Adrian Seconi

If there is anyone left in Otago without a photograph of the Ranfurly Shield, then the next Kodak moment might not be too far away.

Otago Stadium passed muster yesterday.

Otago will be without its sideline general and an experienced batsman for its one-day Ford Trophy game against Northern Districts in Hamilton today.

And one more makes six. Jesse Ryder scored his sixth hundred for Otago yesterday. Whatever troubles the talented left-hander is having off the field, he can do no wrong out in the middle.

It was not so much the mistakes but when they were made which proved so costly for the Steel in its 67-56 loss to the Pulse in Wellington on Saturday.

No-one wants to sit on the sideline game after game, and new Steel recruit Erena Mikaere is no different.

Ticket sales for the 2015 Cricket World Cup are going ''really well'' but ''Dunedin is one of the stars''.

The Otago Nuggets have opted for a new American duo this season.

Fact: the Steel and the Pulse have played each other 12 times and Robyn Broughton has always been on the winning side.

Black Caps and Otago left-armer Neil Wagner showed his class with a six-wicket haul, only for Northern Districts to regain some lost ground.

Jesse Ryder's future with Otago cricket is unclear as both parties take some time to consider their position.

The grand reopening of Stadium Southland was meant to be a party but it fell flat, with the Steel comprehensively outplayed by the Firebirds.

If you have got Pele in your team, you pass him the ball.

Otago has been the bridesmaid twice this summer but the one-day tournament shapes as an opportunity to shed that tag.

Steel wing defence Wendy Frew might be the franchise's most capped player but time has not weathered any of her enthusiasm.

Otago finished the Plunket Shield with a four-wicket win against Northern Districts at the University Oval yesterday.

''No-one was there to see me bat.''

Michael Bracewell has joined some pretty impressive company and must be wishing the Plunket Shield would never end.

The hunt for the next Lydia Ko brought her former coach, Guy Wilson, to Dunedin yesterday.

Former Black Cap Jesse Ryder will escape sanction from the Otago Cricket Association.