The worn-out and wounded, especially key bowlers, return to the fold for the Central Districts Stags today in Whangarei.
New-ball seamer Ben Wheeler comes back into the fray with swing bowler Seth Rance after overcoming a broken middle finger and broken foot, respectively, several weeks ago.
"Seth is in for Stevie Smidt," CD coach Heinrich Malan says of the Devon Hotel-sponsored Stags who reload against the Northern Districts Knights at Cobham Oval in their back-to-back four-day Plunket Shield match.
The Kruger van Wyk-captained CD and ND drew in the fifth round at Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, last week.
Dean Brownlie scored 334 runs and Mitchell Santner 101 to post a mammoth innings for ND but Greg Hay (157 and 80), debutant Tom Bruce (56 and 94) and Doug Bracewell (78) led the hosts' fightback.