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Margot Butcher

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Cricket 28 Sep 2012
Northern Knights To Hook Up With Queensland Bulls

They both wear maroon and gold and they're both the defending first-class cricket champions in their respective countries.

Benefits aplenty for ND training with the Queensland Bulls at their Brisbane HQ

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Cricket 20 Sep 2012
Top English Stars Join Northern Knights for HRV Cup

Could this be the score of the summer? The Northern Knights have contracted an England test, ODI and T20i wicketkeeper-batsman and a star County top order allrounder to increase their HRV Cup armoury.

The Knights are celebrating two big signings

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Cricket 22 Jul 2012
Blackcap Peter McGlashan Retires From All Cricket

The Northern Knights will be missing one of their most senior players next season after long-time wicketkeeper-batsman Peter McGlashan today announced his retirement from all cricket.

Pete McGlashan Retires

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Sport 1 Apr 2012
Brent Arnel Wins Cricketer of the Year

A day after celebrating their Plunket Shield championship triumph, the Yahoo!NZ Northern Knights were celebrating again at the 2012 Northern Districts Cricket Annual Awards, held at SKYCITY Hamilton on Friday evening.

ND's premier award found a new winner this season.

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Cricket 9 Nov 2011
Gripping Battle in Cricket Opener

After 22 wickets fell in a single day, the Yahoo!NZ Northern Knights and Auckland Aces are both expecting a result in their Plunket Shield season opener, in progress at Whangarei's Cobham Oval.

Wickets have tumbled fast in season opener at Whangarei

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Sport 1 Nov 2011
Radio Sport Cops Public Backlash

Over 1000 listeners have joined an online protest www.ipetitions.com/petition/radiosport/ against Radio Sport's unpopular move to axe one of New Zealand's great summer traditions.

Radio Sport is alienating its core listeners, say public

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Sport 27 Oct 2011
Controversy Brews Over Cricket Commentary Cuts

A public backlash against Radio Sport's decision to axe its traditional live cricket commentary this summer has rapidly gone viral.

Traditional cricket coverage is under threat, say fans

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Cricket 22 Jul 2011
Exciting Newbies Contracted to Yahoo! Northern Knights

Northern Districts Cricket today announced eleven players offered domestic contracts for the 2011/12 season.

James Baker towers over Auckland's Brad Cachopa on debut for the Knights

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Cricket 20 Jun 2011
Daniel Vettori Leads Again

Former BLACKCAPS skipper Daniel Vettori is leading the pack and winning the popularity stakes as the Yahoo! New Zealand Northern Knights auction off their autographed 2011 playing shirts for charity.

Dan's In The Pink

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Cricket 17 Jun 2011
Cook Islands Invites NZers To Come Play Cricket

A bag of prestigious awards have capped a boom year for Cook Islands Cricket, whose development into a top Pacific cricket nation is fostered by the support of the Northern Districts Cricket Association.

Cooks Players Are Celebrating A Cricket Boom

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Cricket 7 Jun 2011
Last Chance To Catch Cricket Raconteur

HAMILTON — With his reputation for hilarious entertainment preceding him, just one table remains to be sold for international Australian cricketer Greg Ritchie's evening of stand-up mirth this Thursday in Hamilton.

Cricketing Comedian Greg Ritchie

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Cricket 9 Apr 2011
Graeme Aldridge Named Cricketer of the Year

Outstanding seam bowler Graeme Aldridge was last night named Northern Districts' Cricketer of the Year at the association's 2010/11 season awards in Hamilton.

Northern Districts Cricketer of the Year and NZ record-holder Graeme Aldridge

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Cricket 1 Apr 2011
ND Renovates Team For Plunket Shield Do Or Die

The Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights will head to Rangiora to try to beat the Canterbury Wizards for the 2011 Plunket Shield without the services of their regular captain and with a first-class debutant on tha plane.

