Northern Districts first up match in the Ford Trophy One Day Competition against Auckland will see a welcome return of Daniel Flynn from a long standing hip injury, but will have to call on new blood to cover other injured players.  Bharat Popli, Tim Seifert, Tony Goodin, James Baker and Henry Cooper are all out for the first round with minor injuries and Joe Walker is recovering from an illness.  With other key players committed to the BlackCaps campaign, James Pamment has called upon Peter Bocock to don the gloves as wicket keeper and Freddy Walker getting the call up to potentially make his debut for the Northern Districts side. 

Dean Brownlie (C), Bay of Plenty

Corey Anderson, Bay of Plenty

Peter Bocock (w/k), Hamilton

Jonathan Boult, Bay of Plenty

Joe Carter, Bay of Plenty

Daniel Flynn, Bay of Plenty

Zak Gibson, Waikato Valley

Brett Hampton, Bay of Plenty

Nick Kelly, Counties Manukau

Scott Kuggeleijn, Hamilton

Daryl Mitchell, Hamilton

Freddy Walker, Hamilton

Northern Districts will face Auckland at the Eden Park Outer Oval, Sunday 15 January from 11.00am.