The Basin Reserve

Basin Reserve

The Basin Reserve , is a cricket ground in Wellington, New Zealand, used for Test, first-class and one-day cricket. Some argue that its proximity to the city, its Historic Place status and its age make it the most famous cricket ground in New Zealand...

 (commonly known as "The Basin"), is a cricket ground in Wellington

Wellington

Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

, New Zealand, used for Test

Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

, first-class

First-class cricket

First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

 and one-day cricket. Some argue that its proximity to the city, its Historic Place status and its age make it the most famous cricket ground in New Zealand. The Basin Reserve is the only cricket ground in New Zealand to have Historic Place status. The ground has been used for events other than cricket, such as concerts, sports events and other social gatherings, but now it is mostly used for cricket, particularly Test matches.

Since 1930, 70 Test centuries have been scored at the ground, by players from every Test nation bar Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. Aravinda de Silva

Aravinda de Silva

Pinnaduwage Aravinda de Silva is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who is considered one of the finest batsmen produced by the country.He is also regarded as one of the most elegant batsman in his generation, and to date is the only player to make a hundred and take 3 or more wickets in a world cup...

's 267 remains the highest score at the Basin Reserve by an overseas player, scored in January 1991, while Martin Crowe

Martin Crowe

Martin David Crowe is a former New Zealand cricketer. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1985, and was credited as one of the "best young batsmen in the world". Crowe represented New Zealand from the early 1980s until his retirement in 1996 as a right-handed batsman...

's 299 is the overall highest score both at the ground and by any New Zealand player anywhere. He has also scored the most centuries there, with five. Crowe and Giff Vivian

Giff Vivian

Henry Gifford Vivian was a New Zealand cricketer who played in seven Tests from 1931 to 1937. His son Graham, also played for the Black Caps....

 are the only players to have scored exactly 100 at the ground.

Only two One Day International centuries have been scored at the ground. The Pakistan player Shoaib Mohammad

Shoaib Mohammad

Shoaib Mohammad is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 45 Tests and 63 ODIs from 1983 to 1995.Shoaib is the son of former Pakistani cricketer Hanif Mohammad. Shoaib was a right-handed batsmen who represented the country until the mid 1990s...

 holds the record for highest score with 126*.

Key

• * denotes that the batsman was not out
  Not out
  In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
  
  .
• Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
• Balls denotes the number of balls
  Delivery (cricket)
  A delivery or ball in cricket is a single action of bowling a cricket ball towards the batsman.During play of the game, a member of the fielding team is designated as the bowler, and bowls deliveries towards the batsman...
  
   faced in an innings.
• NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
• Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at the Basin Reserve.
• The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
• The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won, lost or if the match was drawn or a no result.

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Basin Reserve.

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	1,360 136			0 NR	1			Drawn
2	1,170 117			0 NR	1			Drawn
3	1,000 100			0 NR	1			Lost
4	1,221 122*			0 NR	2			Won
5	2,551 255*			0 NR	1			Won
6	1,090 109			0 NR	1			Won
7	1,560 156			0 NR	1			Won
8	1,281 128*			0 NR	2			Won
9	1,430 143			0 NR	2			Won
10	1,660 166			0 NR	1			Drawn
11	1,450 145	(1/2)		268 268	1			Drawn
12	2,471 247*	(1/2)		356 356	1			Drawn
13	1,320 132			360 360	2			Drawn
14	1,010 101			274 274	2			Drawn
15	1,210 121	(2/2)		218 218	3			Drawn
16	1,330 133	(2/2)		175 175	3			Drawn
17	1,371 137*			237 237	1			Won
18	1,380 138			167 167	2			Drawn
19	1,640 164			269 269	2			Drawn
20	1,000 100	(1/5)		247 247	3			Drawn
21	1,741 174*	(1/2)		374 374	3			Drawn
22	1,480 148			427 427	1			Drawn
23	1,300 130			235 235	1			Drawn
24	1,011 101*	(2/2)		192 192	2			Drawn
25	1,210 121			269 269	2			Drawn
26	1,380 138	(1/3)		465 465	3			Drawn
27	1,190 119	(2/5)		308 308	3			Drawn
28	1,430 143	(3/5)		333 333	1			Drawn
29	1,071 107*			181 181	1			Drawn
30	1,740 174	(4/5)		410 410	1			Drawn
31	1,630 163			516 516	2			Drawn
32	1,180 118			277 277	2			Drawn
33	1,171 117*	(2/3)		197 197	4			Won
34	2,670 267			380 380	2			Drawn
35	1,860 186	(1/2)		454 454	3			Drawn
36	2,990 299	(5/5)		523 523	3			Drawn
37	1,070 107			241 241	1			Drawn
38	1,160 116	(3/3)		334 334	2			Drawn
39	1,430 143	(2/2)		398 398	2			Drawn
40	1,420 142			230 230	3			Drawn
41	1,690 169			248 248	2			Won
42	1,400 140			200 200	2			Won
43	1,351 135*	Inzamam-ul-Haq Inzamam-ul-Haq Inzamam-ul-Haq , also known as Inzamam, nicknamed Inzy, is a former Pakistan international cricketer who was national captain between 2003 and 2007. He is a right-handed batsman who has been regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of his era...		195 195	2			Won
44	1,470 147			181 181	1			Won
45	1,510 151			226 226	1			Won
46	1,011 101*			88 88	1			Won
47	1,080 108			249 249	2			Won
48	1,390 139	(1/2)		209 209	2			Won
49	1,031 103*			156 156	1			Lost
50	1,130 113			151 151	3			Lost
51	1,200 120			250 250	2			Won
52	1,520 152			272 272	2			Won
53	2,140 214			447 447	1			Won
54	1,090 109			138 138	1			Lost
55	1,430 143			214 214	2			Won
56	1,511 151*			312 312	2			Won
57	1,410 141			408 408	1			Drawn
58	1,420 142	(2/2)		209 209	1			Drawn
59	1,251 125*			203 203	4			Won
60	1,650 165			287 287	1			Drawn
61	1,620 162			146 146	1			Drawn
62	2,240 224			348 348	2			Won
63	1,561 156*			192 192	1			Won
64	1,521 152*			219 219	3			Won
65	1,020 102			149 149	1			Won
66	1,670 167			257 257	3			Drawn
67	1,070 107			165 165	4			Drawn
68	1,680 168			253 253	1			Won
69	1,121 112*			208 208	1			Won
70	1,040 104			187 187	3			Lost
71	1,100 110			166 166	1			Drawn

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Basin Reserve.

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	101			110	1			No result
2	126*			155	1			Lost

External links

• Basin Reserve at Austadiums
• Quick information about the Basin Reserve.
• New Zealand Cricket Museum