Knights turn down Pollard

New Zealand provincial side Northern Knights says it will not sign West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard.



The Northern Knights were chasing Pollard, but the club says he’s too expensive.



Knights coach, Grant Bradburn, says he was hoping to sign Pollard to bolster the club's hitting at the top of the innings.



He was hoping to make Pollard one of three international batsmen that he would bring to the club.



However, he had to settle for South African import Herschelle Gibbs, as well as Australians Brad Hodge and David Warner to boost their Twenty/Twenty line–up for the domestic competition, which begins next month.



Northern Districts finished fourth in the Twenty/Twenty competition last year.