Cricket

Plunket Shield, Monday- Thursday ( 10.30am), Wellington v Auckland, Basin Reserve; Northern Districts v Central Districts, Bay Oval, Tauranga; Canterbury v Otago, Hagley Oval.

Auckland club, today, premier men, Hedley Howarth, two- day major championship ( 11am), round one, day one, Howick Pakuranga v Takapuna, Lloyd Elsmore Park; Cornwall v Parnell, Cornwall Park; Auckland University v East Coast Bays, Colin Maiden Park; Papatoetoe v Grafton United, Papatoetoe Rec Ground. Tom Hellaby, two- day minor championship ( 11am), round one, day one,