List of international cricket centuries at Basin Reserve
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The Basin Reserve (commonly known as "The Basin"), 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.[1] 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 2023, 109 Test centuries (4 in women's cricket) have been scored at the ground, by players from every Test nation without Zimbabwe. Kiwi batsman Stewie Dempster is the first player to score a Test century. Aravinda de Silva's 267 remains the highest score at the Basin Reserve by an overseas player, scored in January 1991, while Brendon McCullum's 302 is the overall highest score both at the ground and by any New Zealand player anywhere. Martin Crowe and Kane Williamson both hold the record for the most Test centuries at the ground with five.[2]
Only six One Day International centuries have been scored at the ground. The Pakistan player Shoaib Mohammad holds the record for highest score with 126*.[3]
Key[edit]
- * denotes that the batsman was not out.
- Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
- Balls denotes the number of balls 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[4][5] lost[6][7] or if the match was drawn[8] or a no result.[9]
Test centuries[edit]
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Basin Reserve.[2]
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 136 | Stewie Dempster |  New Zealand | NR | 1 |  England | 24 January 1930 | Drawn |
| 2 | 117 | Jackie Mills | New Zealand | NR | 1 | England | 24 January 1930 | Drawn |
| 3 | 100 | Giff Vivian | New Zealand | NR | 1 |  South Africa | 4 March 1932 | Lost |
| 4 | 122* | Xen Balaskas | South Africa | NR | 2 | New Zealand | 4 March 1932 | Won |
| 5 | 255* | Jackie McGlew | South Africa | NR | 1 | New Zealand | 6 March 1953 | Won |
| 6 | 109 | Anton Murray | South Africa | NR | 1 | New Zealand | 6 March 1953 | Won |
| 7 | 156 | Everton Weekes |  West Indies | NR | 1 | New Zealand | 3 March 1956 | Won |
| 8 | 128* | Colin Cowdrey | England | NR | 2 | New Zealand | 1 March 1963 | Won |
| 9 | 143 | Ajit Wadekar |  India | NR | 2 | New Zealand | 29 February 1968 | Won |
| 10 | 166 | Sadiq Mohammad |  Pakistan | NR | 1 | New Zealand | 2 February 1973 | Drawn |
| 11 | 145 | Ian Chappell (1/2) |  Australia | 268 | 1 | New Zealand | 1 March 1974 | Drawn |
| 12 | 247* | Greg Chappell (1/2) | Australia | 356 | 1 | New Zealand | 1 March 1974 | Drawn |
| 13 | 132 | Bev Congdon | New Zealand | 360 | 2 | Australia | 1 March 1974 | Drawn |
| 14 | 101 | Brian Hastings | New Zealand | 274 | 2 | Australia | 1 March 1974 | Drawn |
| 15 | 121 | Ian Chappell (2/2) | Australia | 218 | 3 | New Zealand | 1 March 1974 | Drawn |
| 16 | 133 | Greg Chappell (2/2) | Australia | 175 | 3 | New Zealand | 1 March 1974 | Drawn |
| 17 | 137* | Geoff Howarth | New Zealand | 237 | 1 | India | 21 February 1981 | Won |
| 18 | 138 | Ian Botham | England | 167 | 2 | New Zealand | 20 January 1984 | Drawn |
| 19 | 164 | Derek Randall | England | 269 | 2 | New Zealand | 20 January 1984 | Drawn |
| 20 | 100 | Martin Crowe (1/5) | New Zealand | 247 | 3 | England | 20 January 1984 | Drawn |
| 21 | 174* | Jeremy Coney (1/2) | New Zealand | 374 | 3 | England | 20 January 1984 | Drawn |
| 22 | 148 | John Reid | New Zealand | 427 | 1 | Pakistan | 18 January 1985 | Drawn |
