Northern Districts cricket team
| Northern Districts | |||
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| Captain: |  Scott Styris |
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| Coach: | Grant Bradburn |
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| Founded: | 1955 | ||
| Home ground: | Seddon Park | ||
| Capacity: | 10,000 | ||
| First-class debut: | Auckland | ||
| in 1955 | |||
| at Hamilton | |||
| Official website: | Northern Districts Cricket | ||
The Yahoo!Xtra 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
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.
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
Players who represented Northern Districts in 2010/11.[1][2]
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Nat | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes | |
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| James Marshall | |
RHB | RM | former New Zealand Test and ODI player | |
| Daniel Flynn | |
RHB | LUS | New Zealand Test player | |
| Hamish Marshall | |
RHB | RM | Former New Zealand Test and ODI player | |
| Kane Williamson | |
RHB | OB | New Zealand Central Contracted Player | |
| Herschelle Gibbs |  |
RHB | OB | South Africa T20 player | |
| Michael Parlane | |
RHB | |||
| Brad Wilson | |
RHB | OB | New Zealand Emerging Player | |
| Brad Hodge |  |
RHB | OB | Overseas Player | |
| All-rounders | |||||
| Daniel Vettori | |
LHB | SLA | New Zealand Central Contracted Player | |
| Scott Styris | |
RHB | RFM | Captain, New Zealand Central Contracted Player | |
| Bradley Scott | |
LHB | LFM | New Zealand, New Zealand "A" | |
| Joseph Yovich | |
LHB | RFM | New Zealand "A" | |
| Jonathon Boult | |
LHB | OB | ||
| Anton Devcich | |
LHB | SLA | ||
| Wicket-keepers | |||||
| Peter McGlashan | |
RHB | New Zealand ODI Player | ||
| BJ Watling | |
RHB | New Zealand Central Contracted Player | ||
| Craig Kieswetter |  |
RHB | Overseas player | ||
| Owen Ivins | |
RHB | New Zealand Under 19 Squad Member | ||
| Bowlers | |||||
| Graeme Aldridge | |
RHB | RFM | New Zealand A | |
| Brent Arnel | |
RHB | RMF | New Zealand Central Contracted Player | |
| Trent Boult | |
RHB | LMF | New Zealand 'A' Former New Zealand U-19 | |
| Te Ahu Davis | |
RHB | RFM | Former New Zealand Under 19 Player, New Zealand Emerging Player | |
| Tim Southee | |
RHB | RMF | New Zealand Central Contracted Player | |
| Anurag Verma | |
RHB | RM | New Zealand Under 19 Player | |
Notable players
Main Article: List of Northern Districts representative cricketers
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New Zealand |
England Sri Lanka |
References
- ^ State Championship 2008/09 - Batting Averages for Northern Districts, CricketArchive, Retrieved 17 January 2011
- ^ State Shield 2008/09 - Batting Averages for Northern Districts, CricketArchive, Retrieved 17 January 2011
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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