Northern Warriors

The Northern Warriors cricket team, representing an amalgamation of international talent, was established in 2018 amidst the growing allure of cricket leagues across the globe. Since its inception, the team has participated prominently in the T10 League, carving out an impressive niche in the fast-paced format that allows skills to shine in mere overs, rather than hours.

One of the major achievements of the Northern Warriors was clinching the T10 League title in 2018, a feat they repeated in 2021, epitomising their dominance in this shortened format. Their success lies in the ability to adapt quickly, execute audacious strategies, and harness the prowess of some of the most dynamic cricketers in the world.

The team has witnessed stalwarts like Nicholas Pooran, who, with his aggressive yet classy stroke play, has anchored many of their successful chases with aplomb. Similarly, Lendl Simmons has been a lynchpin at the top of the order, launching blistering starts that have often left bowlers licking their wounds. On the bowling front, all-rounders such as Wahab Riaz have brought in both pace and experience, delivering in crucial junctures to turn matches around.

Among their more notable matches, the finals of the T10 League finals in 2018 and 2021 stand testament to their grit and calibre. The rivalries they forge are less about traditional animosities and more about the new-age competitiveness that these international formats encapsulate, especially against teams like the Maratha Arabians and Delhi Bulls, providing thrilling encounters that fans eagerly anticipate.

Their playing style is brazen and visibly aggressive – characteristic of a team playing to the tunes of the limited-overs clock. They thrive on batting flair and have a knack for leveraging power-hitting, a vital asset in the T10 tournaments. When it comes to their bowling strategy, it's all about variety and surprise rather than conventional consistency.

Though the team is defined more by their multinational make-up rather than local affiliations, they have developed a modest following, reflecting the cultural mélange that comprises their roster. While they don't have a specific home stadium due to their international nature, their matches frequently pull in fans who admire cricket's global appeal and enjoy supporting teams unconfined by a single nationality.

In essence, the Northern Warriors stand as a microcosm of cricket's growing universal diaspora – a blend of heritage, talent, and vivacious cricketing spirit stitched together from across the continents. They bring to the cricketing table a cultural significance that extends past the game – a celebration of unity through sport amidst sporting rivalry.

Regular Season, 33rd Match, Abu Dhabi T10 League - November 30, 2024

Northern Warriors

73/9 (10)

Team Abu Dhabi

79/2 (6.5)

Team Abu Dhabi won by 8 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Noor Ahmad

Regular Season, 31st Match, Abu Dhabi T10 League - November 29, 2024

Northern Warriors

82/1 (7.4)

Ajman Bolts

80/6 (10)

Northern Warriors won by 9 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Azmatullah Omarzai

Regular Season, 27th Match, Abu Dhabi T10 League - November 28, 2024

Northern Warriors

111/3 (10)

New York Strikers

112/1 (8)

New York Strikers won by 9 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Kusal Perera

Regular Season, 20th Match, Abu Dhabi T10 League - November 26, 2024

Bangla Tigers

110/0 (7.5)

Northern Warriors

107/5 (10)

Bangla Tiger won by 10 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Mohammad Shahzad

Regular Season, 12th Match, Abu Dhabi T10 League - November 24, 2024

UP Nawabs

143/1 (9.1)

Northern Warriors

142/4 (10)

UP Nawabs won by 9 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)

Regular Season, 10th Match, Abu Dhabi T10 League - November 23, 2024

Chennai Brave Jaguars

99/5 (10)

Northern Warriors

101/3 (8.3)

Northern Warriors won by 7 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)

Regular Season, 4th Match, Abu Dhabi T10 League - November 22, 2024

Northern Warriors

110/3 (9)

Delhi Bulls

109/6 (10)

Northern Warriors won by 7 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Johnson Charles

Regular Season, 25th Match, Abu Dhabi T10 League - December 6, 2023

Delhi Bulls

66/8 (10)

Northern Warriors

79/5 (10)

Northern Warriors won by 13 runs

Regular Season, 21st Match, Abu Dhabi T10 League - December 5, 2023

Deccan Gladiators

104/2 (6.1)

Northern Warriors

100/6 (10)

Deccan Gladiators won by 8 wickets (with 23 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Nuwan Thushara

Regular Season, 16th Match, Abu Dhabi T10 League - December 3, 2023

Northern Warriors

135/5 (10)

Bangla Tigers

137/4 (10)

Bangla Tigers won by 2 runs

Player of the Match

David Miller

Darren Sammy
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 41

Andre Russell
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 36

Wahab Riaz
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast
Age: 39

Nicholas Pooran
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 29

Dwayne Smith
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 42

Ravi Bopara
Position: Batting Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 39

Rovman Powell
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 31

Harry Gurney
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 38

Chris Green
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 31

Imran Haider
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 37

Hardus Viljoen
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 36

Lendl Simmons
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 40

Amitoze Singh
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Kennar Lewis
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 33

Khary Pierre
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 33

George Munsey
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Sam Billings
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 33

Ansh Tandon
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 23

Sikandar Raza
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 39

Rayad Emrit
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 44

Chris Wood
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Nuwan Pradeep
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 38

Asela Gunaratne
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 39

Mark Deyal
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 32

Junaid Siddique
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Fabian Allen
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 29

Brandon King
Position: Top Order Batter
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 30

Wayne Parnell
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 35

Maheesh Theekshana
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 24

Muhammad Waseem
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 31

Dhananjaya Lakshan
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 26

Waheed Ahmed
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 39

Moeen Ali
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 37

Samit Patel
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 40

Ross Whiteley
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Umair Ali
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 39

Chris Jordan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Abhimanyu Mithun
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 35

Joshua Little
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 25

Imran Tahir
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 46

Abdul Shakoor
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 37

Gareth Delany
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 27

Mir Kaunain Abbas
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Oshane Thomas
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 28

Mark Watt
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 28

Upul Tharanga
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 40

Yo Mahesh
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 37

Adam Lyth
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 37

Sherfane Rutherford
Position: Middle Order Batter
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 26

Mohammad Irfan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast
Age: 42

Usman Khan
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 29

Liam Dawson
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 35

Gus Atkinson
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 27

Isuru Udana
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 37

Adam Hose
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Hazratullah Zazai
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 27

Colin Munro
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 38

James Neesham
Position: Batting Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Angelo Mathews
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 37

Ankur Sangwan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 27

Tabraiz Shamsi
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 35

Azmatullah Omarzai
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 25

Rahul Chopra
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Ziaur Rahman
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 38

Sultan Ahmed
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 35

Rameez Shahzad
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 37

Joshua Cobb
Position: Batting Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 34

Finn Allen
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 26

Johnson Charles
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 36

Muhammad Uzair Khan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 29

Trent Boult
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 35

Saqib Mahmood
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 28

Fareed Ahmad
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Kimani Melius
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 24

Shohidul Islam
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Sagar Kalyan
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 28

Kelvin Pitman
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 25