Northern Districts is a domestic T20 professional cricket team from New Zealand, they will be playing qualification round of CL T20 2014 against Mumbai Indians, Lahore Lions and Southern Express to play in the main fixture of the tournament. The Northern Districts are the present champions of HRV Cup New Zealand. The team has glorious history in New Zealand cricket and it was founded in 1955. At present they participates in three domestic competition of NZ and this the first time they are making their appearance in Champions League T20. Daniel Flynn is the present captain of the and Northern Districts will play the tournament under the guide of James Pamment (coach).
Key Players
- Kane Williamson: he is the talented green horn of New Zealand cricket right now; the 24 years old batsman already has produced some classy performance for the New Zealand international cricket team. Kane Williamson already have 7 test centuries in his record book.
- Daniel Flynn: Northern Districts won the domestic T20 league under his captaincy, so his strategy and experience will be a key point for the team.
- Scott Styris: he is the most experienced all-rounder in the team with tons of international cricket experience. The former all-rounder of New Zealand international cricket team once regarded as one of the best all-rounders in the world. Scott Styris has played three consecutive cricket world cup for the New Zealand international cricket team.
- Ish Sodhi: he is a young wonder bowler of New Zealand, who recently made his appearance in international cricket and produced some classy bowling display. At the age of 21 he already has taken 15 test wickets and 56 first class cricket wickets. So he can be a key man in for the bowling line up of Northern Districts.
Conclusion
Overall, the Northern Districts is full of experienced players, who have played and are playing international cricket regularly, but except Ish Sodhi their bowling line-up is not really up to the mark, so this can be a week point for them in the CL T20 2014.