Northern Districts cricket team

Northern Districts
Coach:	Grant Bradburn
Captain:	James Marshall
Founded:	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.

Honours

• Plunket Shield (1)

1962-63, 2009-10.

• Shell Trophy/State Championship (5)

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 Chris Cairns Lance Cairns Barry Cooper Cliff Dickeson Simon Doull Daniel Flynn Matthew Hart Robert Hart Gareth Hopkins Geoff Howarth Hamish Marshall James Marshall John Parker

Tim Southee Scott Styris Bert Sutcliffe Shane Thomson Daryl Tuffey Daniel Vettori David White John Wright Bryan Young England Graeme Hick Andrew Strauss Matthew Maynard Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan

Records

See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records

References

1. ^ State Championship 2008/09 - Batting Averages for Northern Districts, CricketArchive, Retrieved 17 January 2011
2. ^ 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