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CricketFebruary 2

Cricket: HRV's chance of a lifetime

New Zealand's Twenty20 showpiece, the HRV Cup, could become more of an international competition next year - with some of the world's best short-format players on view - if the cricket planets align before the World Cup.

CricketJanuary 19

Cricket: Volts coach laments tentative show in final

''We weren't ourselves'' Otago coach Vaughn Johnson lamented shortly after Northern Districts held aloft the HRV Cup.

CricketNovember 2

Cricket: Volts start T/20 defence with win

Otago have made a good start to the defence of their domestic T20 title, beating Canterbury by 47 runs in Christchurch last night.

CricketJanuary 24

Cricket: Final victory - India here we come

It was not perfect, but it was the perfect finish.

DunedinJanuary 21

Otago champions after magnificent campaign

People deal with victory very differently. Otago all-rounder Ian Butler leapt down the pitch and punched the air in delight.

DunedinJanuary 20

Big day out as fans cheer on Otago

Three generations of the May family travelled to Dunedin from Timaru and Oamaru to watch Otago beat Wellington in the HRV Cup final yesterday.

CricketJanuary 20

Cricket: Otago claim HRV Cup title

When three of your top four batsmen are dismissed without scoring you're always going to find it tough to post enough runs and that was the case for the Wellington Firebirds in today's HRV Cup final.

CricketJanuary 19

Cricket: 'Phenomenal' young bowler's rise

From the moment Jacob Duffy was first sighted in Otago colours, there seemed to be something a bit special about the kid.

CricketJanuary 18

Cricket: Ryder delivers again

Fourteen minutes was all Jesse Ryder needed to dazzle the crowd at the Basin Reserve this afternoon.

CricketJanuary 15

Cricket: Otago sneak home over Canterbury

Otago have sneaked home with a last-ball win over Canterbury in their HRV Cup match in Dunedin tonight.

CricketJanuary 13

Cricket: Butler heroics get Otago home

Ian Butler provided the late heroics to get Otago home over CD in their HRV Cup match in New Plymouth today.

CricketJanuary 2

Cricket: Otago recover to post win over Auckland

It is not how you start but how you finish in twenty/20 cricket.

CricketDecember 29

Cricket: Sinclair stars as CD beat ND

A bridal party turned up at Pukekura Park today for their wedding photos and they would have also seen Central Districts claim their first win of the HRV Cup Twenty20 competition with a 43-run defeat of Northern Districts.

CricketJanuary 22

Cricket: Auckland win HRV Cup

The Auckland Aces are again the kings of Twenty20 cricket, after crushing the Canterbury Wizards by 44 runs today to win their second straight HRV Cup.

CricketJanuary 19

Cricket: McCullum slams ton as Volts romp to victory

Brendon McCullum ensured the Otago Volts finished their HRV Cup campaign in style tonight, blasting a century to lead his side to a nine-wicket win over the Northern Knights at Hamilton's Seddon Park.

CricketJanuary 18

Cricket: Records tumble in T/20 runfest

If you were a statistician at Pukekura Park in New Plymouth today you would have earned your money as records kept tumbling in a remarkable Twenty20 match between Central Districts and Wellington.

CricketJanuary 18

Cricket: Knights miss signing Gayle for Volts match

The Northern Knights will play the Otago Volts in their final HRV Twenty20 game without the services of West Indian allrounder Chris Gayle, but coach Grant Bradburn said today they were close to signing him.

CricketJanuary 17

Cricket: Tons of runs as Canterbury stun

It was only meant to be a dress rehearsal for the T20 domestic final but nobody gave Canterbury the script.

CricketJanuary 15

Cricket: Loss dashes Volts' final hopes

Otago's chances of reaching the HRV Cup final have gone after they were beaten comprehensively by the Auckland Aces in Dunedin today.

CricketJanuary 9

Cricket: Loss puts Volts under pressure

Otago had the life squeezed out of it yesterday and must now hope its entire twenty/20 campaign does not suffer the same fate.

CricketDecember 31

Cricket: Otago cruise to win over Wellington

An explosive century from Brendan Taylor wasn't enough for Wellington to beat Otago, who made relatively short work of the Firebird's good score of 170 for three in their HRV Cup Twenty20 cricket match in Queenstown today.

CricketDecember 30

Cricket: CD v Auckland game off due to rain

The dreadful weather affecting much of New Zealand meant the HRV Cup cricket match between Central Districts and Auckland in New Plymouth was abandoned due to the saturated ground conditions.

CricketDecember 29

Cricket: Rain ruins Volts' game

Rain was the dominant figure as only a limited amount of balls were hit in anger in the national domestic T20 competition today.

CricketDecember 29

Cricket: Rain hits T/20 games

The HRV Cup domestic T20 game between Central Districts and the Canterbury Wizards that was to be played at Pukekura Park in New Plymouth today has been abandoned without a ball being bowled.

CricketJanuary 6

Cricket: Brothers' return massive boost for Otago

Otago has its swagger back, and not before time. The Volts have made a dreadful start to the domestic twenty/20 competition, losing their opening four matches.