Wellington, Feb 2 NZPA - Bruce Martin and Michael Parlane return to the Northern Knights for round six of the domestic one day cricket competition against the Wellington Firebirds at the Basin Reserve in Wellington tomorrow.

The team have three changes to the 13 named for the final national Twenty20 championship round.

Martin and Parlane replace Daniel Vettori and Tim Southee, who are back on Blackcaps duty, while Thilkaratne Dilshan has returned to Sri Lanka.

Meanwhile, Hamish Marshall is back in the country and will play some cricket this week, after being away from the game for much of the northern hemisphere winter, before the selectors look to bring him into the team.

Northern Districts: James Marshall (captain), Graeme Aldridge, Brent Arnel, Anton Devcich, Bruce Martin, Daniel Flynn, Peter McGlashan, Michael Parlane, Bradley Scott, BJ Watling, Kane Williamson, Joseph Yovich.

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