New Zealand's domestic T20 Championship is called the State T20, after the tournament's sponsor - State Insurance and was established in 2006. Otago Volts were scheduled to play Canterbury in this year's finals of the State T20 tournament, but as the final was washed out, Otago Volts were declared winners as they finished ahead of Canterbury on conclusion of the league stage, thereby winning their first major trophy and qualifying as the only team from New Zealand to play in the Champion's League.
Match Record:
Matches Played - 20
Matches Won - 10
Matches Lost - 9
No Reault - 1
Players to watch out for:
Batsmen -
Brendon McCullum provided a dream start to the IPL when he went berserk for the Kolkota Knight Riders in their inaugural match against Royal Challengers, Bangalore, to record an amazing 150 plus. However, he has been unable to reproduce that form in subsequent matches and would also like to forget his stint as captain of KKR in IPL-2; Dmitri Mascarenhas is known for his big hitting as we saw in one over of Yuvraj Singh where he took Yuvi to the cleaners in an ODI; Aaron Redmond is a steady opener and fared reasonably well in the recently concluded Champions Trophy; Hamish Rutherford is the son of former Kiwi batsman Ken Rutherford and is quite an attacking batsman, unlike his father.
Bowlers -
Dmitri Mascarenhas, the all rounder, is capable of taking wickets and is considered as a specialist in the shorter versions of the game (and I am not being biased because we share the surname); Nathan McCullum, the younger brother of Brendon, should do well with his off-spinners; Ian Butler has represented the Kiwis in international cricket and has a reasonably good record.
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