Wellington, March 17 NZPA - Otago have made three changes to the side beaten by Canterbury in their last outing for their Plunket Shield four-day cricket match against Northern Districts at Whangarei beginning on Saturday.

Warren McSkimming and Sam Wells have joined Aaron Redmond, Ian Butler and James McMillan on the injury list while opening batsman Leighton Morgan has been dropped.

Nathan McCullum is back after international duty and Neil Wagner returns from injury.

Middle order batsman Darren Broom, fresh from a match-winning century for North Otago, returns in place of brother, Neil.

Otago team: Craig Cumming (captain ), Nick Beard, Derek de Boorder, Darren Broom, Neil Broom, Anthony Bullick, Shaun Haig, Mathew Harvie, James Fuller, Nathan McCullum, Greg Todd, Neil Wagner.

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