No buts about it - Ian Butler is back performing at his best. The former international felt he bowled well last season but this summer he has found a little extra.
Otago fast bowler James McMillan must have had just about every injury in the textbook.
Brad Rodden has scored a timely century for Otago A in its three-day game against a visiting side from Tasmania at the University Oval No 2 ground yesterday.
Netball South chief executive Sue Clarke's biggest challenge will be to bring the tug-of-war to an end.
Otago coach Will Deerness was pretty satisfied with his side's fourth placing at the under-19 national tournament in Lincoln.
Gloucestershire professional James Fuller helped carry Otago to its largest win with a maiden 10-wicket bag on Saturday.
Otago coach Vaughn Johnson was worried his side might struggle to get up for its Plunket Shield match against Wellington following the highs of the twenty/20 campaign.
Michael Bracewell hoped he would not get out in the 90s again and then went and got out in the 90s - the 190s to be exact.
He is the New Zealand-born Australian with the Italian surname, and is the next big thing if you believe half of what you read.
Otago's decision to fly former Australian fast bowler Brett Lee in for one match is a careful and calculated risk.
It took two edges in the last over but Otago has now won nine consecutive twenty/20 matches following a drama-filled three-wicket win against Canterbury at the University Oval last night.
Nick Beard trained longer than anyone yesterday. The left-arm spinner was on the fringe of the Otago side when it last won the twenty/20 title, in 2008-09, and he does not plan on watching Sunday's final from the sidelines of the University Oval again.
It was not perfect, but it was the perfect finish.
The Volts' win in the final of domestic twenty/20 competition had some obvious rewards but the intangible benefits have got Otago Cricket Association chief executive Ross Dykes just as excited.
Otago opener Hamish Rutherford is still planning on getting his side off to a cracking start - he is just planning on doing it at a more sedate pace.
Green Island will play North East Valley in the final of the club twenty/20 tournament at Sunnyvale tonight.
Otago Nuggets coach Alf Arlidge is a glass-half-full kind of guy.
What a thrill it was to watch Otago complete a near-perfect twenty/20 season with a four-wicket win against Wellington in the final on Sunday.
People deal with victory very differently. Otago all-rounder Ian Butler leapt down the pitch and punched the air in delight.
Otago import Ryan ten Doeschate should get plenty of sleep on his flight to Bangladesh today.
