| Northern Districts | |
| Coach: | Graeme Aldridge |
| Founded: | 1955 |
| Ground: | Seddon Park |
| Capacity: | 10,000 |
| Ceo: | Ben MacCormack |
| First Fc: | Auckland |
| First Fc Year: | 1955 |
| First Fc Venue: | Hamilton |
| Title1: | Plunket Shield |
| Title1wins: | 8 |
| Title2: | The Ford Trophy |
| Title2wins: | 7 |
| Title3: | Men's Super Smash |
| Title3wins: | 4 |
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 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]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| 22 | Kane Williamson | 1990 8, df=y | Right-handed | NZC contract | ||
| 4 | Dean Brownlie | 1984 7, df=y | Right-handed | Captain | ||
| 22 | Jeet Raval | 1988 5, df=y | Left-handed | |||
| 5 | 1992 12, df=y | Right-handed | ||||
| 14 | 1993 5, df=y | Right-handed | ||||
| 21 | 1999 9, df=y | Right-handed | ||||
| All-rounders | ||||||
| – | Colin de Grandhomme | 1986 7, df=y | Right handed | NZC contract | ||
| 33 | Mitchell Santner | 1993 7, df=y | Left-handed | NZC contract | ||
| 13 | Anton Devcich | 1985 9, df=y | Left-handed | |||
| 30 | 1991 4, df=y | Right-handed | ||||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 11 | BJ Watling | 1985 7, df=y | Right-handed | – | NZC contract | |
| 24 | Tim Seifert | 1994 12, df=y | Right-handed | – | ||
| 12 | 1991 4, df=y | Right-handed | – | |||
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 8 | Trent Boult | 1989 7, df=y | Right-handed | |||
| 16 | Tim Southee | 1988 12, df=y | Right-handed | NZC contract | ||
| 35 | Neil Wagner | 1986 3, df=y | Left-handed | NZC contract | ||
| 17 | Ish Sodhi | 1992 10, df=y | Right-handed | NZC contract | ||
| 44 | 1992 1, df=y | Right-handed | ||||
| 29 | 1988 2, df=y | Right-handed | ||||
| 15 | 1997 3, df=y | Right-handed | ||||
| 32 | 1999 11, df=y | Right-handed | ||||
| 6 | 1995 5, df=y | Right-handed | ||||
| 25 | 1990 8, df=y | Right-handed | ||||
| 10 | 1992 9, df=y | Right-handed | ||||