Otago spinner Eden Carson helped the Sparks clinch a comfortable 138-run win against Wellington in the final of the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield in Queenstown yesterday.
Queenstown will host both the men’s and the women’s one-day finals this weekend. Cricket writer Adrian Seconi looks at the form, the key players and how the games might pan out.
Perhaps it was fitting the game footage featured a large pillar covering a third of the screen — because Otago lost two towers of strength to retirement yesterday.