The Bay of Plenty Indians reserves have posted one of the most unlikely victories ever seen at Rotorua's Ray Boord Park in defending their T20 crown following a bowl-off.
The Indians (Rotorua) met Taupo Old Boys in the T20 grand final on Saturday - in the Rotorua/Taupo senior reserve grade - with the match ending in a draw.
The match then went to a bowl-off to decide a winner - with each team taking six bowls at the stumps without anyone on strike.
Old Boys only hit the stumps once while Indians hit the stumps twice to successfully defend the title they won last year. What made the match even more remarkable was that the Indians looked dead and gone with only three overs left in the match.
They batted first and posted a modest 121 all-out before Old Boys put in a steady run chase and needed just seven runs to win, with three overs and plenty of wickets in hand. Two runouts and 12 balls later, the equation was reduced to just two runs needed off the last six balls.
