27 Feb 2011

Plunket Shield leaders beaten

6:07 pm on 27 February 2011

Competition leaders Central Districts have been beaten by Otago by 116 runs in their 5th round Plunket Shield Cricket match in Napier.

Chasing 391 for victory, Central were bowled out for 274.

Central still lead the competition while Otago improve to third behind Northern Districts who beat Auckland yesterday.

The Wellington-Canterbury match was postponed.