Cricket: Lacklustre batting effort sours Volts' day
Cricket: Lacklustre batting effort sours Volts' day
Safe hands. Good bowling. Terrible batting.
Otago Volts
Cricket: Otago start well against Canterbury
Cricket: Otago start well against Canterbury
Otago hoped to make a strong start to their season, and have started in out in positive fashion on day one of their four-day match against Canterbury today.
Cricket: Otago send Cumming off with win
Cricket: Otago send Cumming off with win
Otago have sent long-serving batsman Craig Cumming off in style today, beating Wellington by an innings and 64 runs to end their Plunket Shield campaign with a win in the opener's final game for the province.
Cricket: Wellington fighting back against Volts
Cricket: Wellington fighting back against Volts
Wellington are showing some fight against Otago today despite facing an uphill battle in their Plunket Shield match in Dunedin.
Cricket: Otago opener notches double-hundred
Cricket: Otago opener notches double-hundred
Otago opener Hamish Rutherford has scored his maiden first-class double-hundred today, the milestone helping the Volts into an impregnable position against Wellington at the University Oval in Dunedin.
Cricket: Volts seek fitting send-off
Cricket: Volts seek fitting send-off
Derek de Boorder hopes his Otago team can send Craig Cumming into a happy retirement - and without a wooden spoon.
Cricket: Volts coach fumes after early finish
Cricket: Volts coach fumes after early finish
Canterbury left the field yesterday bathed in bright sunlight, happy to escape with a draw when bad light stopped play, while Otago coach Vaughn was left fuming at the umpires' decision.
Cricket: Canterbury declare, set target for Volts
Cricket: Canterbury declare, set target for Volts
Canterbury have declared in their second innings against Otago, setting the home side a run chase of 268 to win their Plunket Shield match at the University Oval.
Cricket: Volts concede first innings advantage
Cricket: Volts concede first innings advantage
Otago have been bowled out for 197 against Canterbury today, giving the visitors a two-run first-innings advantage in their Plunket Shield match at the University Oval.
Cricket: Singh spins Aces to win over Volts
Cricket: Singh spins Aces to win over Volts
Bhupinder Singh picked up career-best figures of six for 50 as he bowled Auckland to an innings victory over Otago yesterday in the latest round of the Plunket Shield.
Cricket: Otago slip against Auckland
Cricket: Otago slip against Auckland
The Volts look to be sliding towards defeat in their Plunket Shield match against the Aces in Auckland.
Cricket: Volts skittled for 63 by Aces
Cricket: Volts skittled for 63 by Aces
Otago have been dismissed for 63 in the first innings of their Plunket Shield match against Auckland today, Aces left-arm bowler Mitchell McClenaghan the main destroyer with figures of 8 for 23.
Cricket: Rutherford a chip off the old block with two-ton match
Cricket: Rutherford a chip off the old block with two-ton match
Glory for Hamish Rutherford, but frustration for Otago as it again failed to finish off an opponent.
Cricket: Rain halts Knights' fightback against Volts
Cricket: Rain halts Knights' fightback against Volts
Rain has halted a fightback by the Northern Knights against the Otago Volts in their Plunket Shield match in Hamilton today.
Cricket: 'Grade two' telling off for Volts players
Cricket: 'Grade two' telling off for Volts players
Otago coach Vaughn Johnson described it as a "grade two" telling off.
Cricket: Collapse concerns Johnson
Cricket: Collapse concerns Johnson
The good news for Otago 12th man Darren Broom is he is likely to play in the next game.
Cricket: Otago bow out of one-day competition
Cricket: Otago bow out of one-day competition
Otago has been eliminated from the one-day tournament after a comprehensive 73-run loss to Auckland in the preliminary final at Colin Maiden Park yesterday.
Cricket: Ryder named to play Volts
Cricket: Ryder named to play Volts
Jesse Ryder has been named in the Wellington Firebirds team to play the Otago Volts at Queen's Park in Invercargill tomorrow.
Cricket: McCullum delivers, smashing 90 for Otago
Cricket: McCullum delivers, smashing 90 for Otago
Otago all-rounder Nathan McCullum has been threatening all summer and yesterday delivered with a stunning innings to help propel his side to a dramatic five-run win against Northern Districts at Seddon Park in Hamilton.
Cricket: McCullum sets up Volts win
Cricket: McCullum sets up Volts win
A brutal display of death batting from Nathan McCullum set Otago up for a five-run win over Northern Districts in their Ford Trophy match in Hamilton today.