Central Districts and Wellington with eight points each, share the lead in the National Under-17 tournament being played at Nelson Park in Napier today.

Central Districts 192 and 124/7 (M Sim 55; P Carey 2-6, J Morgan 2-9) beat Northern Districts 169 (K Read 37, A Devicich 25; D Bolstad 3-19, D MacDonald 2-30), on the first innings.

Otago 129 and 201/5 (W Henry 72 not out, C Smith 69, T McLean 31; C McDowell 3-41) lost to Auckland 173/7 dec (D Winger 80 not out, C McDowell 52 not out; B Paterson 4-16) on the first innings.

Wellington 258 beat Canterbury 144 (M Goldstein 67; K Forde 4-14, S Rennie 3-36, L Crisp 2-10) and 163/4 (D Crosbie 43, M Ling 39, B Findlay 35 not out, T Astle 31 not out; A Corless 2-36) on the first innings.

Points are: Central Districts 8, Wellington 8, Northern Districts 4, Auckland 4, Canterbury 0, Otago 0.

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