So what's it like Young?
"Gutting. I got close but edged it to the slips.
"It's more gutting in the end that I exposed the tail end ... but it would have been nice to get a ton," Young said last night from the University Oval as the visitors precariously hung in there on the efforts of tailenders Adam Milne and Ajaz Patel to declare in the third session, setting a target of 115 for the hosts who preferred to pull the stumps to shake hands.
Young, who went out to Neesham in similar fashion in the first innings for nine runs, felt he had done all the hard work required.
"As they say, it was close but no cigar."
Asked if the declaration yesterday from the Heinrich Malan-coached defending shield champions was a sporty one, the Stag batsman opted to put the ball in the court of the Volts in a game where the second day was lost entirely to rain.
On Sunday night, he felt Otago could have played their cards differently.
"It was strange play because they could have pushed to 400 and chucked us in that night," Young said, feeling the Volts displayed arrogance in backing themselves to skittle CD in a day for a victory.
If anything, that perceived sense of smugness only hardened the Stags' resolve to eke out a draw.
A more burning question for CD , though, is when are they going to win any games this summer?
Captain Kieran Noema-Barnett and his men have yet to register a victory in the shield, HRV Cup Twenty20 or the yet-to-be-played one-day Ford Trophy campaign which starts in March.
"It's coming", is quite often the stock response on victories but one is tempted to say "so is Christmas" although this time the latter is only one sleep away.
"We'll get you a late Christmas present," Young replied as the shield campaign goes into recess until CD host the Northern Districts Knights at McLean Park, Napier, from January 23.
The Stags regroup on Boxing Day to prepare for the resumption of the HRV Cup T20 round when they host the Knights at Saxton Oval, Nelson, at 3pm on Friday before four games at the preferred No 1 venue at Pukekura Park, New Plymouth.
The Stags, who have two T20 losses and a rained-out draw, have signed up another English import, Josh Cobb, to ensure they are back on track.
Noema-Barnett said last night CD didn't play well at all against the Volts any of the three shield days in Dunedin.
"We didn't do well pretty much allround - bat, bowl or field.
"In the first innings we needed a guy to step up. In bowling we let them off the hook.
"Collectively we need more guys putting their hands up," he said, lauding Young for his "fantastic" knock to salvage points yesterday.
Cobb, a Leicestershire county player who opens batting, will also offer leg-break offspinners.
"I have to sit down with the coach to discuss where he'll be in the mix but Josh will definitely be there somewhere," Noema-Barnett said.
The other English import in the team is Somerset allrounder Peter Trego who has already scored a shield century but now needs to replicate that sort of knock in the T20 campaign.
The Auckland Aces yesterday completed an incredible fourth-innings chase to secure their first shield victory against ND of the season.
In Wellington, the hosts made no attempts at completing an audacious chase of their own, batting out the final two sessions for a draw in the top-of-the-table clash with Canterbury Wizards.
