The Central Districts Stags' flight from Hamilton to Wellington airport was cancelled yesterday because of shocking weather in the capital city.
Consequently the Devon Hotel-sponsored Stags took a road trip to New Plymouth to reload against Sky City Northern Districts Knights tomorrow with the mindset that their flight path to the Georgie Pie Super Smash Twenty20 is still alive, even though they may be checked into the baggage compartment of the aircraft, as it were.
Agreeing the moon will have to align with the sun and myriad stars for that to happen, CD skipper Kruger van Wyk was upbeat despite the Stags finding themselves in a "serendipitous position" after losing to ND by two wickets at Seddon Park on Thursday night.
"It's a position we found ourselves in but ... we're not quite out of it just yet," were veteran wicketkeeper Van Wyk's fighting words as the mini-bus approached the vicinity of the picturesque Pukekura Park, before the non-televised match from 3pm in what is billed as the "Super Smash Sunday".
In other games tomorrow, table-topping SBS Bank Otago Volts host the Canterbury Kings at University Oval, Dunedin, from 1pm while defending champions but current bottom dwellers the Mighty Ape Wellington Firebirds cross bats with the Mondiale Auckland Aces at the Basin Reserve from 1.10pm in a televised affair.