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Strong winds curtailed racing at the national championships at Lake Ruataniwha yesterday.

A new star emerged to help the Otago Sparks win their first twenty20 women’s cricket title.

Albion 315 for four beatKaikorai 128 by 187 runsJack Harper thumped an undefeated 132 to help Albion top 300 and annihilate Kaikorai by 187 runs at Bishopscourt on Saturday.

Hurricanes playmaker Jordie Barrett drilled a sideline conversion to eliminate the Highlanders 7-5 in the quarterfinal at the Brisbane Tens yesterday.

The only choice Kate Heffernan will have to make today is where to pitch the ball.

Greg Henderson is supposedly winding down after carving out an impressive professional career over the past 15 years.

Cue the Mission Impossible music.

Otago finished with panache but had to settle for last place in the one-day competition.

Former White Ferns left-arm spinner Morna Nielsen may be on the slopes when her Otago team-mates are jostling with Canterbury in the twenty20 final on Saturday.

Otago will probably have to find something else to do this weekend.

Otago came down off the high of securing a spot in the twenty20 final with a heartbreaking one-run loss to Wellington in a one-day game on Saturday.

Albion batsman Josh Tasman-Jones flayed a big century to help the Eagles overwhelm Taieri by 221 runs in the regional final of the national club cricket tournament at Tonga Park yesterday.

The Spartans 10s tournament is shaping up to be bigger than last year, tournament organiser Shane Waldron said.

Dawie Sutton got involved in umpiring as a parent and next week he will be officiating at the Challenge Cup international men’s softball tournament in Auckland.

The Otago Sparks have blasted their way into the final of the twenty20 competition but needed a little help from Canterbury to get there.

Former Black Cap and Otago spinner Nathan McCullum will return to his roots tomorrow.

Rip what? Rip-snorta? What’s that?

It is five minutes Hugh Inglis will never forget.

Otago is back at full-strength for its crucial final round-robin games against Wellington in the capital over the next three days.

There is a new field of dreams in the Clutha Valley and it is halfway between Lawrence and Clydevale on a forgotten plot which was being used to graze stock.