Northern Districts cricket team

Northern Districts
Personnel
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Captain	Daniel Flynn
Coach	James Pamment
Team information
Founded	1955
Home ground	Seddon Park
Capacity	10,000
History
First-class debut	Auckland in 1955 at Hamilton
Official website:	Go The Knights

The Northern Districts cricket team 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). It competes in the Plunket Shield first class competition, the Ford Trophy domestic one day competition and the Burger King Super Smash competition as the Knights.

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

Honours

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.

Burger King Super Smash (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.

Contracted players for the 2016/17 Season ^[1] ^[2]

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
4	Dean Brownlie	New Zealand	(1984-07-30) 30 July 1984	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Captain
–	Joe Carter	New Zealand	(1992-12-17) 17 December 1992	Right-handed
–	Daniel Flynn	New Zealand	(1985-04-16) 16 April 1985	Left-handed	Slow left-arm chinaman
–	Bharat Popli	New Zealand	(1984-05-30) 30 May 1984	Right-handed
22	Kane Williamson	New Zealand	(1990-08-08) 8 August 1990	Right-handed	Right arm off break	NZC contract
All-rounders
78	Corey Anderson	New Zealand	(1990-12-13) 13 December 1990	Left-handed	Left arm medium-fast	NZC contract
1	Jonathon Boult	New Zealand	(1985-11-29) 29 November 1985	Left-handed	Right arm off break
–	Anton Devcich	New Zealand^[3]	(1985-09-28) 28 September 1985	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
–	Brett Hampton	New Zealand	(1991-04-30) 30 April 1991	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
47	Daryl Mitchell	New Zealand	(1991-05-20) 20 May 1991	Right-handed	Right arm medium
–	Mitchell Santner	New Zealand	(1993-07-25) 25 July 1993	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	NZC contract
Wicket-keepers
24	Tim Seifert	New Zealand	(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994	Right-handed	—
11	BJ Watling	New Zealand	(1985-07-09) 9 July 1985	Right-handed	—	NZC contract
Bowlers
–	James Baker	New Zealand	(1988-02-16) 16 February 1988	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
8	Trent Boult	New Zealand	(1989-07-22) 22 July 1989	Right-handed	Left arm medium-fast	NZC contract
–	Zak Gibson	New Zealand	(1997-03-19) 19 March 1997	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
–	Tony Goodin	New Zealand	(1988-11-23) 23 November 1988	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
44	Scott Kuggeleijn	New Zealand	(1992-01-03) 3 January 1992	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
17	Ish Sodhi	New Zealand	(1992-10-31) 31 October 1992	Right-handed	Right arm leg break
16	Tim Southee	New Zealand	(1988-12-11) 11 December 1988	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	NZC contract

Records

See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records

References

External links

Cricket in New Zealand
Governing body	New Zealand Cricket
National Teams	Men Women U-19 New Zealand A
Men's Domestic Teams	Auckland Canterbury Central Stags Northern Districts Otago Wellington
Women's Domestic Teams	Auckland Hearts Canterbury Magicians Central Districts Hinds Northern Districts Spirit Otago Sparks Wellington Blaze
Domestic Competitions	Plunket Shield (Men's First-class) Ford Trophy (Men's List A) Burger King Super Smash (Men's Twenty20) Women's One-Day Competition (Women's One-day)
Plunket Shield Seasons	09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
Ford Trophy Seasons	09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
McDonald's Super Smash Seasons	09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
Test & ODI Grounds	Christchurch Wellington Auckland Dunedin Napier Hamilton Dunedin University Oval Wellington Westpac Queenstown Cobham Oval, Whangarei
Player lists	Test cricketers Test wicket-keepers ODI cricketers Twenty20 Players Captains Auckland Canterbury Otago Wellington
Records	Test ODI T20I
Series lists	Australia (Chappell–Hadlee Trophy Trans-Tasman Trophy)
History	to 1890 1882–83 1890–91 to 1918 1918–19 to 1945 1945–46 to 1970 1970–71 to 2000 from 2000–01

New Zealand first-class cricket teams
Current first-class teams	Auckland Canterbury Central Districts Northern Districts Otago Wellington
Former first-class teams	Central Conference Hawke's Bay Nelson Northern Conference Southern Conference Southland Taranaki West Coast (North Island)

2014 Champions League Twenty20
Waiting in the group stage	Cape Cobras Dolphins Hobart Hurricanes Perth Scorchers Kings XI Punjab Kolkata Knight Riders Chennai Super Kings
Waiting in the qualifying stage	Northern Knights Southern Express Mumbai Indians Lahore Lions
Team squads Qualifying stage Group stage Knockout stage

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