Cricket: Maori side for cricket contest

A New Zealand Maori team will play in the ICC's Pacifica Cup cricket one-day match tournament in Auckland next month.

The New Zealand side, led by Wellington's Lee Kelly, includes Shell Cup players Kelly, Wellington's David Little, Auckland's Tane Topia and Central Districts' Peter McGlashan.

McGlashan and Jonathan McNamee have represented New Zealand at under-19 level, and Kelly and Robbie Bird are New Zealand indoor cricket representatives.

The tournament is part of the International Cricket Council's development programme for the East Asia Pacific region.

Other teams in the tournament, which starts on February 3, are Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Samoa, Cook Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia.