Canterbury vs Northern Dis, at Whangarei, Feb 12 2001 - Match Result

Mark Richardson had a point to make when, without a backward glance, he agreed to stumps being drawn early on the final day of Otago's Shell Trophy match against Wellington at the Basin Reserve, though he was six runs from a tidy century

Richard Jones and Stephen Mather are cricketers with much in common - troubadors, both, who have travelled the country north to south searching for the best place and the chance to fully display their talents

Wellington coach Vaughn Johnson is seldom an optimist, never a pessimist but often a realist and his satisfaction with his team's position at the end of the second day of their Shell Trophy match against Otago at the Basin Reserve today suggested it