Northern Districts men's cricket team

The Northern Districts men's cricket team are one of six New Zealand first-class cricket teams that make up New Zealand Cricket.

This article is about the men's cricket team. For the women's cricket team, see Northern Districts women's cricket team.

Northern Districts


Top: Northern Districts Cricket logo
Bottom: Logo for the Twenty20 team, the Northern Brave
Personnel
CoachGraeme Aldridge
Chief executiveBen MacCormack
Team information
Founded1955
Home groundSeddon Park
Capacity10,000
History
First-class debutAuckland
in 1955
at Hamilton
Plunket Shield wins8
The Ford Trophy wins7
Men's Super Smash wins4
Official websitewww.ndcricket.co.nz

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]

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, 2021-22, 2022-23

Grounds

Squad
Northern Knights celebrate taking Martin Guptill's wicket, 26 December 2011.
Former Northern Knights Twenty20 emblem

Contracted players for the 2017/18 Season[3][4][5]

  • 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
22Kane Williamson ‡ New Zealand (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990Right-handedRight arm off breakNZC contract
4Dean Brownlie ‡ New Zealand (1984-07-30) 30 July 1984Right-handedRight-arm mediumCaptain
22Jeet Raval ‡ New Zealand (1988-05-22) 22 May 1988Left-handedLeft arm leg break & googly
5Joe Carter New Zealand (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992Right-handedRight arm off break
14Henry Cooper New Zealand (1993-05-20) 20 May 1993Right-handedRight arm off break
21Katene Clarke New Zealand (1999-09-21) 21 September 1999Right-handedRight-arm slow-medium
All-rounders
–Colin de Grandhomme ‡ New Zealand (1986-07-22) 22 July 1986Right handedRight-arm fast-mediumNZC contract
33Mitchell Santner ‡ New Zealand (1993-07-25) 25 July 1993Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxNZC contract
13Anton Devcich ‡ New Zealand (1985-09-28) 28 September 1985Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
30Brett Hampton New Zealand (1991-04-30) 30 April 1991Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
11BJ Watling ‡ New Zealand (1985-07-09) 9 July 1985Right-handed–NZC contract
24Tim Seifert ‡ New Zealand (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994Right-handed–
12Peter Bocock New Zealand (1991-04-12) 12 April 1991Right-handed–
Bowlers
8Trent Boult ‡ New Zealand (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989Right-handedLeft arm medium-fast
16Tim Southee ‡ New Zealand (1988-12-11) 11 December 1988Right-handedRight arm medium-fastNZC contract
35Neil Wagner ‡ New Zealand (1986-03-13) 13 March 1986Left-handedLeft-arm fast–mediumNZC contract
17Ish Sodhi ‡ New Zealand (1992-10-31) 31 October 1992Right-handedRight arm leg breakNZC contract
44Scott Kuggeleijn ‡ New Zealand (1992-01-03) 3 January 1992Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
29James Baker ‡ Samoa (1988-02-16) 16 February 1988Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
15Zak Gibson New Zealand (1997-03-19) 19 March 1997Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
32Matthew Fisher New Zealand (1999-11-10) 10 November 1999Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
6Brett Randell New Zealand (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
25Anurag Verma New Zealand (1990-08-05) 5 August 1990Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
10Joe Walker New Zealand (1992-09-06) 6 September 1992Right-handedRight arm off-spin

See also

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

References
  1. "Northern Districts Make Brave Change". Northern Districts. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  2. "District Associations". Northern Districts Cricket. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. "Knights top-order strengthened as Raval joins ND".
  4. "Northern Districts - Our Players". Northern Districts Cricket Association. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  5. "ND News – ND Cricket". Northern Districts Cricket Association. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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