Northern Districts cricket team

Northern Districts

Top: Northern Districts Cricket logo
Bottom: Logo for Twenty20, Knights
Personnel
Captain Dean Brownlie
Coach James Pamment
Chief executive Ben MacCormack
Team information
Founded 1955
Home ground Seddon Park
Capacity 10,000
History
First-class debut Auckland
in 1955
at Hamilton
Official website: Northern Districts Cricket
Go The Knights

The Northern Districts 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 Burger King Super Smash T20 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. 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.[1]

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

Grounds

Squad

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

Contracted players for the 2017/18 Season[2] [3] [4]

  • No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
  • double-dagger denotes players with international caps.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
22Kane Williamson double-dagger New Zealand8 August 1990Right-handedRight arm off breakNZC contract
4Dean Brownliedouble-dagger New Zealand30 July 1984Right-handedRight-arm mediumCaptain
–Daniel Flynn double-dagger New Zealand16 April 1985Left-handedSlow left-arm chinamanOccasional Wicket-keeper
–Joe Carter New Zealand17 December 1992Right-handed
–Bharat Popli New Zealand30 May 1984Right-handed
All-rounders
78Corey Anderson double-dagger New Zealand13 December 1990Left-handedLeft arm medium-fastNZC contract
– Colin de Grandhomme double-dagger  New Zealand 22 July 1986 Right handed Right-arm fast-medium NZC contract
–Mitchell Santner double-dagger New Zealand25 July 1993Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxNZC contract
1Jonathon Boult New Zealand29 November 1985Left-handedRight arm off break
–Brett Hampton New Zealand30 April 1991Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
47Daryl Mitchell New Zealand20 May 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
11BJ Watling double-dagger New Zealand9 July 1985Right-handed–NZC contract
24Tim Seifert double-dagger New Zealand14 December 1994Right-handed–
Bowlers
8Trent Boult double-dagger New Zealand22 July 1989Right-handedLeft arm medium-fastNZC contract
16Tim Southee double-dagger New Zealand11 December 1988Right-handedRight arm medium-fastNZC contract
– Neil Wagner double-dagger  New Zealand 13 March 1986 Left-handed Left-arm fast–medium NZC contract
17Ish Sodhi double-dagger New Zealand31 October 1992Right-handedRight arm leg breakNZC contract
44Scott Kuggeleijn double-dagger New Zealand3 January 1992Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
–James Baker New Zealand16 February 1988Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
–Zak Gibson New Zealand19 March 1997Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
–Tony Goodin New Zealand23 November 1988Right-handedRight arm fast-medium

Records

See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records

References

  1. ↑ "District Associations". Northern Districts Cricket. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. ↑ https://www.ndcricket.co.nz/news/contracts-finalised-for-northern-districts-2016-2017-season
  3. ↑ http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/81522466/Zak-Gibson-and-Josef-Walker-receive-Northern-Districts-contracts-for-this-summer
  4. ↑ "ND News – ND Cricket". Northern Districts Cricket Association. Retrieved 21 May 2018.

Further reading

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