Northern Mystics coach Yvonne Willering wants her players to forget the team's horrid start in the ANZ Championship and just relax and enjoy the tournament one game at a time.
Otago secured two bonus days off and closed the gap on the top of the field when it blitzed Wellington by an innings and 116 runs in its State Championship match at the University Oval at the weekend.
Steel defender Katrina Grant has jokingly considered taping her gangly, spider-like arms to her body.
He might be polite and well mannered but Antoine Tisby loves the rough stuff.
Rising star Greir Campbell has her sights set on playing in the ANZ Championship.
Otago Nuggets Nat Connell and Steve Robinson have until Friday to request that Drug Free Sport New Zealand test their B sample.
Heat 92 Nuggets 76 The chances of resurrecting the Otago Nuggets' slim play-off hopes look bleak after a disastrous second quarter enabled the Harbour Heat to build an unassailable lead at the Lion Foundation Arena on Saturday night.
The Otago Nuggets "scratched and clawed'' but did not have the talent to beat the Harbour Heat on Saturday night, coach Don Sims says.
Three Otago teams qualified for the age group nationals during zone play earlier this month.
The Otago Nuggets have got seven games left and every one of them is vital for their play-off prospects.
The Steel has looked anything but a match-hardened side in the past couple of weeks but regained its edge with a convincing demolition of the Canterbury Tactix in Christchurch last night.
The Nuggets have their first win this season but coach Don Sims is not happy.
Southern Steel co-captain Jenny-May Coffin is still hurting from her side's opening-round 11-goal loss to the NSW Swifts in Sydney last week.
The Otago premier side will be looking to defend its undefeated status and keep its Lois Muir Challenge campaign on track with games against Canterbury and Cook Strait in Dunedin this weekend.
Newly-promoted Black Caps opener Aaron Redmond admits he does not know much about the English pace attack. But, then again, the likes of Ryan Sidebottom, James Anderson and Stuart Broad do not know much about him either.
If push comes to shove, television sports presenter Jenny-May Coffin would rather cut down her time on the box than on the court.
Otago nuggets stalwart Jamie Blake has seen his share of change in the past eight years but believes his side is heading in the right direction.
Otago showed plenty of character to remain undefeated in the State Championship, but its fourth-place finish was a disappointing return. Cricket writer Adrian Seconi reports.
Otago opening batsman Aaron Redmond has been selected to tour England with the Black Caps, following in the footsteps of his father, Rodney.
Rodney Redmond, who toured England with the 1973 New Zealand side. Photo by New Zealand Herald.
Anything Dad can do I can do.
Otago opening batsman Aaron Redmond hopes to add to the family legacy after being named in the Black Caps test squad on Saturday morning.
The Canterbury bowlers could be forgiven for thinking Otago was playing an April Fool's joke when No 11 batsman James McMillan took the game out of their grasp with aggressive batting.
