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Otago have upset defending champions Canterbury by three wickets off the final ball of a tense women's Super Smach T20 match in Christchurch.

India continued their impressive form to take a 4-0 lead in the five-match series.

The hosts bagged the series with two games to spare on the back of another efficient performance in Mumbai.

Chasing just 86 runs, the hosts finished with 89/3 in 11.3 overs to complete a commanding win.

Canterburys Jacinta Savage was out for a golden duck in the first ball of the match. The Magicians are already among the competitions three confirmed finalists, as well as the Wellington Blaze and the Auckland Hearts, and are on course to host a finals match. Otago are out of contention and will be wondering how they managed to throw this away. Otago restricted Canterbury to 132-7 with White Ferns batter Amy Sattherthwaite’s 36 the highest score in a stop-start innings. The Sparks then did...

Gemma Adams of the Sparks has been named in the NZ womens under-19 squad. New Zealand’s best young women cricketers will receive a visit from the New Zealand Police later this season – but it will be a welcome one. Eighteen players have been selected for the first New Zealand under-19 women’s side to play a NZ Police women’s XI and a NZ Provincial women’s XI in February, March and April. “This is a great opportunity for our young, female cricketers to shine on a bigger stage,” s...