Well, almost everyone.
But Nick Kelly helped himself to a double.
The Otago left-hander whacked an undefeated and career-high 234 from 245 deliveries to help power the Volts to a massive first-innings tally of 642 for six declared against Central Districts at the University Oval yesterday.
Team-mates Hamish Rutherford (144) and Mitchell Renwick (107) made major contributions earlier on.
But the Stags had no problem batting it out for a draw. Brad Schmulian (117) scored the fifth century of the game and Dane Cleaver (108 not out) the sixth. Greg Hay (152) scored one earlier in the game.
The visiting side was 274 for two when everyone agreed there was no chance of a result and opted for an early ice bath.
The bowlers would have needed extra ice.
It was a very kind wicket to bat on but no-one timed the ball as well as Kelly.
The 28-year-old moved through the gears nicely during his innings and finished the match on turbo.
He swatted nine sixes and 25 fours — that is 154 runs in boundaries.
Kelly had been striking the ball so well you half have expected him to bring up his 200 with a six.
Instead, he went to sweep the ball around the corner and got a faint tickle on the delivery.
Everyone had to wait for the umpire to rule whether it was runs, lbw or leg byes before the celebrations could begin.
‘‘I was feeling pretty nervous and thought I’d just stick it around the corner,’’ Kelly said.
‘‘My heart was in my mouth there for a bit. I thought he was going to give me out lbw. But he gave runs instead and it was a pretty cool feeling.’’
‘‘The score shows the wicket was pretty flat. But from a personal point of view you don’t want to miss out when the wicket is like that.’’
It was quite a morning of batting.
Otago wicketkeeper Max Chu started the day on 73 and chasing his maiden first-class hundred.
He did not look nervous at all when he pulled a delivery from Josh Clarkson over the rope for six.
The 21-year-old left-hander rushed through to 94 and got the ball to bring the milestone up in style — a nice gentle-paced delivery on his pads — but got a leading edge and was caught at third man.
It was a bitterly disappointing moment but he was one of the first out of his chair to celebrate when Kelly bought up his double hundred.
Kelly and Chu had put on an Otago record six-wicket partnership of 256, eclipsing the previous mark of 216 by Hamish Rutherford and Derek de Boorder in 2011-12.
Angus McKenzie replaced Chu at the crease and brought the team 600 up in style when flogged a six over cow corner.
The Volts declared nine runs shy of their all-time high score of 651 for nine declared.
With a first-innings lead of 248 there was only one team left which could win the match and the job of making that happen fell to left-arm wrist spinner Michael Rippon.
He would have smiled out loud when he saw a delivery from Travis Muller skim through below knee height.
But he was unable to halt the inevitable drift towards a draw.
In the other match, Canterbury thrashed Wellington by 294 runs at the Basin Reserve. Cameron Fletcher and Tom Latham scored centuries for Canterbury, while Fraser Sheat picked
up a five-wicket bag in the first innings.
● Due to alert level restrictions in Auckland, Otago’s Plunket Shield match against Auckland set for November 15-18 has been postponed.
In another change, the Sparks will now play the Central Hinds in Dunedin on November 13-14 instead of Northern Districts.
