Northern Districts name State Shield and Provincial A teams

The Northern Districts Cricket selectors have named the following team, subject to New Zealand selection, for the first five rounds of the State Shield competition:

Robbie Hart (captain, Bay of Plenty)
Graeme Aldridge (Bay of Plenty)
Matthew Hart (Bay of Plenty)
Nick Horsley (Thames Valley)
Hamish Marshall (Northland)
James Marshall (Northland)
Bruce Martin (Hamilton)
Mark Orchard (Hamilton)
Michael Parlane (Hamilton)
Scott Styris (Thames Valley)
Gareth West (Thames Valley)
Joseph Yovich (Northland)

The first match against the State Auckland Aces is at the Eden Park Outer Oval on Saturday, December 28, 2002.

The Northern Districts A team to play in the Provincial A team competition at Lincoln from January 2-14 has also been named:

Niven Aldridge (Bay of Plenty)
Simon Andrews (Hamilton)
Nathan Daley (Hamilton)
Matthew Drake (Bay of Plenty)
Leighton Hammond (Bay of Plenty)
Brook Hatwell (Hamilton)
Jaden Hatwell (Hamilton)
Gareth Irwin (Hamilton)
David Kelly (Counties Manukau)
Jamie Lee (Northland)
David Pinny (Northland)
Grant Robinson (Hamilton)