At a glance

The matches: ❚ Otago Volts v Northern Districts, University Oval, Dunedin

❚ Wellington Firebirds v Central Stags, Basin Reserve, Wellington

❚ Canterbury v Auckland Aces, Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Points after six rounds: Central 23, Auckland 18, Northern 14, Wellington 8, Otago 8, Canterbury 6. The teams: ❚ Otago: Rob Nicol, Hamish Rutherford, Shawn Hicks, Neil Broom, Derek de Boorder, Jimmy Neesham, Michael Rippon, Mark Craig, Neil Wagner, Matt Bacon, Michael Rae, Jack Hunter, Anaru Kitchen

❚ Northern: Dean Brownlie, Brent Arnel, Daniel Flynn, Zak Gibson, Brett Hampton, Nick Kelly, Scott Kuggeleijn, Daryl Mitchell, Brett Randell, Tim Selfert, Ish Sodhi, Joe Walker, BJ Watling.

❚ Central: Will Young, Ben Smith, George Worker, Jesse Ryder, Tom Bruce, Dane Cleaver, Josh Clarkson, Adam Milne, Bevan Small, Seth Rance, Ajaz Patel, Blair Tickner.

❚ Wellington: Unavailable

❚ Canterbury: Todd Astle, Chad Bowes, Andrew Ellis, Cameron Fletcher, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Johnson, Tom Latham, Cole Mcconchie, Henry Nicholls, Ed Nuttall, Michael Pollard.

❚ Auckland: Craig Cachopa, Michael Barry, Graeme Beghin, Jamie Brown, Mark Chapman, Lockie Ferguson, Donovan Grobbelaar, Mitchell Mcclenaghan, Tarun Nethula, Glenn Phillips, Jeet Raval, Sean Solia.