg break
–	Tim Southee	New Zealand	(1988-12-11) 11 December 1988	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	NZC contract
–	Anurag Verma	New Zealand	(1990-08-05) 5 August 1990	Right-handed	Right arm medium

Notable players

Main Article: List of Northern Districts representative cricketers

Records

See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records

References

External links

• Northern Knights Official Website
• Northland Cricket Association
• Counties Manukau Cricket Association
• Hamilton Cricket Association
• Bay of Plenty Cricket Association
• Poverty Bay Cricket Association
• Papakura Cricket Club
• List of first-class matches played by Northern Districts

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