Canterbury meets Wellington and Auckland plays Otago in the opening round of a tournament revived by Canterbury officials to assist in the development of representative cricketers and provide the second tier with match practice at Shell Cup time. ``Ideally we would like to have a competition involving some three day matches. However, the costs of such a tournament would be prohibitive at this stage,'' said CCA operations manager Blair Hartland.

Teams:

Auckland: C. Pryor, T. McIntosh, R. Scragg, R. King, I. Billcliff, S. Silva, J. Pawley, T. Topia, J. Lintott, R. Young, C. Brown.

Canterbury: S. Pawson, M. Papps, J. Barrett, R. Frew, M. McKenzie, D. Reekers, C. Anderson, B. Yock, R. Burson, D. Walker, S. Cunis, W. Cornelius, H. James. Coach: G Charles.

Otago: S. Forde, C. Davies, C. MacKenzie, G. Davis, G. Greene, M. Sale, W. McSkimming, N. Rushton, D. Sewell, R. Quirk, R. Kooks, S. Waide. Coach, S McCullum.

Wellington: J. Dry, G. Murray, G. White, P. Parker, G. Donaldson, S. Hotter, J. Aitken, J. Franklin, S. Golder, I. Kelly, D. Little, G. Stevenson. Coach: P. McMahan.

Tournament draw:

December 27: Canterbury v Wellington at Hagley 1, Auckland v Otago at Hagley 3. December 28: Canterbury v Otago at Hagley 3, Wellington v Auckland at Hagley 1. December 29: Canterbury v Auckland at Hagley 3, Otago v Wellington at Hagley 1. December 30: final at Hagley 1, play-off for third at Hagley 3.