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Cricket 31 Mar 2011
Maori Cricket Team Ready To Make History

Northern Districts Maori will take a big step forward for Maori sport today (Friday April 1) when it takes on visiting national team the Cook Islands in a Twenty20 contest at Hamilton’s international cricket venue Seddon Park.

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Cricket 22 Mar 2011
Maiden Match For Inaugural Maori Cricket Team

The first domestic representative Maori cricket team will face its first test in Hamilton this Thursday when Northern Maori takes on Waikato University in a one-day match that Northern Districts Cricket anticipates will be the beginning of structured Maori cricket programmes within and beyond the region.

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Cricket 19 Mar 2011
Aldridge and Marshall Return For Top Clash

The Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights have got back two key players for their top of the table Plunket Shield clash with the Central Stags in Napier on Monday.

James Baker towers over Auckland's Brad Cachopa on debut for the Knights

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Cricket 14 Mar 2011
Bay Of Penty Women Take Maiden Title

Bay of Plenty Women have defeated Hamilton to claim the Northern Districts Women’s District Association Championship Cup for the first time in their history.

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Cricket 13 Mar 2011
Outstanding Week For Northern Districts Cricket

First the Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights pulled off a record-setting Plunket Shield victory in Whangarei, now Hamilton have wrenched the coveted Hawke Cup off Marlborough in Blenheim in an exceptional week for Northern Districts cricket supporters.

Record-breaker BJ Watling sweeps the six that completed the key win against the Firebirds

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Cricket 9 Mar 2011
Plunket Shield Rescheduled

New Zealand Cricket has today confirmed further adjustments to the quake-affected Plunket Shield competition for the season.

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Cricket 5 Mar 2011
Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights Return

The Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights to reassemble in Whangarei tomorrow will be the same squad originally chosen for the round six Plunket Shield match against the Wellington Firebirds, selectors confirmed today.

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Cricket 4 Mar 2011
Plunket Shield Points Divvied From Quake-Affected Match

New Zealand Cricket has made its decision regarding the allocation of points from the round five Plunket Shield match between the Canterbury Wizards and the Wellington Firebirds, which was cancelled in the aftermath of the Christchurch Earthquake last week.

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Cricket 2 Mar 2011
Earthquake trauma forces cricket rescheduling

All remaining rounds of New Zealand's first-class cricket competition, the Plunket Shield, have been moved forward to new dates in order to allow the quake-affected Canterbury Wizards team to deal with the impact of the Christchurch earthquake yet remain an integral contestant in the premier national competition.

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Cricket 1 Mar 2011
Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights Named For Firebirds Match

The Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights selectors have made one change to the squad that defeated the Auckland Aces inside three days in the fifth round of the Plunket Shield.

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Cricket 24 Feb 2011
Blackcaps and Australian World Cup Teams Auction Gear Online For Quake Relief

Northern Districts Cricket has three collector's items coming from the Cricket World Cup in India, signed by the BLACKCAPS and Australian cricket teams, for auction on TradeMe.

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Cricket 23 Feb 2011
Cricket Profits To Go To Christchurch Earthquake Fund

Profits from tomorrow evening's televised Titans International Twenty20 match at Seddon Park in Hamilton will be donated to the Christchurch Earthquake Canterbury Relief Fund.

This Thursday 6.30pm in Hamilton.

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Cricket 22 Feb 2011
Hamish Marshall Set For Season Debut

The inclusion of former BLACKCAPS batsman Hamish Marshall as an overseas player for the first time this summer is the biggest feature of the Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights squad named today.

Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights captain James Marshall

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Cricket 14 Feb 2011
Selector Mark Greatbatch Back As A Player

BLACKCAPS selector Mark Greatbatch is set to make a return to the game as a player in the Titans International Twenty20 match in Hamilton, it was announced today.

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Cricket 14 Feb 2011
Bradburn Says Mathieson Is One To Watch

Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights coach Grant Bradburn has high hopes for the cricketing future of exciting young fast bowler Andrew Mathieson.