| 23 | 130 | Greg Matthews | Australia | 235 | 1 | New Zealand | 21 February 1986 | Drawn |
| 24 | 101* | Jeremy Coney (2/2) | New Zealand | 192 | 2 | Australia | 21 February 1986 | Drawn |
| 25 | 121 | Desmond Haynes | West Indies | 269 | 2 | New Zealand | 20 February 1987 | Drawn |
| 26 | 138 | John Wright (1/3) | New Zealand | 465 | 3 | West Indies | 20 February 1987 | Drawn |
| 27 | 119 | Martin Crowe (2/5) | New Zealand | 308 | 3 | West Indies | 20 February 1987 | Drawn |
| 28 | 143 | Martin Crowe (3/5) | New Zealand | 333 | 1 | England | 3 March 1988 | Drawn |
| 29 | 107* | Ken Rutherford | New Zealand | 181 | 1 | England | 3 March 1988 | Drawn |
| 30 | 174 | Martin Crowe (4/5) | New Zealand | 410 | 1 | Pakistan | 10 February 1989 | Drawn |
| 31 | 163 | Shoaib Mohammad | Pakistan | 516 | 2 | New Zealand | 10 February 1989 | Drawn |
| 32 | 118 | Javed Miandad | Pakistan | 277 | 2 | New Zealand | 10 February 1989 | Drawn |
| 33 | 117* | John Wright (2/3) | New Zealand | 197 | 4 | Australia | 15 March 1990 | Won |
| 34 | 267 | Aravinda de Silva |  Sri Lanka | 380 | 2 | New Zealand | 31 January 1991 | Drawn |
| 35 | 186 | Andrew Jones (1/2) | New Zealand | 454 | 3 | Sri Lanka | 31 January 1991 | Drawn |
| 36 | 299 | Martin Crowe (5/5) | New Zealand | 523 | 3 | Sri Lanka | 31 January 1991 | Drawn |
| 37 | 107 | Alec Stewart | England | 241 | 1 | New Zealand | 6 February 1992 | Drawn |
| 38 | 116 | John Wright (3/3) | New Zealand | 334 | 2 | England | 6 February 1992 | Drawn |
| 39 | 143 | Andrew Jones (2/2) | New Zealand | 398 | 2 | England | 6 February 1992 | Drawn |
| 40 | 142 | Allan Lamb | England | 230 | 3 | New Zealand | 6 February 1992 | Drawn |
| 41 | 169 | Saeed Anwar | Pakistan | 248 | 2 | New Zealand | 17 February 1994 | Won |
| 42 | 140 | Saleem Malik | Pakistan | 200 | 2 | New Zealand | 17 February 1994 | Won |
| 43 | 135* | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Pakistan | 195 | 2 | New Zealand | 17 February 1994 | Won |
| 44 | 147 | Brian Lara | West Indies | 181 | 1 | New Zealand | 10 February 1995 | Won |
| 45 | 151 | Jimmy Adams | West Indies | 226 | 1 | New Zealand | 10 February 1995 | Won |
| 46 | 101* | Junior Murray | West Indies | 88 | 1 | New Zealand | 10 February 1995 | Won |
| 47 | 108 | Graham Thorpe | England | 249 | 2 | New Zealand | 6 February 1997 | Won |
| 48 | 139 | Craig McMillan (1/2) | New Zealand | 209 | 2 |  Zimbabwe | 19 February 1998 | Won |
| 49 | 103* | Mohammad Azharuddin | India | 156 | 1 | New Zealand | 26 December 1998 | Lost |
| 50 | 113 | Sachin Tendulkar | India | 151 | 3 | New Zealand | 26 December 1998 | Lost |
| 51 | 120 | Herschelle Gibbs |  South Africa | 250 | 2 | New Zealand | 18 March 1999 | Won |
| 52 | 152 | Daryll Cullinan | South Africa | 272 | 2 | New Zealand | 18 March 1999 | Won |
| 53 | 214 | Mathew Sinclair | New Zealand | 447 | 1 | West Indies | 26 December 1999 | Won |
| 54 | 109 | Chris Cairns | New Zealand | 138 | 1 | Australia | 24 March 2000 | Lost |
| 55 | 143 | Michael Slater | Australia | 214 | 2 | New Zealand | 24 March 2000 | Won |
| 56 | 151* | Steve Waugh | Australia | 312 | 2 | New Zealand | 24 March 2000 | Won |
| 57 | 141 | Nathan Astle | New Zealand | 408 | 1 | Zimbabwe | 26 December 2000 | Drawn |
| 58 | 142 | Craig McMillan (2/2) | New Zealand | 209 | 1 | Zimbabwe | 26 December 2000 | Drawn |
| 59 | 125* | Graeme Smith | South Africa | 203 | 4 | New Zealand | 26 March 2004 | Won |
