North Otago seeking win
Despite the loss of three key players, the North Otago cricket team will travel to Invercargill this weekend confident they can come away with another win. David Sewell, Neil Rushton and Duncan Drew are unavailable of the match against Sou more..
Cup challenge likely after win
Grant Billcliff marked his elevation to the North Otago captaincy with a commanding performance in the Hawke Cup cricket match against Central Otago at the weekend. North Otago all but assured themselves of a cup challenge late next month more..
Bowlers toil in vain
Jason Jones and Matt Tait bowled themselves into the ground but narrowly failed to lead North Otago to victory in the Hawke Cup cricket match against Central Otago yesterday. As the sun descended across Centennial Park, the home side neede more..
North Otago start cup bid with win
North Otago's Hawke Cup cricket campaign was launched in fine style with a rousing win over Central Otago in Oamaru at the weekend. Bowlers Neil Rushton, Grant Billcliff and Shoruban Pasupati were the special heroes as a two-day match that more..
North Otago warms up with a draw against Country
North Otago warmed up for their Hawke Cup cricket campaign with a draw and a mixed performance against Canterbury Country in Oamaru at the weekend. The two-day representative match at Milner Park almost produced a result following a sporti more..
Five to debut in cricket warm-up
Five players will make their debut and Hawke Cup places will be on the line in a representative cricket match in Oamaru this weekend. North Otago host Canterbury Country at Miner Park in a two-day match starting tomorrow morning. R more..
North Otago's loss spells end of Hawke Cup campaign
North Otago limped out of the Hawke Cup cricket competition after suffering a seven-wicket loss to Southland in Invercargill yesterday. Despite leading on the first innings, North Otago were unable to take control of the game and set South more..
North Otago savour unlikely win
North Otago unleashed a new bowling star and rediscovered their winning touch in a two-day match against Central Otago in Alexandra at the weekend. more..
Morale -boosting win for North Otago
North Otago will head into their first Hawke Cup cricket match against Southland this weekend in confident mood after beating their opponents in a one-day fixture in Alexandra on Friday. Loses to Dunedin Metropolitan (Saturday) and Central more..
Billcliff impressed in debut for North Otago
All-rounder Grant Billcliff made a big impression in his debut was unable to prevent North Otago losing to Canterbury Country by two wickets in the two-day cricket match in Rangiora at the weekend. Billcliff, not employed by the North Otag more..
New look to North Otago cricket squad
Nine new players, two of them schoolboy's, have been named in the North Otago cricket squad to prepare for a warm-up game against North Canterbury in Rangiora on November 11 and 12. Captain Mark Wilson said yesterday while the batting dept more..
Union take Borton Cup
Union won the Borton Cup for a record 27th time on Saturday against Albion at Centennial Park. Continuing their domaince of the club cricket competition to the end of the season with a comprehensive defeat of Albion in the final at Centennial Park on Saturday. more..
Placing pleases Gardner
Rain foiled any chance of a result in North Otago's Hawke Cup elimination series cricket game, played in Invercargill during the weekend. Nevertheless, the local side finished the season in second place in the competition, behind Dunedin Metropoli more..
Batting Sinks North Otago
North Otago's chances of having a challenge for the Hawke Cup were dashed through a poor batting effort on day one of their two-day representative cricket game at the weekend. The only bright spot of a disappointing game was a well-earned more..
Big ask for North Otago cricketers
The North Otago cricket team's chance of challenging for the Hawke Cup hinges on this weekend's game, the team's selector and captain says. Mark Wilson said yesterday the local side would be looking for 12 points from their two-day match w more..
North Otago lifts batting
A solid batting effort was the basis for a first innings win to North Otago in their two-day Hawke Cup cricket clash with Central Otago at Centennial Park during the weekend. Player-coach Keith Gardner said today the bowlers had been "doin more..
Cricketers achieve target
Two out of three isn't bad, the manager of the North Otago representative cricket team says. Bill Rushton reported this morning that North Otago had defeated Southland by three wickets in their zone 6 game played in Alexandra yesterday. Th more..
College cricketers win Borton Cup
The underdog turned around and bit a huge chunk out of the favourite in the Borton Cup final at Centennial Park on Saturday. Anybody who dared declare that St Kevin's would beat Union after they set them the mere target of 115 runs for vic more..
Sewell's 11 wickets in vain
David Sewell showed the Otago selectors he was ready for Shell Trophy cricket in North Otago's national districts championship game as Central Otago over the weekend. more..
North Otago's cricket hopes extinguished
The North Otago cricket side suffered an 84-run loss at the hands of Dunedin Metropolitan in their low-scoring two-day national districts championship match in Dunedin over the weekend. The loss extinguished any hopes North Otago had of ch more..
Gardner Propels North Otago to victory
North Otago opener Keith Gardner propelled North Otago to a rare outright victory over Southland in their two day National Districts Championship match at Centennial Park yesterday. The experienced lefthander patiently batted for 307 minut more..
Valley new champions in senior cricket
Self-title 'underdogs' Valley came up trumps in the final of the Borton Cup senior club cricket competition at King George Park on Saturday. The team went against the odds, taking the victor's title of last years champions, and this year's more..
North Otago's hopes quashed in zone cricket
A dramatic middle order collapse put an end to North Otago's hopes of a second consecutive win when they were beaten by Dunedin Metropolitan in Fuji Xerox cricket at Centennial Park yesterday. Dunedin's comfortable 76-run victory was inspi more..
North Otago now second in zone competition
North Otago "couldn't put a foot wrong" as they inflicted a rare five wicket defeat on Central Otago at Centennial Park yesterday, player-coach Keith Gardner said today. The victory was North Otago's first outright win in approximately six more..