Adrian Seconi

For a 19-year-old, Riki Buckrell has sure been around.

Four Otago Volts players have been named in the Black Caps squad for the Twenty/20 World Cup in the West Indies later this month.

If the Pulse can convert its turnovers into points, the Wellington-based side is in with "a shot" at upsetting the Steel in Dunedin on Monday, Katrina Grant says.

It is fast, it is exciting, it is over in 30 minutes and it is here to stay.

When it comes to Otago secondary school cricket, it has been the likes of Otago Boys' High School, King's High School and even Kavanagh College which have dominated proceedings.

Otago wicketkeeper Derek de Boorder played down his world record-equalling feat behind the stumps, crediting the bowlers for doing the majority of the work.

When Regan Wilson started playing ice hockey six years ago, he could not have imagined he would one day play in a world championship.

Black Caps batsman Jesse Ryder left his return from injury four days too late to save New Zealand from a likely test defeat to Australia in the second test.

Otago cyclist Alison Shanks is still disappointed about losing her individual title but took encouragement from a record-breaking ride in the team pursuit at the world championships in Copenhagen yesterday.

Three teams remain in the hunt for the Bing Harris Trophy going into the final round of senior club cricket today.

New Zealand riders set a world record and claimed two medals on a day of success at the world track cycling championships yesterday.

Waikato-bay of Plenty Magic centre Laura Langman believes Steel duo Megan Dehn and Leana de Bruin pose the biggest threat to her side registering its first win this season.

Sometimes you have to pick your battles. And tonight's match against the Waikato Pistons is one of those occasions when the Otago Nuggets might want to consider their options carefully.

It is the envy of every English village but is the proposed expansion of the picturesque, tree-lined University Oval worth the $5 million price tag?