CANTERBURY SQUAD

State Canterbury Wizards team named for the State Shield match versus the State Northern Knights to be played at the Village Green, QEII Park, on Wednesday 6 February 2008. The start time is 12noon. State Canterbury Wizards v State Northern Knights – STATE Shield– Wednesday 6 February 2008. Kruger Van Wyk Captain, Hamish Bennett, Shane Bond, Darren Broom, Ryan Burson, Leighton Burtt, Chris Harris, Brandon Hiini, Johann Myburgh, Michael Papps, Iain Robertson, Shanan Stewart.

AUCKLAND TEAM

The Aces are back in action against the Wellington Firebirds on Wednesday and they’re hoping to pick up where they left off after winning four out of their first five games in the one day competition.They enter the clash with a side bereft of four Black Caps but still with a powerful batting and bowling line-up. Lou Vincent and Gareth Hopkins will provide the Aces with some real firepower in the batting order, and even without Kyle Mills and Chris Martin the Aces can still call upon Andre Adams and Daryl Tuffey to lead the attack.

STYRIS RETIRES

Scott Styris today announced his retirement from Test and First Class cricket to focus on ODI and Twenty20 cricket with the 2011 World Cup in India as his end goal. “The rigours of international cricket have become increasingly demanding and I would like to extend my career by focusing on shorter versions of the game,” he said. “I had originally planned to retire from Test cricket at the end of The National Bank Series, but decided to bring the decision forward out of fairness to the selectors and other players.