Mark Dickel is going to a busy man this year.
It has been 51 years in the making but the Otago women's cricket team has finally claimed a second national title.
Otago Sparks batsman Caitlin Blakely's heart sank when her captain, Suzie Bates, was bowled for 99.
New Zealand's stock of fast bowlers has perhaps never been healthier.
Black Sticks defender Kane Russell is hoping he has done enough to keep his spot in the side.
For the cricket purist, Otago's next match is way more important than its last.
No ink, no deal. But there is progress replacing Otago Nuggets coach Alf Arlidge.
''We weren't ourselves'' Otago coach Vaughn Johnson lamented shortly after Northern Districts held aloft the HRV Cup.
Northern Districts recovered from an early slump to beat Otago by five-wickets in the final of the HRV Cup at Seddon Park in Hamilton tonight.
The Otago Sparks' hopes of making the twenty20 final came to a brutal end in Auckland last night.
Northern Districts will meet Otago in the final of the HRV Cup in Hamilton tonight after a dramatic three-run win against Canterbury in the preliminary final last night.
Basketball Otago general manager Markham Brown hopes to resolve the Nuggets coaching vacancy by as early as next week.
Otago Sparks coach Warren Lees has been named as interim coach of the White Ferns.
Two of Otago's brightest hopes for the future have been named in the New Zealand team for the ICC under-19 world cup in the United Emirates next month.
Former Tall Black point guard Mark Dickel is shaping as the leading candidate to replace Alf Arlidge as coach of the Otago Nuggets.
Durable is not a word you would normally associate with Otago fast bowler James McMillan.
Otago pace bowler Jacob Duffy tried to treat it like any other over, only it was not any other over.
The games you are meant to win are sometimes the hardest of them all.
''It is probably only ever going to happen once for me,'' Corey Anderson suggested.
He bowls in four-over stints these days but veteran seamer James McMillan can still foot it with the younger ones.