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..
North Otago pays for poor batting
After looking to have blown its chances during the first afternoon's play, the Southland cricket team stormed back to score a resounding eight-wicket win over North Otago in the Fuji-Xerox Cup zone six elimination game in Invercargill during the w more..
Heartening effort from North Otago in cricket
A highly competitive North Otago team pulled of a gutsy performance against Otago Metropolitan at Awamoa Park yesterday, narrowly losing their final one day Fuji Xerox cricket game by two wickets. On a dusty, slow batting wicket in cool co more..
Lapse in top order batting costly for North Otago
North Otago must break out of the habit of losing, player-coach Keith Gardner said today after the side's six wicket loss to Central Otago in a zone six one-dayer cricket game at Molyneux Park in Alexandra yesterday. After a woeful perform more..
North Otago give Southland fright in cricket
The North Otago cricket team were left rueing a poor catching performance as they were defeated by Southland by one wicket in a one-day game in Dunedin yesterday. The nail-biting loss was the closest North Otago has come to beating the Sou more..
North Otago just piped in one-day cricket
The North Otago representative cricket squad were defeated by just five runs in a nail biting warm-up game against South Canterbury at Aorangi Park in Timaru yesterday. Chasing 188 to win in a biting south-easterly wind, North Otago were n more..
Union convincing winners of the senior club cricket title
Union swept aside Oamaru by seven wickets to claim North Otago senior club cricket's Brydone Borton Cup at King George Park yesterday. Oamaru's tail-enders fought valiantly and hauled their team from a dramatic collapse to get through to more..
Southland meets North Otago's challenge in zone cricket
Despite a brilliant second innings score of 251, North Otago succumbed by six wickets against Southland in Fuji Xerox zone cricket at Queen's Park, Invercargill, at the weekend. North Otago lost the toss and was sent in on a green, hardish more..
Neill's innings saves North Otago from outright loss
A belligerent 62 by North Otago tail ender Stephen Neill denied South Canterbury an outright win in a rain shortened Fuji-Xerox elimination cricket game played at Centennial Park yesterday. After play was abandoned on Saturday due to rain, more..
North Otago suffer second outright loss in zone cricket
North Otago slumped to its second straight outright loss of the Fuji-Xerox southern zone elimination cricket competition yesterday, losing to Mid Canterbury by eight wickets at Centennial Park. The loss came after Central Otago inflicted a more..
Central inflicts innings defeat on North Otago
An innings and 44-run loss to Central Otago was not without its positive factors as North Otago went down fighting in its first Fuji-Xerox cricket match of the season at Alexandra's Molyneux Park at the weekend. North Otago coach Bruce Sew more..
Union wins final with positive batting
Union won the Brydone Borton Cup after beating Valley in a tight, technical finish to the senior club cricket final played at King George Park on Saturday. With both teams tied on six bonus points at the conclusion to the match, Union was more..
Batting lets North Otago down
North Otago suffered a 10-wicket loss to Ashburton in its final Fuji-Xerox Cup elimination game played on a sub standard wicket at Ashburton Domain in the weekend. Kel Mansfield was the only batsman to come to terms with the pitch scoring more..