List of international cricket centuries at Basin Reserve explained

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.

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*.

Key

• * 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^{[2] [3]} lost^{[4] [5]} or if the match was drawn^[6] or a no result.^[7]

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Basin Reserve.^[8]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	136			NR	1			Drawn
2	117			NR	1			Drawn
3	100			NR	1			Lost
4	122*			NR	2			Won
5	255*			NR	1			Won
6	109			NR	1			Won
7	156			NR	1			Won
8	128*			NR	2			Won
9	143			NR	2			Won
10	166			NR	1			Drawn
11	145			268	1			Drawn
12	247*			356	1			Drawn
13	132			360	2			Drawn
14	101			274	2			Drawn
15	121			218	3			Drawn
16	133			175	3			Drawn
17	137*			237	1			Won
18	138			167	2			Drawn
19	164			269	2			Drawn
20	100			247	3			Drawn
21	174*			374	3			Drawn
22	148			427	1			Drawn
23	130			235	1			Drawn
24	101*			192	2			Drawn
25	121			269	2			Drawn
26	138			465	3			Drawn
27	119			308	3			Drawn
28	143			333	1			Drawn
29	107*			181	1			Drawn
30	174			410	1			Drawn
31	163			516	2			Drawn
32	118			277	2			Drawn
33	117*			197	4			Won
34	267			380	2			Drawn
35	186			454	3			Drawn
36	299			523	3			Drawn
37	107			241	1			Drawn
38	116			334	2			Drawn
39	143			398	2			Drawn
40	142			230	3			Drawn
41	169			248	2			Won
42	140			200	2			Won
43	135*			195	2			Won
44	147			181	1			Won
45	151			226	1			Won
46	101*			88	1			Won
47	108			249	2			Won
48	139			209	2			Won
49	103*			156	1			Lost
50	113			151	3			Lost
51	120			250	2			Won
52	152			272	2			Won
53	214			447	1			Won
54	109			138	1			Lost
55	143			214	2			Won
56	151*			312	2			Won
57	141			408	1			Drawn
58	142			209	1			Drawn
59	125*			203	4			Won
60	165			287	1			Drawn
61	162			146	1			Drawn
62	224			348	2			Won
63	156*			192	1			Won
64	152*			219	3			Won
65	102			149	1			Won
66	167			257	3			Drawn
67	107			165	4			Drawn
68	168			253	1			Won
69	112*			208	1			Won
70	104			187	3			Lost
71	110			166	1			Drawn
72	156			335	1			Drawn
73	103			186	1			Drawn
74	102*			228	4			Drawn
75	100			230	1			Drawn
76	121			235	1			Drawn
77	129			227	1			Won
78	118			158	2			Drawn
79	302			559	3			Drawn
80	124			367	3			Drawn
81	137*			154	3			Drawn
82	105*			135	4			Drawn
83	203			306	2			Lost
84	242*			438	3			Won
85	142*			333	3			Won
86	140			216	2			Won
87	239			364	2			Won
88	217			276	1			Lost
89	159			260	1			Lost
90	177			329	2			Won
91	104*			90	4			Won
92	118			161	1			Lost
93	105			74	2			Won
94	107*			180	2			Won
95	264*			489	2			Drawn
96	141*			335	3			Drawn
97	120*			323	3			Drawn
98	200			212	2			Won
99	107			129	2			Won
100	174			280	1			Won
101	186			176	1			Lost
102	153*			224	1			Lost
103	132			282	3			Won
104	215			296	1			Won
105	200*			240	1			Won
106	174*			275	1			Won

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Basin Reserve.^[9]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	101			110	1			No result
2	126*			155	1			Lost
3	115			117	1			Won
4	100			126	1			Won
4	126			100	1			Won
6	100*			92	1			Won

Women's Test centuries

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			-	1			Won
2	155*			-	1			Drawn
3	124			-	2			Drawn
4	118*			-	2			Drawn

Women's One Day International centuries

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*			-	2			Won
2	135*			130	2			Won
3	129			107	1			Won

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Neely, D., Romanos, J. (2003). The Basin - An Illustrated History of the Basin Reserve. Canterbury University Press.
2. Web site: Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
3. Web site: Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
4. Web site: Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
5. Web site: Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
6. Web site: Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Drawn. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
7. Web site: Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : No result. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
8. http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;ground=116;orderby=start;runsmin1=100;runsval1=runs;size=100;template=results;type=batting;view=innings Statsguru
9. http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;ground=116;orderby=start;runsmin1=100;runsval1=runs;size=100;template=results;type=batting;view=innings Statsguru
10. News: Batting records Women's Test matches Cricinfo Statsguru ESPN Cricinfo. ESPNcricinfo. 2017-07-28.
11. News: Batting records Women's One-Day Internationals Cricinfo Statsguru ESPN Cricinfo. ESPNcricinfo. 2017-07-28.