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| Personnel | |
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| Coach | Graeme Aldridge |
| Chief executive | Ben MacCormack |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Home ground | Seddon Park |
| Capacity | 10,000 |
| History | |
| First-class debut | Auckland in 1955 at Hamilton |
| Plunket Shield wins | 8 |
| The Ford Trophy wins | 7 |
| Men's Super Smash wins | 4 |
| Official website | www |
The Northern Districts men's 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 IslandofNew 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]
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
Contracted players for the 2017/18 Season[3][4][5]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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| 22 | Kane Williamson ‡ |  New Zealand |
(1990-08-08) 8 August 1990 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | NZC contract |
| 4 | Dean Brownlie ‡ | New Zealand |
(1984-07-30) 30 July 1984 (age 39) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain |
| 22 | Jeet Raval ‡ | New Zealand |
(1988-05-22) 22 May 1988 (age 36) | Left-handed | Left arm leg break & googly | |
| 5 | Joe Carter | New Zealand |
(1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| 14 | Henry Cooper | New Zealand |
(1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| 21 | Katene Clarke | New Zealand |
(1999-09-21) 21 September 1999 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm slow-medium | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| – | Colin de Grandhomme ‡ | New Zealand |
(1986-07-22) 22 July 1986 (age 38) | Right handed | Right-arm fast-medium | NZC contract |
| 33 | Mitchell Santner ‡ | New Zealand |
(1993-07-25) 25 July 1993 (age 30) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | NZC contract |
| 13 | Anton Devcich ‡ | New Zealand |
(1985-09-28) 28 September 1985 (age 38) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| 30 | Brett Hampton | New Zealand |
(1991-04-30) 30 April 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 11 | BJ Watling ‡ | New Zealand |
(1985-07-09) 9 July 1985 (age 39) | Right-handed | – | NZC contract |
| 24 | Tim Seifert ‡ | New Zealand |
(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29) | Right-handed | – | |
| 12 | Peter Bocock | New Zealand |
(1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | – | |
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 8 | Trent Boult ‡ | New Zealand |
(1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Left arm medium-fast | |
| 16 | Tim Southee ‡ | New Zealand |
(1988-12-11) 11 December 1988 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | NZC contract |
| 35 | Neil Wagner ‡ | New Zealand |
(1986-03-13) 13 March 1986 (age 38) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast–medium | NZC contract |
| 17 | Ish Sodhi ‡ | New Zealand |
(1992-10-31) 31 October 1992 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | NZC contract |
| 44 | Scott Kuggeleijn ‡ | New Zealand |
(1992-01-03) 3 January 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| 29 | James Baker ‡ |  Samoa |
(1988-02-16) 16 February 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| 15 | Zak Gibson | New Zealand |
(1997-03-19) 19 March 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| 32 | Matthew Fisher | New Zealand |
(1999-11-10) 10 November 1999 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| 6 | Brett Randell | New Zealand |
(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| 25 | Anurag Verma | New Zealand |
(1990-08-05) 5 August 1990 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| 10 | Joe Walker | New Zealand |
(1992-09-06) 6 September 1992 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right arm off-spin | |
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