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Cricket 11 Feb 2011
Big Changes to Northern Knights' Plunket Shield Squad

The Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights’ selectors have named a fresh-look squad to resume the quest to defend the Plunket Shield in Whangarei next week.

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Cricket 10 Feb 2011
Snap Up Titans Twenty20 Tickets, Says Dion Nash

Tickets have gone on sale and the first of the Australian big names have been confirmed for Hamilton's Titans International Twenty20 match next fortnight.

Knights team-mates congratulate Graeme Aldridge on taking the wicket of Otago's Neil Broom to become the New Zealand record-holder for one-day domestic bowling

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Cricket 10 Feb 2011
Aldridge Breaks Chris Harris's NZ Bowling Record

Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights bowler Graeme Aldridge is the new holder of the record for the highest tally of wickets in the New Zealand domestic One-Day competition history.

Knights team-mates congratulate Graeme Aldridge on taking the wicket of Otago's Neil Broom to become the New Zealand record-holder for one-day domestic bowling

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Cricket 4 Feb 2011
Cover Called In For Crunch Yahoo!Xtra Knights Playoff

The Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights selectors have named squad of 13 for Sunday’s must-win national one day semi-final playoff in Queenstown.

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Cricket 3 Feb 2011
Cricket Playoff Confirmed For Queenstown

The Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights will travel to Queenstown tomorrow to meet the Otago Volts in the first of the domestic one-day playoffs on Sunday.

The Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights congratulate BJ Watling on a stunning catch as they battle the Stags in Whangarei. Watling went on to his sixth domestic one-day century in the second innings.

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Cricket 2 Feb 2011
Nathan Astle To Play In Hamilton

Popular big-hitting batsman Nathan Astle is looking forward to dusting off his bat for one more round with Australia in the Titans International Twenty20 cricket spectacular.

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Cricket 1 Feb 2011
Daniel Flynn Returns For Knights' Must-Win Clash

After recovering from a groin injury, recent BLACKCAP Daniel Flynn returns to the Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights for their final round clash this Wednesday.

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Cricket 31 Jan 2011
Honour In Store For Daniel Vettori

Members of New Zealand’s BLACKCAPS will take a break from playing Pakistan in The National Bank ODI Series to honour their captain Daniel Vettori in a special tribute dinner in his home town of Hamilton this Wednesday, February 2.

Dan the Man

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Cricket 29 Jan 2011
Brook Hatwell Joins Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights For Crucial Clash

A long-serving Hamilton cricketer who has performed at both Hawke Cup and Northern Districts A level has been rewarded for strong performances over the past few seasons with a call-up into the Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights for tomorrow's match against the Wellington Firebirds.

Northern Knights

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Cricket 27 Jan 2011
Northern Knights Primed For Volts Clash

The Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights are determined to make hay while the sun shines when they meet the Otago Volts in Whangarei today in a crucial encounter in the national men's one-day competition.

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Cricket 20 Jan 2011
Stephen Fleming To Lead Hamilton Twenty20

The first big name of next month's Titans International Twenty20 has been penned in with the announcement today that former BLACKCAPS skipper Stephen Fleming will captain the Samsung Masters against their Australian rivals.

This Thursday 6.30pm in Hamilton.

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Cricket 20 Jan 2011
Blackcaps Return For Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights

The Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights welcome back two BLACKCAPS and farewell another for their round five clash in the men's domestic one-day competition.

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Cricket 18 Jan 2011
Knights Call In Cover For BJ Watling

Anton Devcich is on his way to Invercargill to join the Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights one-day side as cover for batsman BJ Watling.

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Cricket 13 Jan 2011
Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights Top Of Table

The Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights head to Whangarei for their first home match of the men's domestic one-day competition this Sunday as the only side in the country to have won two from two.

Northern Knights

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Cricket 11 Jan 2011
Trans-Tasman Cricket Heading To Hamilton

Some of the best-known names in Australian cricket are set to play a team of our own legends in a Titans International Twenty20 coming to New Zealand next month.

