The Steel has looked anything but a match-hardened side in the past couple of weeks but regained its edge with a convincing demolition of the Canterbury Tactix in Christchurch last night.
The Nuggets have their first win this season but coach Don Sims is not happy.
Southern Steel co-captain Jenny-May Coffin is still hurting from her side's opening-round 11-goal loss to the NSW Swifts in Sydney last week.
The Otago premier side will be looking to defend its undefeated status and keep its Lois Muir Challenge campaign on track with games against Canterbury and Cook Strait in Dunedin this weekend.
Newly-promoted Black Caps opener Aaron Redmond admits he does not know much about the English pace attack. But, then again, the likes of Ryan Sidebottom, James Anderson and Stuart Broad do not know much about him either.
If push comes to shove, television sports presenter Jenny-May Coffin would rather cut down her time on the box than on the court.
Otago nuggets stalwart Jamie Blake has seen his share of change in the past eight years but believes his side is heading in the right direction.
Otago showed plenty of character to remain undefeated in the State Championship, but its fourth-place finish was a disappointing return. Cricket writer Adrian Seconi reports.
Otago opening batsman Aaron Redmond has been selected to tour England with the Black Caps, following in the footsteps of his father, Rodney.
Rodney Redmond, who toured England with the 1973 New Zealand side. Photo by New Zealand Herald.
Anything Dad can do I can do.
Otago opening batsman Aaron Redmond hopes to add to the family legacy after being named in the Black Caps test squad on Saturday morning.
The Canterbury bowlers could be forgiven for thinking Otago was playing an April Fool's joke when No 11 batsman James McMillan took the game out of their grasp with aggressive batting.
Otago Nuggets 67 Wellington Saints 90 The Otago Nuggets crashed to their sixth consecutive loss when they were thrashed 90-67 by the Wellington Saints in the capital yesterday. The...
Otago medium pacer Warren McSkimming increased his haul of first-class scalps by five to help his side dismiss Canterbury for 247 runs at Carisbrook yesterday.
Otago is out of contention in the State Championship but there is still plenty to play for in its last round-robin match against Canterbury beginning at Carisbrook on Sunday.
Otago Nuggets basketball import Lemar Gayle has a bullet lodged in his right femur. He survived the high school shooting, but some of his friends have not been so lucky.
Lemar Gayle's star burned brightly in his first match for the Otago Nuggets but it was the Auckland Stars who claimed the competition points with a 92-82 win at ASB Stadium on Thursday evening.
Disabled skier Adam Hall returned to Dunedin this week, hoping the gorgeous weather holds for one more month.
Brent Charleton was rushed into the Tall Blacks camp when it was discovered he had a New Zealand passport.
The Otago Nuggets' two American imports, Rahsaan Smith and Jay Anderson, have been put on notice with the arrival of Lemar Gayle.
The Steel continued its promising build-up for the inaugural ANZ Championship with wins against the Otago premier side and the Otago men's team in Dunedin on Saturday.
Wendy Telfer gives a new meaning to the term all-rounder.
