Wellington, March 19 NZPA - Auckland will have fresh spin and pace options when they face Central Districts in their Plunket Shield four-day cricket match starting tomorrow at Colin Maiden Park in Auckland.

Fast bowler Richard Sherlock and off spinner Bhupinder Singh are two of the changes in the 13 named for tomorrow's game, with Auckland also welcoming back skipper Gareth Hopkins from Black Caps duty.

Tim McIntosh is away with the New Zealand team taking on Australia at the Basin Reserve this weekend, while Tarun Nethula is absent due to a wrist injury.

The team is: Gareth Hopkins (captain), Richard Jones, Jeet Raval, Reece Young, Anaru Kitchen,

Colin de Grandhomme, Andrew de Boorder, Dusan Hakaria, Gareth Shaw, Michael Bates, Dean Bartlett, Bhupinder Singh, Richard Sherlock.