Adrian Seconi

Netball writer Adrian Seconi identifies five players to watch in the ANZ Championship.

Black Sticks coach Colin Batch was among the invited who attended the opening of the new $450,000 turf at the McMillan Centre yesterday.

Veteran striker Chris Killen has been pushed back to the midfield to accommodate other in-form forwards against New Caledonia in Dunedin tonight.

Otago had very little to gain from its comprehensive six-wicket win against Auckland at the University Oval yesterday.

Otago is determined to complete the summer on a high with a win against Auckland in a one-day game at the University Oval today.

The problem with having a dream is it usually involves some kind of sacrifice.

The mind was willing but the body did not always comply.

Sam Blakely completed a special day for his family when he made his debut for Otago in a one-day game against Canterbury yesterday.

Steel coach Janine Southby is hoping her side will not be upset by a star-studded Legends team at the Edgar Centre today.

He has the surname and the skills to back it up.

Mathematicians might argue the point but Otago coach Vaughn Johnson has abandoned hope his side will make the playoffs of the one-day tournament.

Hamish Rutherford kept his eye on the ball rather than the prize yesterday.

Suddenly England does not seem so formidable. The tourist was put under pressure by the New Zealand XI in their tour match in Queenstown yesterday and can expect another thorough examination today.

BJ Watling, take a bow.

The long and the short of it is, England fast bowler Steven Finn has cut the length of his run-up because he believes it will be beneficial.

New Zealand has produced one of its most dominant days in test cricket history at the University Oval.

England probably does not think so, but yesterday's effort by New Zealand at the University Oval in Dunedin made for one of the great days of test cricket.

You might say Hamish Rutherford got his mojo back at Mojo's.