It was a minor matter of addressing the imbalance of the Central Districts Stags team yesterday and the outcome was majorly satisfying.
It came at the expense of the Devon Hotel-sponsored skipper Kruger van Wyk, relegated to 12th man, but there were no arguments following the resounding eight-wicket demolition of Northern Districts Knights in the Georgie Pie Super Smash Twenty20 match in New Plymouth.
CD coach Heinrich Malan said the idea was to include a fifth seamer in the equation for what appeared to be a dry wicket at the picturesque Pukekura Park and remove the burden on the top order to bowl an extra over.
Fortunately, ND won the toss and elected to bat at a venue where totals could be tough to defend.
"We wanted to bat first ... but the bowlers started well to set the tone," Malan said as the Knights made a messy 68-5 before unbeaten Corey Anderson (47 runs) and Tim Seifert (39 from 16 balls) saved the visitors' blushes to give them a sniff at defending 152.