| 60 | 165 | Damien Martyn | Australia | 287 | 1 | New Zealand | 18 March 2005 | Drawn |
| 61 | 162 | Adam Gilchrist | Australia | 146 | 1 | New Zealand | 18 March 2005 | Drawn |
| 62 | 224 | Lou Vincent | New Zealand | 348 | 2 | Sri Lanka | 11 April 2005 | Won |
| 63 | 156* | Kumar Sangakkara (1/2) | Sri Lanka | 192 | 1 | New Zealand | 15 December 2006 | Won |
| 64 | 152* | Chamara Silva | Sri Lanka | 219 | 3 | New Zealand | 15 December 2006 | Won |
| 65 | 102 | Tim Ambrose | England | 149 | 1 | New Zealand | 13 March 2008 | Won |
| 66 | 167 | Gautam Gambhir | India | 257 | 3 | New Zealand | 3 April 2009 | Drawn |
| 67 | 107 | Ross Taylor (1/3) | New Zealand | 165 | 4 | India | 3 April 2009 | Drawn |
| 68 | 168 | Michael Clarke | Australia | 253 | 1 | New Zealand | 19 March 2010 | Won |
| 69 | 112* | Marcus North | Australia | 208 | 1 | New Zealand | 19 March 2010 | Won |
| 70 | 104 | Brendon McCullum (1/2) | New Zealand | 187 | 3 | Australia | 19 March 2010 | Lost |
| 71 | 110 | Daniel Vettori | New Zealand | 166 | 1 | Pakistan | 15 January 2011 | Drawn |
| 72 | 156 | Alviro Petersen | South Africa | 335 | 1 | New Zealand | 23 March 2012 | Drawn |
| 73 | 103 | JP Duminy | South Africa | 186 | 1 | New Zealand | 23 March 2012 | Drawn |
| 74 | 102* | Kane Williamson (1/5) | New Zealand | 228 | 4 | South Africa | 23 March 2012 | Drawn |
| 75 | 100 | Nick Compton | England | 230 | 1 | New Zealand | 14 March 2013 | Drawn |
| 76 | 121 | Jonathan Trott | England | 235 | 1 | New Zealand | 14 March 2013 | Drawn |
| 77 | 129 | Ross Taylor (2/3) | New Zealand | 227 | 1 | West Indies | 11 December 2013 | Won |
| 78 | 118 | Ajinkya Rahane | India | 158 | 2 | New Zealand | 14 February 2014 | Drawn |
| 79 | 302 | Brendon McCullum (2/2) | New Zealand | 559 | 3 | India | 14 February 2014 | Drawn |
| 80 | 124 | BJ Watling (1/2) | New Zealand | 367 | 3 | India | 14 February 2014 | Drawn |
| 81 | 137* | Jimmy Neesham | New Zealand | 154 | 3 | India | 14 February 2014 | Drawn |
| 82 | 105* | Virat Kohli | India | 135 | 4 | New Zealand | 14 February 2014 | Drawn |
| 83 | 203 | Kumar Sangakkara (2/2) | Sri Lanka | 306 | 2 | New Zealand | 3 January 2015 | Lost |
| 84 | 242* | Kane Williamson (2/5) | New Zealand | 438 | 3 | Sri Lanka | 3 January 2015 | Won |
| 85 | 142* | BJ Watling (2/2) | New Zealand | 333 | 3 | Sri Lanka | 3 January 2015 | Won |
| 86 | 140 | Usman Khawaja | Australia | 216 | 2 | New Zealand | 12 February 2016 | Won |
| 87 | 239 | Adam Voges | Australia | 364 | 2 | New Zealand | 12 February 2016 | Won |
| 88 | 217 | Shakib Al Hasan |  Bangladesh | 276 | 1 | New Zealand | 12 January 2017 | Lost |
| 89 | 159 | Mushfiqur Rahim | Bangladesh | 260 | 1 | New Zealand | 12 January 2017 | Lost |
| 90 | 177 | Tom Latham (1/2) | New Zealand | 329 | 2 | Bangladesh | 12 January 2017 | Won |
| 91 | 104* | Kane Williamson (3/5) | New Zealand | 90 | 4 | Bangladesh | 12 January 2017 | Won |
| 92 | 118 | Henry Nicholls (1/4) | New Zealand | 161 | 1 | South Africa | 16 March 2017 | Lost |
| 93 | 105 | Colin de Grandhomme | New Zealand | 74 | 2 | West Indies | 1 December 2017 | Won |
| 94 | 107* | Tom Blundell | New Zealand | 180 | 2 | West Indies | 1 December 2017 | Won |
| 95 | 264* | Tom Latham (2/2) | New Zealand | 489 | 2 | Sri Lanka | 15 December 2018 | Drawn |
| 96 | 141* | Kusal Mendis | Sri Lanka | 335 | 3 | New Zealand | 15 December 2018 | Drawn |