This Thursday 6.30pm in Hamilton.

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Cricket 9 Jan 2011
Northern Knights Up For One-Day Defence

The Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights begin their men's one day competition defence today, Sunday, away against HRV Cup champions, the Auckland Aces, at Colin Maiden Park.

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Cricket 24 Dec 2010
New Captain To Lead Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights

In-form opening batsman Brad Wilson has been handed the captaincy reins of the Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights named today for the remaining rounds of the HRV Cup, with usual skipper James Marshall remaining part of the squad.

Brad Wilson: new captain of the Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights

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Cricket 15 Dec 2010
Blackcaps Named For Friday's HRV Cup

The Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights have named a powerful squad for the HRV Cup round five clash against the Canterbury Wizards at Seddon Park, with the Knights bringing in returning BLACKCAPS Scott Styris and Tim Southee.

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Cricket 14 Dec 2010
Herschelle Gibbs and David Warner Named For Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights

Swashbuckling Australian opening batsman David Warner will take his place at the top of the order for the Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights on Friday night at Seddon Park, in round five action of the HRV Cup.

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Cricket 9 Dec 2010
Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights Hit The Lead

It's the one domestic cricket title that eluded them last summer, but the Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights have just surged to the top of this summer's HRV Cup Twenty20 leaderboard after a second-round, eight-wicket win over the Auckland Aces followed up by crushing the Otago Volts by nine wickets in the third round at Oamaru yesterday evening.

Joseph Yovich took two wickets in two balls to help pin down the Volts in Oamaru

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Cricket 7 Dec 2010
Third Australian Player Joins ND

Dynamic international Twenty20 star David Warner makes his debut for the Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights against the Otago Volts in Oamaru tomorrow.

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Cricket 26 Nov 2010
Major Sponsorship Breakthrough For Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights

In a landmark first for Northern Districts cricket, Yahoo!Xtra is going into bat for Plunket Shield and national one-day champions the Northern Knights.

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Cricket 25 Nov 2010
Cricket Stars To Play Public In Hamilton

HAMILTON — Breaking a window will definitely be out when the Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights (and an all-star line-up of ring-ins) hit Hamilton's Hood Street this Wednesday for a public game of street cricket in the city's premier entertainment district as they launch into their HRV Cup Twenty20 season.

The Waikato Times Hood Street Cricket Event

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Cricket 9 Nov 2010
Novel Northern Knights Auction Supporting The Cause

Cups of a completely different sort were the talking point at the Northern Knights’ official season launch in Hamilton, where a designer bra made from a pair of Knights cricket gloves was revealed in front of sponsors, VIP’s and the Plunket Shield and national men’s one-day champions, the Northern Knights.

Helen Neilsen's wearable art design will be auctioned online to fund-raise for The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation.

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Cricket 15 Oct 2010
International Stars Line Up For Northern Knights

ND brings three of the world's top Twenty20 batsmen to New Zealand for their approaching HRV Cup season.

There will be even more men in pink for the Knights this summer.

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Cricket 25 Jul 2010
Scott Styris Switches Allegiance

After five seasons playing for the Auckland Aces, big-hitting BLACKCAP Scott Styris will play for the Northern Knights in the 2010/11 season - his old province and the reigning national champions in both four-day and one-day cricket.

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Cricket 24 Feb 2010
People's Favourites Emerge In Pink Auction

With less than a day to run, bidding is heating up in the Northern Knights' charity fundraising auction on TradeMe - but there are still some great bargains going for Knights supporters.

Rising Star Kane Williamson

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Cricket 20 Feb 2010
Vettori Shirt A Hot Pink Item

Super spinner Daniel Vettori is once again leading the way as the Northern Knights cricket team raises money for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation.

The Knights' Famous Pink Shirts Are Up For Grabs

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Cricket 18 Feb 2010
Knights' Pink Shirts Go Up For Public Auction

The Northern Districts Cricket Association and their Northern Knights team are raising money for their official charity, the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation, by auctioning their inaugural pink HRV Cup Twenty20 playing shirts on TradeMe.

