A five-wicket bag, a guard of honour, a champagne shower ... and a doughnut.
There is a lot to unpack there.
The Northern Districts left-armer took five for 53 to help his side clinch a 134-run win over Otago at the University Oval yesterday.
It was Wagner’s final first-class game in New Zealand, and his team-mates formed a guard of honour to mark the occasion.
The win meant Northern Districts claimed the Plunket Shield for the first time in 13 years; hence, the shower of bubbly.
And the doughnut?
Wagner’s former Otago strength and conditioning trainer, Adam Keen, brought that along. Doughnuts were "definitely not" on the menu during Keen’s watch.
But yesterday seemed like the perfect time to relax and enjoy the spoils.
The 39-year-old South African-born player made a huge impact on both domestic and international cricket for his adopted nation.
He brought tremendous energy to the game and it was fitting his last match was in Dunedin where it all started 17 years ago.
"It's a bloody nice way to end what has been an amazing career," Wagner said.
"I’ve loved every moment of it — the highs, the lows.
"And to win a trophy that I've always strived to win in my final year and on the final day is pretty special.''
The cherub-faced assassin brings the same vigour to the cricket field he did when he was 23.
He is bright and cheerful but a fierce competitor.
He roughed up young Otago opener Jacob Cumming with his trademark short-pitched bowling on day three.
He made his way down the pitch to offer him some advice as well.
Funny, really. Jacob’s father, Craig Cumming, was Wagner’s first captain when he arrived in New Zealand.
At that time, Jacob could be regularly spotted playing games of cricket with younger brother Zac on the sidelines of the University Oval.
But sentiment be damned.
As long as someone is standing in front of the stumps with a bat in their hands, they are an obstacle in Wagner’s way.
"I haven't seen myself as the most skilful or the most talented, so I had to find something different.
"That hunger, that desire to prove people wrong."
What he bought was heroic levels of stamina, unrivalled passion and an uncanny ability to spear the ball in at the batter’s rib cage ball after ball. It took him to the top and he stayed there much longer than most.
Wagner is not done with cricket yet.
He is heading to the United Kingdom to play county cricket for Durham later in the year.
He has unfinished business there. He injured his shoulder in his first game for them last year.
Wagner also has a real estate qualification but he would really like to stay involved in cricket, either through commentary or in a coaching role.
NORTHERN DISTRICTS
First Innings 411/7dec
OTAGO
First innings 145
NORTHERN DISTRICTS
Second innings 140/2dec
OTAGO
Second innings (resumed 120/3)
J Cumming b Raval 47
D Phillips c Raval b Wagner 15
L Georgeson b Raval 30
D Foxcroft c Carter b Wagner 17
T Parkes c Pomare b Wagner 50
J Todd c Pomare b Brown 28
B Kneebone c Pomare b Brown 10
M Bacon not out 47
A Hazeldine retired not out 0
J McKay b Wagner 6
B Lockrose b Wagner 0
T Hart lbw Cooper 8
Extras (1b, 7lb, 4w, 2nb) 14
Total (all out, 88.3 overs) 272
Fall: 1-32, 2-98, 3-103, 4-133, 5-188, 6-199, 7-214, 8-220, 9-222, 10-272.
Bowling: S Kuggeleijn 5.3-2-19-0, K Clarke 18-4-49-0 (1nb), N Wagner 21-5-53-5 (1w), S Johnston 8-2-16-0, J Brown 10-2-50-2 (3w, 2nb), J Raval 18-2-69-2, R O'Donnell 0.3-0-1-0, H Cooper 7.3-3-7-1.
Result: Northern Districts won by 134 runs.
