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There’s cricket test action in Dunedin and then at the Basin. Plunket Shield is back to day games after the pink ball experiment. Winter codes are gearing up, with some local comps already under way. The Blues are at the Garden tonight and away to the Crusaders on Friday. The national track and field championships are on in the Tron from Friday and the next crop of track cyclists are in action in Cambridge at the national age group championships. There are also national championships in softball and surf lifesaving, and the National Basketball League tips off. ( continues), University Oval, Dunedin; Thursday- March 20, New Zealand v South Africa, 2nd test, Basin Reserve.

Plunket Shield, Tuesday- Friday, ( 10.30am), Auckland Aces v Northern Districts, Eden Park Outer Oval; Central Districts v Wellington, McLean Park; Canterbury v Otago, Hagley Oval.

Auckland premier, today, Hedley Howarth Major Two- Day Championship, top four, round two 11am, Parnell v Papatoetoe, Shore Rd; East Coast Bays v Takapuna, Windsor Park. Bottom four, Cornwall v Howick Pakuranga, Cornwall Park; Auckland University v Suburbs New Lynn, Colin Maiden Park. Tom Hellaby Two- Day Minor Championship, round nine, Birkenhead City v Eden Roskill, Birkenhead War Memorial Ground; North Shore v Ellerslie, Devonport Domain; Waitakere v Grafton United, Te Atatu Park. Women, Pearl Dawson Limited Overs Championship, round five 11.30am), pool one, Auckland University v Waitakere, Colin Maiden Park; Papatoetoe v Takapuna, Papatoetoe Rec Ground. Pool two, Howick Pakuranga v Cornwall Gold, Lloyd Elsmore Park; Cornwall Green v Eden Roskill, Cornwall Park.