The Northern Districts men's cricket team are one of six New Zealand first-class cricket teams that make up New Zealand Cricket.
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Personnel | |
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Coach | Graeme Aldridge |
Chief executive | Ben MacCormack |
Team information | |
Founded | 1955 |
Home ground | Seddon Park |
Capacity | 10,000 |
History | |
First-class debut | Auckland in 1955 at Hamilton |
Plunket Shield wins | 8 |
The Ford Trophy wins | 7 |
Men's Super Smash wins | 3 |
Official website | www |
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]
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
Contracted players for the 2017/18 Season[3][4][5]
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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22 | Kane Williamson ![]() | ![]() | (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | NZC contract |
4 | Dean Brownlie ![]() | ![]() | (1984-07-30) 30 July 1984 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain |
22 | Jeet Raval ![]() | ![]() | (1988-05-22) 22 May 1988 (age 34) | Left-handed | Left arm leg break & googly | |
5 | Joe Carter | ![]() | (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
14 | Henry Cooper | ![]() | (1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
21 | Katene Clarke | ![]() | (1999-09-21) 21 September 1999 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm slow-medium | |
All-rounders | ||||||
– | Colin de Grandhomme ![]() | ![]() | (1986-07-22) 22 July 1986 (age 36) | Right handed | Right-arm fast-medium | NZC contract |
33 | Mitchell Santner ![]() | ![]() | (1993-07-25) 25 July 1993 (age 29) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | NZC contract |
13 | Anton Devcich ![]() | ![]() | (1985-09-28) 28 September 1985 (age 37) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
30 | Brett Hampton | ![]() | (1991-04-30) 30 April 1991 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
11 | BJ Watling ![]() | ![]() | (1985-07-09) 9 July 1985 (age 37) | Right-handed | – | NZC contract |
24 | Tim Seifert ![]() | ![]() | (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 27) | Right-handed | – | |
12 | Peter Bocock | ![]() | (1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 (age 31) | Right-handed | – | |
Bowlers | ||||||
8 | Trent Boult ![]() | ![]() | (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 (age 33) | Right-handed | Left arm medium-fast | NZC contract |
16 | Tim Southee ![]() | ![]() | (1988-12-11) 11 December 1988 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | NZC contract |
35 | Neil Wagner ![]() | ![]() | (1986-03-13) 13 March 1986 (age 36) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast–medium | NZC contract |
17 | Ish Sodhi ![]() | ![]() | (1992-10-31) 31 October 1992 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | NZC contract |
44 | Scott Kuggeleijn ![]() | ![]() | (1992-01-03) 3 January 1992 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
29 | James Baker ![]() | ![]() | (1988-02-16) 16 February 1988 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
15 | Zak Gibson | ![]() | (1997-03-19) 19 March 1997 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
32 | Matthew Fisher | ![]() | (1999-11-10) 10 November 1999 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
6 | Brett Randell | ![]() | (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
25 | Anurag Verma | ![]() | (1990-08-05) 5 August 1990 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
10 | Joe Walker | ![]() | (1992-09-06) 6 September 1992 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right arm off-spin | |
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2014 Champions League Twenty20 | |
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