Widely regarded as the home of New Zealand cricket, the Basin is also home to the "Museum" Stand (formerly the main members stand). It's a smallish stand with a museum underneath it -- which houses the third oldest bat in existence (dated around 1740).
Matches:
12-16 Dec - First Test
8 Jan - Fifth ODI (day/night)
Statistical overview
City
Wellington
Country
New Zealand
First ODI Match
08/01/2000
Last ODI Match
16/02/2002
Matches Played
6
Matches Won by Home Side
3 (50.00%)
Matches Won by Touring Side
2 (33.33%)
Matches with No Result
1 (16.67%)
Highest Individual Innings
111 A Campbell 2000-2001 NZ v Zim
Best Bowling
4/28 D N T Zoysa 2000-2001 NZ v SL
Highest Team Innings
244/8 NZ 2001-2002 v Eng
Lowest Team Innings
89 Eng 2001-2002 v NZ
Highest Run Chase Achieved
237/2 NZ 2000-2001 v Zim
Average Runs per Wicket
29.32
Average Runs per Over
4.38
ODI statistics
India vs New Zealand at Basin Reserve
Won byNew Zealand
Won byIndia
Drawn
Tied
Total
In New Zealand
3
1
0
0
4
In India
0
0
0
0
0
Neutral Venue
0
0
0
0
0
Total
3
1
0
0
4
Top current batsmen - By aggregate runs
Player
Country
M
Inns
NO
50s
100s
HS
Runs
Avg
Ca
St
Astle, N J*
New Zealand
8
14
3
5
1
141
596
54.18
8
0
McMillan, C D*
New Zealand
7
11
2
2
2
142
549
61.00
3
0
Fleming, S P*
New Zealand
9
15
0
4
0
67
468
31.20
14
0
Cairns, C L*
New Zealand
8
12
0
2
1
109
394
32.83
2
0
Waugh, S R*
Australia
4
6
1
1
1
*151
302
60.40
3
0
Lara, B C*
West Indies
2
3
0
2
1
147
289
96.33
2
0
De Silva, P A*
Sri Lanka
1
1
0
0
1
267
267
267.00
0
0
Sinclair, M S*
New Zealand
4
6
1
0
1
214
264
52.80
3
0
Horne, M J*
New Zealand
7
13
1
0
0
44
254
21.17
5
0
Richardson, M H*
New Zealand
3
4
0
3
0
83
222
55.50
2
0
Player
Country
O
M
R
W
5w
10w
Best
Avg
S/R
E/R
Vettori, D L*
New Zealand
357.4
97
953
27
0
0
4/153
35.30
79.48
2.67
Cairns, C L*
New Zealand
243.1
44
776
23
1
0
5/44
33.74
63.43
3.19
Doull, S B*
New Zealand
224.2
56
718
20
2
0
7/65
35.90
67.30
3.20
Caddick, A R*
England
91.2
29
179
12
1
0
6/63
14.92
45.67
1.96
Wasim Akram*
Pakistan
61
17
179
11
1
0
7/119
16.27
33.27
2.93
Warne, S K*
Australia
110.5
42
268
11
0
0
4/68
24.36
60.45
2.43
O'Connor, S B*
New Zealand
156.4
41
421
10
0
0
4/52
42.10
94.00
2.69
Gough, D*
England
39
15
92
9
1
0
5/40
10.22
26.00
2.36
Martin, C S*
New Zealand
61.5
17
175
7
1
0
5/71
25.00
53.00
2.85
Pollock, S M*
South Africa
53.3
22
87
7
1
0
5/33
12.43
45.86
1.63
Tests at Wellington (1930 to 2002)
Result summary
P
W
L
D
Australia
7
2
1
4
England
9
3
1
5
India
4
1
3
-
New Zealand
39
10
12
17
Pakistan
5
1
-
4
South Africa
4
3
-
1
Sri Lanka
2
-
1
1
West Indies
5
2
2
1
Zimbabwe
2
-
1
1
Bangladesh
1
-
1
-
India's matches at Wellington
Num
Start date
End date
Result
1
29th Feb 1968
4th Mar 1968
Ind 8 wickets
2
13th Feb 1976
17th Feb 1976
NZ inn & 33
3
21st Feb 1981
25th Feb 1981
NZ 62 runs
4
26th Dec 1998
30th Dec 1998
NZ 4 wickets
Highest individual scores at Wellington
Runs
For
v..
Inn
Tst
Series
MD Crowe
299
NZ
SL
2nd
1st
1990-91
PA de Silva
267
SL
NZ
1st
1st
1990-91
DJ McGlew
255*
SA
NZ
1st
1st
1952-53
GS Chappell
247*
Aus
NZ
1st
1st
1973-74
MS Sinclair
214
NZ
WI
1st
2nd
1999-00
Note: in all 58 centuries have been scored at this venue
Highest individual scores at Wellington (for India)
Runs
Inn
Tst
Series
AL Wadekar
143
1st
3rd
1967-68
SR Tendulkar
113
2nd
2nd
1998-99
M Azharuddin
103*
1st
2nd
1998-99
Best bowling (in an innings) at Wellington
Wkts
R
For
v..
Inn
Tst
Series
RJ Hadlee
7
23
NZ
Ind
2nd
3rd
1975-76
CA Walsh
7
37
WI
NZ
1st
2nd
1994-95
SB Doull
7
65
NZ
Ind
1st
2nd
1998-99
FE Woolley
7
76
Eng
NZ
1st
2nd
1929-30
DK Morrison
7
89
NZ
Aus
1st
2nd
1992-93
Wasim Akram
7
119
Pak
NZ
2nd
2nd
1993-94
BL Cairns
7
143
NZ
Eng
1st
1st
1983-84
Best bowling (in a innings) at Wellington (for India)
Wkts
R
Inn
Tst
Series
RG Nadkarni
6
43
2nd
3rd
1967-68
EAS Prasanna
5
32
1st
3rd
1967-68
Pace v Spin at Wellington (since 1999, last five Tests)
Widely regarded as the home of New Zealand cricket, the Basin is also home to the "Museum" Stand (formerly the main members stand). It's a smallish stand with a museum underneath it -- which houses the third oldest bat in existence (dated around 1740).