Adrian Seconi

American heavyweight Jason Pettaway is in the business of landing uppercuts.

Call it a missed opportunity but Otago did not bat well enough to overhaul Wellington's middling total of 264 at the Basin Reserve on Saturday.

You could forgive Jimmy Neesham if his heart is not in Otago's one-day game against Wellington at the Basin Reserve today.

How long will it be before another Bracewell plays for New Zealand?

No-one in Otago will mind if Martin Guptill is scoring hundreds and Mitchell McClenaghan is knocking over the top order during the World Cup in February and March.

Otago finished 2014 with back-to-back wins in the one-day competition and the team has momentum heading into the new year. Cricket writer Adrian Seconi looks ahead at three key games for the Volts.

With the Cricket World Cup getting under way next month, sports writer Adrian Seconi revisits some of the more memorable, odd and even mysterious moments.

The one-day competition has reached the midway point and Otago is well-placed to make the playoffs.

The group hoping to raise at least $100,000 for Basketball Otago to avoid liquidation may need a time extension.

The tooth hurts. The painful tooth. You can't handle the tooth.

The Otago Sparks are one win away from a place in the twenty20 final after a comprehensive nine-wicket win against Northern Districts in Alexandra yesterday.

It is still a mystery how Otago finished fifth in last year's one-day competition.

A maiden one-day hundred and a record partnership paved the way for Otago's 16-run victory against Wellington in Queenstown yesterday.

There is no Jesse Ryder for the foreseeable future but Brad Rodden and Josh Finnie are in line to make their Otago one-day debut against Northern Districts in Alexandra on Saturday.

Sri Lanka dominated the final day of its warm-up match against the Chairman's XI in Queenstown yesterday.

Otago survived the wobbles on day three to post a win against Canterbury in Rangiora yesterday.

If you want to get the best out of a McCullum, make him captain.

Stand-in Otago captain Nathan McCullum might well be advised to bat first if he can win the toss in Queenstown today.

Otago captain Suzie Bates set up a 15-run win against Central Districts with a ''sensational'' undefeated 150 from 149 balls in Lincoln yesterday.