| 97 | 120* | Angelo Mathews | Sri Lanka | 323 | 3 | New Zealand | 15 December 2018 | Drawn |
| 98 | 200 | Ross Taylor (3/3) | New Zealand | 212 | 2 | Bangladesh | 8 March 2019 | Won |
| 99 | 107 | Henry Nicholls (2/4) | New Zealand | 129 | 2 | Bangladesh | 8 March 2019 | Won |
| 100 | 174 | Henry Nicholls (3/4) | New Zealand | 280 | 1 | West Indies | 11 December 2020 | Won |
| 101 | 186 | Harry Brook | England | 176 | 1 | New Zealand | 24 February 2023 | Lost |
| 102 | 153* | Joe Root | England | 224 | 1 | New Zealand | 24 February 2023 | Lost |
| 103 | 132 | Kane Williamson (4/5) | New Zealand | 282 | 3 | England | 24 February 2023 | Won |
| 104 | 215 | Kane Williamson (5/5) | New Zealand | 296 | 1 | Sri Lanka | 17 March 2023 | Won |
| 105 | 200* | Henry Nicholls (4/4) | New Zealand | 240 | 1 | Sri Lanka | 17 March 2023 | Won |
| 106 | 174* | Cameron Green | Australia | 275 | 1 | New Zealand | 29 February 2024 | Won |
One Day International centuries[edit]
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Basin Reserve.[3]
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 101 | Bev Congdon | New Zealand | 110 | 1 | England | 9 March 1975 | No result |
| 2 | 126* | Shoaib Mohammad | Pakistan | 155 | 1 | New Zealand | 8 March 1989 | Lost |
| 3 | 115 | Kane Williamson | New Zealand | 117 | 1 | Pakistan | 6 January 2018 | Won |
| 4 | 100 | Martin Guptill | New Zealand | 126 | 1 | Pakistan | 19 January 2018 | Won |
| 4 | 126 | Devon Conway | New Zealand | 100 | 1 | Bangladesh | 26 March 2021 | Won |
| 6 | 100* | Daryl Mitchell | New Zealand | 92 | 1 | Bangladesh | 26 March 2021 | Won |
Women's Test centuries[edit]
The following table summarises the Women's Test centuries scored at the Basin Reserve.[10]
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 108 | Una Paisley | Australia | - | 1 | New Zealand | 20 March 1948 | Won |
| 2 | 155* | Trish McKelvey | New Zealand | - | 1 | England | 15 February 1969 | Drawn |
| 3 | 124 | Enid Bakewell | England | - | 2 | New Zealand | 15 February 1969 | Drawn |
| 4 | 118* | Lorraine Hill | Australia | - | 2 | New Zealand | 21 March 1975 | Drawn |
Women's One Day International centuries[edit]
The following table summarises the Women's One Day International centuries scored at the Basin Reserve.[11]
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 113* | Karen Rolton | Australia | - | 2 | New Zealand | 23 February 1997 | Won |
| 2 | 135* | Meg Lanning | Australia | 130 | 2 | South Africa | 22 March 2022 | Won |
| 3 | 129 | Alyssa Healy | Australia | 107 | 1 | West Indies | 30 March 2022 | Won |
References[edit]
- ^ Neely, D., Romanos, J. (2003). The Basin - An Illustrated History of the Basin Reserve. Canterbury University Press.
- ^ a b Statsguru, Cricinfo, 17 March 2010.
- ^ a b Statsguru, Cricinfo, 20 March 2010.
- ^ "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ "Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ "Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Drawn". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ "Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : No result". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ "Batting records | Women's Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Batting records | Women's One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 July 2017.