Brent Edwards

The Otago Daily Times counts down the 150 greatest moments in Otago sport. No 54: Petherick bamboozles the Pakistanis

I drive past the new stadium every day and there's no doubt it is a spectacular edifice by Otago and possibly even international standards.

It's strange how we become obsessed by places.

The Otago Daily Times counts down the 150 greatest moments in Otago sport. No 85: Bjorn to win (1983)

My wife Liz and I had talked about touring the Australian outback for years. We would hire a car or campervan and drive from Adelaide to Darwin, stopping off on the way to sample the unique way of life in the isolated outposts.

The Otago Daily Times counts down the 150 greatest moments in Otago sport. No 100: Gallaway's first broadcast (1953)

Hayden Meikle counts down the 150 greatest moments in Otago sport.  Number 115: Wilson's golden performance (1997)

Hayden Meikle counts down the 150 greatest moments in Otago sport. No 145: Otago's Dominant rugby season (1975)

Jack and Gren Alabaster are Otago and New Zealand cricket's most successful spinning brothers. They were dominant players on the domestic scene for almost two decades, almost as notable for their fighting qualities as for their highly-honed skills, writes Brent Edwards.

Barry Milburn is generally regarded as one of the finest wicketkeepers to have played in New Zealand, but he played much of his career in the shadow of more accomplished wicketkeeper-batsmen. Ironically, writes Brent Edwards, Milburn will be remembered by many for the only century he made for Otago.

Frank Cameron was one of New Zealand's shrewdest cricketers and selectors and he was part of one of the game's most successful eras. A lionhearted medium-fast bowler, he also brought consistency and stability to the national team as a selector, writes Brent Edwards.

Ploughing means many things to many people. It's a technical, highly-skilled sport in which New Zealand has just had one of its most successful years. But, to Brent Edwards, it meant long days in dusty paddocks during school holidays and hearing that has never been the same since.

I always thought the worst moment in Otago rugby was in 1979 when it lost to South Canterbury in Timaru to finish bottom of the first division.

Few people have seen more test rugby at Carisbrook than Brent Edwards. The columnist and former long-serving Otago Daily Times sports editor looks back on some famous games at a famous ground.

Newsrooms have changed. They no longer reverberate to teleprinters, fax machine and typewriters. Former sports editor Brent Edwards examines some of the changes since he started in journalism.