Northern Districts cricket team

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Northern Districts
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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

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.

Grounds

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.
  • double-dagger denotes players with international caps.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
– Daniel Flynn double-dagger  New Zealand (1985-04-16) 16 April 1985 (age 39) Left-handed Slow left-arm chinaman Captain
– Jono Hickey  New Zealand (1991-03-30) 30 March 1991 (age 33) Left-handed Right arm leg break
– Kane Williamson double-dagger  New Zealand (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right arm off break NZC contract
– Brad Wilson  New Zealand (1985-04-10) 10 April 1985 (age 39) Right-handed Right arm off break
All-rounders
– Corey Anderson double-dagger  New Zealand (1990-12-13) 13 December 1990 (age 33) Left-handed Left arm medium-fast NZC contract
– Jonathon Boult  New Zealand (1985-11-29) 29 November 1985 (age 38) Left-handed Right arm off break
– Anton Devcich  New Zealand[1] (1985-09-28) 28 September 1985 (age 38) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
– Daryl Mitchell  New Zealand (1991-05-20) 20 May 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right arm medium
– Scott Styris double-dagger  New Zealand (1975-07-10) 10 July 1975 (age 48) Right-handed Right arm medium
– Daniel Vettori double-dagger  New Zealand (1979-01-27) 27 January 1979 (age 45) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
– Cameron Fletcher  New Zealand (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 31) Right-handed —
– BJ Watling double-dagger  New Zealand (1985-07-09) 9 July 1985 (age 38) Right-handed — NZC contract
Bowlers
– Graeme Aldridge double-dagger  New Zealand (1977-11-15) 15 November 1977 (age 46) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
– James Baker  New Zealand (1988-02-16) 16 February 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
– Trent Boult double-dagger  New Zealand (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Left arm medium-fast NZC contract
– Tony Goodin  New Zealand (1988-11-23) 23 November 1988 (age 35) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
– Scott Kuggeleijn  New Zealand (1992-01-03) 3 January 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
– Ish Sodhi double-dagger  New Zealand (1992-10-31) 31 October 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right arm leg break
– Tim Southee double-dagger  New Zealand (1988-12-11) 11 December 1988 (age 35) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast NZC contract
– Anurag Verma  New Zealand (1990-08-05) 5 August 1990 (age 33) 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

  1. ↑ http://www.croatiaweek.com/60-seconds-with-anton-devcich

External links

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