Northern Districts men's cricket team

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

Northern Districts
Personnel
Top: Northern Districts Cricket logo Bottom: Logo for the Twenty20 team, the Northern Brave
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.ndcricket.co.nz

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.

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.

Honours

Plunket Shield (8)

1962–63, 1979–80, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2011–12.

The Ford Trophy (7)

1979–80, 1994–95, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10.

Men's Super Smash (4)

2013–14, 2017–18, 2021-22, 2022-23

Grounds

Seddon Park, Hamilton (primary home ground)
Bay Oval, Blake Park Mount Maunganui
Cobham Oval, Whangārei
Harry Barker Reserve, Gisborne
Owen Delany Park, Taupō

References

"Northern Districts Make Brave Change". Northern Districts. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
"District Associations". Northern Districts Cricket. Retrieved 15 December 2017.

External links

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Domestic Competitions	Plunket Shield (Men's First-class) Ford Trophy (Men's List A) Men's Super Smash (Men's Twenty20) Hallyburton Johnstone Shield (Women's One-day) Women's Super Smash (Women's Twenty20) Hawke Cup
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