The Volts have powered their way into the Ford Trophy playoffs on the back of a fourth consecutive win.
They will host Auckland in the elimination final in Dunedin on Wednesday, while Canterbury secured direct entry to Saturday’s final.
It was the Otago bowling unit that shone again.
Luke Georgeson claimed a second list A five-wicket bag to help rout his former team for 57.
Yep. You read that right.
Wellington collapsed to be all out for 57 — a record low in New Zealand domestic list A cricket.
Georgeson took a career-best five for 11.
Matt Bacon claimed three for 21 and Andrew Hazeldine and Jacob Duffy picked up a wicket apiece.
It was close to the perfect effort with the ball.
The chase was mostly painless.
Jacob Cumming holed out for 16, and Georgeson picked out a fielder on 27.
But the Volts galloped to an eight-wicket win in the 10th over.
Georgeson was thrilled to have contributed to another win.
"Obviously it has been good to have some personal success. But as a bowling group we’ve been hitting our straps," he said.
The key to his rich form has been getting the ball fuller.
"There definitely was a bit in the wicket. But the main thing, during the last couple of weeks, has just been my length.
"I’ve made a conscious effort to bowl a foot fuller and challenge guys off the front foot."
The previous lowest score in the Ford Trophy was held by Central Districts, who were dismissed for 58 by Wellington at the Basin Reserve in 2001-02.
The early signs of Wellington’s demise were there to see.
Hazeldine removed opener Callum McLachlan in the fourth over.
Dale Phillips made the catch at second slip and was back in action next over when Duffy got fellow opener Nick Greenwood in similar fashion.
That man Phillips made another catch. This time Troy Johnson danced up the wicket and sliced a towering catch behind the wicket.
Keeper Max Chu took off after it but Phillips had it lined up.
That was Georgeson’s first. He accepted another soft wicket when Nick Kelly miscued a pull shot to Duffy.
Muhammad Abbas joined the rest of the top order in the shed when he was trapped lbw for 11 by Bacon.
The ball which got Nathan Smith from Georgeson was unplayable. It nipped back and crashed into the top of middle and off.
The momentum had got too great for Wellington to slow their speedy progress towards calamity.
It was sweet revenge for the T20 game in Alexandra late last year when the Firebirds bowled out the Volts for just 47.
And it was a second list A five-wicket bag for Georgeson against his old team this month.
Wellington
C McLachlan c Phillips b Hazeldine 6
N Greenwood c Phillips b Duffy 3
T Johnson c Phillips b Georgeson 8
N Kelly c Duffy b Georgeson 4
M Abbas lbw b Bacon 11
J Tashkoff c Chu b Bacon 5
N Smith b Georgeson 0
L van Beek c Cumming b Georgeson 0
P Yunghusband c Duffy b Georgeson 3
O Newton c Foxcroft b Bacon 0
I McPeake not out 7
Extras (3lb, 7w) 10
Total (all out, 22.3 overs) 57
Fall: 1-13, 2-13, 3-28, 4-41, 5-41, 6-42, 7-42, 8-47, 9-47, 10-57.
Bowling: J Duffy 5-1-9-1 (1w), A Hazeldine 4-0-13-1 (5w), M Bacon 7-1-21-3 (1w), L Georgeson 6.3-2-11-5.
Otago
L Georgeson c Tashkoff b Smith 27
J Cumming c Abbas b Newton 16
D Foxcroft not out 5
D Phillips not out 6
Extras (1lb, 5w) 6
Total (2 wkts, 9.5 overs) 60
Fall: 1-47, 2-49.
Bowling: O Newton 4-0-36-1 (4w), N Smith 4-0-12-1, L van Beek 1-0-5-0 (1w), I McPeake 0.5-0-6-0.
Result: Otago won by eight wickets.
