Far from being the death of fast bowling, twenty/20 cricket has only made his kind stronger, Otago fast bowler James McMillan believes. Why, then, are teams increasingly turning to slow bowlers to restrict the scoring? Cricket writer Adrian Seconi reports.
Otago and New Zealand all-rounder Nathan McCullum helped steer the Sydney Sixers to an emphatic 64-run win against the Adelaide Strikers in Adelaide on Tuesday night.
World champion All Black hooker Andrew Hore has always been a good southern man at heart - trouble is he has been plying his trade elsewhere.
Audacious, daring, fearless and certainly risky. That is probably the best way to describe Brendon McCullum's unforgettable century in a twenty/20 match against Australia in Christchurch in February last year. It simply defied imagination.
The Otago Sparks completed a miserable season with a resounding loss to Canterbury in a twenty/20 game in Christchurch yesterday.
It is Sydney for the Bash.
No-one said twenty/20 was a fair contest between bat and ball.
Otago opening batsman Aaron Redmond has survived to play another day but it must have been tempting to give someone else an opportunity.
Otago will go into today's match against Central Districts with one of the most important elements in sport - momentum.
Otago medium pacer Warren McSkimming has had a glimpse of life after cricket and the future looks rosy. Adrian Seconi reports.
Cricket is gloriously unpredictable. That is part of what makes the sport so fascinating.
The Otago Sparks rounded out a miserable three days with an eight-wicket loss to the Northern Spirit in a twenty/20 fixture at Lincoln yesterday.
Eight is enough. The Otago Sparks crashed to their eighth consecutive loss yesterday and will need to improve drastically to stop that number swelling to nine when they play Northern Spirit in the last of their three games at Lincoln today.
A bat looked like a child's toy in his massive hands and he could club the ball many a mile.
Dunedin track cyclist Katie Schofield has emerged as a genuine Olympic contender by teaming up with her rival.
New White Ferns captain Suzie Bates had to think long and hard before she accepted her promotion earlier this month.
Anywhere over the ropes would have been all right," a relieved Derek de Boorder said shortly after he helped seal a dramatic four-wicket win for Otago against Central Districts in a twenty/20 game at the University Oval yesterday.
Penicillin, plastic and the pacemaker were all discovered by accident. Now the Black Caps have stumbled on to their own game-changer - a four pronged-pace attack.
Former junior Tall Black Tom Rowe chuckles at suggestions he is a sucker for punishment.
Breakers coach Andrej Lemanis is not a teacher and he does not give out grades. But if he was, his side's midterm report would make for pleasing reading.
