The Otago Cricket Association has been left an estimated $20,000 out of pocket after a twenty/20 fixture between Otago and Wellington at the University Oval was abandoned without a ball being bowled, chief executive Ross Dykes said.
Neil Broom enhanced his growing reputation, flaying 58 off 37 balls to help Otago post a 43-run win over Canterbury at QEII Park in Christchurch yesterday.
The Otago Sparks bowled well enough but fielded poorly and batted just as badly.
Superior bats, smaller boundaries, flat tracks, fielding restrictions - who would be a bowler?
Central Districts yesterday achieved an unlikely victory over Otago defending a paltry total of 116 on one of the country's smallest grounds.
All cheats are naughty, but some cheats are naughtier than others. Sports reporter Adrian Seconi asks passionate anti-doping crusader David Gerrard why he believes it is so important to tackle the issue of performance-enhancing drugs in sport.
A valiant innings from Sarah Tsukigawa was not enough to save the Otago Sparks from a loss to Central Districts in a one-day match in Masterton yesterday.
Otago's much-vaunted bowling attack haemorrhaged runs yesterday, giving up 65 runs in a brutal five-over onslaught which helped Central Districts post a comprehensive 59-run win.
A slow start is one thing, but if Otago leaves its run any later it could miss out on a place in the extended one-day play-off series.
January is Christmas a month late for one lucky major association.
Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns is seeking to make a cricket comeback via the lucrative Indian Premier League after registering for a player auction later this month.
Otago found the answer to its bowling woes in the slow lane.
It was not exactly how Megan Kane imagined she would bring up her 100th one-day game for Otago.
It is not a word you can print in the newspaper, but that is what crossed Katey Martin's mind when she holed out eight runs short of her maiden one-day 100.
Black Caps all-rounder Nathan McCullum returns from injury to bolster the Otago squad ahead of an important one-day fixture with Central Districts at the University Oval today.
He might have been "a little rusty" but Jacob Oram still managed to score 78 and take three wickets to help Central Districts record a comprehensive 59-run win over Otago at the University Oval yesterday.
Stick a wand in Daniel Vettori's hand and you would swear he was Harry Potter.
Otago Sparks wicketkeeper-batsman Katey Martin is doing a bit of everything this summer.
The first test of the series between New Zealand and the West Indies at Carisbrook in 1980 is arguably the greatest cricket test played in this country. Cricket writer Adrian Seconi would have given anything to have seen it.
When Chris Cairns emerged on the New Zealand cricket scene it was never a question of whether he would be the next Lance Cairns.
