- Northern Districts cricket team
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Northern Districts Coach: 
Grant BradburnCaptain: James MarshallFounded: 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 State Championship first class competition, the State Shield domestic one day competition and the State Twenty20.
Contents
Honours
- Plunket Shield (1)
1962-63, 2009-10.
1979-80, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1999-00, 2006-07.
- State Shield (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
2010/11 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 Batsmen James Marshall RHB RM Captain, 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 and New Zealand Captain Scott Styris RHB RFM 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 Bradley 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
New Zealand
- Tim Southee
- Scott Styris
- Bert Sutcliffe
- Shane Thomson
- Daryl Tuffey
- Daniel Vettori
- David White
- John Wright
- Bryan Young
England
Sri Lanka
Records
See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records
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
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