Wicketkeeper Pete McGlashan models the Knights' pink playing shirt

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Cricket 8 Feb 2010
Hamish Marshall Named As Knights Step Up The Pressure

The Northern Knights have named Hamish Marshall in their side for round eight of the national one-day cricket competition, against the Auckland Aces at Cobham Oval in Whangarei.

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Cricket 22 Jan 2010
Cricketer Auctions Gear For Charity

Here's a chance to own a truly unique piece of sporting memorabilia.

Pete's Pink Pads: Autographed and Up For Auction

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Cricket 21 Jan 2010
Think Pink And Win BLACKCAPS Tickets

Even more great prizes are being rolled out for the public in the Northern Knights' successful pink campaign in support of the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation.

Show Us Your Pink Love

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Cricket 20 Jan 2010
Hamish Marshall Returning To NZ Cricket

  Former BLACKCAP and now Gloucestershire player Hamish Marshall is returning to the Northern Knights to play the remainder of the summer, following the completion of the HRV Cup.

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Cricket 19 Jan 2010
Last Chance For Cricket Fans To Score USA Trip

  Northern Knights fans have one more shot at winning a trip for two to the United States to attend a USPGA golf event and meet professional caddy - and newly crowned NZ Saloon Car Champion - Steve Williams.

Northern Knight Joey Yovich

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Cricket 14 Jan 2010
Dashing Dilshan On Way To Knights

Northern Knights coach Grant Bradburn has no qualms about meeting his star import Thilkaratne Dilshan for the first time just before the team's pivotal HRV Cup clash with the Firebirds on Friday.

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Sport 31 Dec 2009
Win a trip to the States to meet caddy Steve Williams

Huntly Speedway and Northern Districts Cricket have partnered up to deliver a fantastic opportunity for anyone attending one of their events this summer.

Northern Knight Joey Yovich

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Cricket 24 Dec 2009
Chance To Win Tickets To The Cricket For You and 10 Mates

Northern Districts Cricket has started rolling out the prizes on its fun new website www.howcricketchangedmylife.com.

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Cricket 21 Dec 2009
Northern Knights Fans Get New Website (And Prizes and Free Stuff)

Northern Districts Cricket is pushing the boundaries again - this time with the launch of an innovative new website.

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Cricket 7 Nov 2009
Northern Knights To Wear Pink Uniform This Season

The Northern Knights have launched a colourful uniform to be worn in their HRV Cup Twenty20 domestic matches this summer.

Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights captain James Marshall

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Cricket 5 Nov 2009
NZ Breast Cancer Foundation Announced as Official Charity of Northern Knights

The Northern Districts Cricket Association and the Northern Knights have announced that The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation will be the official charity for their 2009/10 cricket season.

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Cricket 11 Jul 2009
NDCricket Signs Sri Lankan Star

ND Cricket have signed star Sri Lankan batsman Thilkaratne Dilshan for their Twenty20 cricket campaign this summer.

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Cricket 11 Jul 2009
NDCricket: Development Programme Delivers

WAIKATO — Hamilton, New Zealand With last week's announcement of New Zealand Crickets BLACKCAPS and New Zealand A squads there came a pat on the back for NDCrickets Cricket Operations Manager, Pat Malcon.

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Cricket 10 Jun 2009
ND Cricket Academy Announced

WAIKATO — Hamilton, New Zealand On the back of continued support of ABN AMRO Craigs, Northern Districts Cricket has named 17 up-and-coming players to form the ABN AMRO Craigs NDCricket Academy.

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Cricket 22 Apr 2009
Tendulkar Memorabilia Offered To Public

When Indian batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar scored his 42nd test century at Seddon Park, Hamilton, in March, Northern Districts Cricket scorer Bill Andersson was the man tasked with keeping track of the avalanche of runs.

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