18 Mar 2011

Plunket Shield wins to Auckland and Canterbury

5:53 am on 18 March 2011

There've been outright wins to Canterbury and Auckland in round seven of cricket's Plunket Shield competition.

Canterbury beat Wellington by 77 runs at Rangiora after the hosts set a target of 255.

But Wellington collapsed from 105 without loss in their second innings to be dismissed for 178.

Northern Districts ended 18 runs short chasing 196 to beat Auckland in Hamilton

Otago and Central Districts have drawn their rain-affected match in Dunedin with first inings points to CD.