Northern Districts will play three matches in the next five days with the Ford Trophy centralised round set to get underway in Lincoln.

The festival of cricket will see Northern Districts (ND) face the Central Stags twice and play Canterbury, an opponent they faced just days ago, at Hagley Oval.

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It is a pivotal week for Northern Districts (ND) and their Ford Trophy aspirations.

The end of the week will mark the halfway point of the competition, and with defeats against Otago and Canterbury in their first two matches, ND will need to pick-up some points over the course of the week to keep themselves in finals contention.

The week will also be the last Ford Trophy cricket played until late-January, with the 50-over competition making way for the Dream11 Super Smash.

Northern Districts Ford Trophy centralised Lincoln round fixtures are as below:

Round three vs Central Stags, Monday, November 25, 11am - Bert Sutcliffe Oval

Round four vs Canterbury, Wednesday, November 27, 11am - Hagley Oval

Round five vs Central Stags, Friday, November 29, 11am - Lincoln No. 3

NORTHERN DISTRICTS FORD TROPHY SQUAD - CENTRALISED LINCOLN ROUND

Joe Carter (c)                     Bay of Plenty

Dean Brownlie                    Bay of Plenty

Katene Clarke                    Counties Manukau

Anton Devcich                    Hamilton

Henry Cooper                     Northland

Zak Gibson                         Waikato Valley

Brett Hampton                    Bay of Plenty

Scott Kuggeleijn                 Hamilton

Daryl Mitchell                      Hamilton

Brett Randell                       Northland

Tim Seifert                          Waikato Valley

Ish Sodhi                            Counties Manukau

Anurag Verma                     Hamilton

Joe Walker                          Hamilton