Adrian Seconi

Phew!

Otago's seamers will need to bowl with more discipline if the team is to avoid a first innings deficit in its Plunket Shield match with Wellington in Invercargill.

The good news is the Otago Nuggets have inked a one-year extension with major naming-rights sponsor Oceana Gold.

The last time the Otago Nuggets ventured south to Invercargill, they were eviscerated 114-67 by the Southland Sharks.

Black Caps top-order batsman Aaron Redmond will rejoin Otago for its Plunket Shield match against Wellington starting in Invercargill today.

Otago shooter Te Paea Selby-Rickit drilled a penalty shot from deep on the baseline with time up on the clock to seal a dramatic 54-53 win against Hamilton in the final of the national championships in Dunedin.

The plan is pretty simple. The West Indies need to bat, bat and bat some more.

Two days, eight more wickets, the task seems easy enough.

He is the quiet man in the West Indies batting line-up who has always let his batting do the talking.

Ross Taylor has reinvented himself as the test batsman we all knew he could be with a wonderfully disciplined and undefeated knock of 217.

Perhaps you can get away with bowling short and wide in the Caribbean.

Our boy Bazz cracked a marvellous undefeated century in his hometown yesterday, bringing a three-year three-figure drought to an end.

Otago batsman Aaron Redmond has added a few greys since he last played test cricket five years ago.

Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum has thrilled, delighted and entertained with his dazzling array of skills.

Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum has had some ''pretty dark thoughts'' about his playing future but is committed to shaking off a chronic back injury and recapturing his form.

Tread heavily boys, tread heavily.