List of international cricket centuries at Basin Reserve

The Basin Reserve during a Test match.

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. 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 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.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 136 New Zealand NR1 England24 January 1930Drawn
2 117 New Zealand NR1 England24 January 1930Drawn
3 100 New Zealand NR1 South Africa4 March 1932Lost
4 122* South Africa NR2 New Zealand4 March 1932Won
5 255* South Africa NR1 New Zealand6 March 1953Won
6 109 South Africa NR1 New Zealand6 March 1953Won
7 156 West Indies NR1 New Zealand3 March 1956Won
8 128* England NR2 New Zealand1 March 1963Won
9 143 India NR2 New Zealand29 February 1968Won
10 166 Pakistan NR1 New Zealand2 February 1973Drawn
11 145(1/2) Australia 2681 New Zealand1 March 1974Drawn
12 247*(1/2) Australia 3561 New Zealand1 March 1974Drawn
13 132 New Zealand 3602 Australia1 March 1974Drawn
14 101 New Zealand 2742 Australia1 March 1974Drawn
15 121(2/2) Australia 2183 New Zealand1 March 1974Drawn
16 133(2/2) Australia 1753 New Zealand1 March 1974Drawn
17 137* New Zealand 2371 India21 February 1981Won
18 138 England 1672 New Zealand20 January 1984Drawn
19 164 England 2692 New Zealand20 January 1984Drawn
20 100(1/5) New Zealand 2473 England20 January 1984Drawn
21 174*(1/2) New Zealand 3743 England20 January 1984Drawn
22 148 New Zealand 4271 Pakistan18 January 1985Drawn
23 130 Australia 2351 New Zealand21 February 1986Drawn
24 101*(2/2) New Zealand 1922 Australia21 February 1986Drawn
25 121 West Indies 2692 New Zealand20 February 1987Drawn
26 138(1/3) New Zealand 4653 West Indies20 February 1987Drawn
27 119(2/5) New Zealand 3083 West Indies20 February 1987Drawn
28 143(3/5) New Zealand 3331 England3 March 1988Drawn
29 107* New Zealand 1811 England3 March 1988Drawn
30 174(4/5) New Zealand 4101 Pakistan10 February 1989Drawn
31 163 Pakistan 5162 New Zealand10 February 1989Drawn
32 118 Pakistan 2772 New Zealand10 February 1989Drawn
33 117*(2/3) New Zealand 1974 Australia15 March 1990Won
34 267 Sri Lanka 3802 New Zealand31 January 1991Drawn
35 186(1/2) New Zealand 4543 Sri Lanka31 January 1991Drawn
36 299(5/5) New Zealand 5233 Sri Lanka31 January 1991Drawn
37 107 England 2411 New Zealand6 February 1992Drawn
38 116(3/3) New Zealand 3342 England6 February 1992Drawn
39 143(2/2) New Zealand 3982 England6 February 1992Drawn
40 142 England 2303 New Zealand6 February 1992Drawn
41 169 Pakistan 2482 New Zealand17 February 1994Won
42 140 Pakistan 2002 New Zealand17 February 1994Won
43 135* Pakistan 1952 New Zealand17 February 1994Won
44 147 West Indies 1811 New Zealand10 February 1995Won
45 151 West Indies 2261 New Zealand10 February 1995Won
46 101* West Indies 881 New Zealand10 February 1995Won
47 108 England 2492 New Zealand6 February 1997Won
48 139(1/2) New Zealand 2092 Zimbabwe19 February 1998Won
49 103* India 1561 New Zealand26 December 1998Lost
50 113 India 1513 New Zealand26 December 1998Lost
51 120 South Africa 2502 New Zealand18 March 1999Won
52 152 South Africa 2722 New Zealand18 March 1999Won
53 214 New Zealand 4471 West Indies26 December 1999Won
54 109 New Zealand 1381 Australia24 March 2000Lost
55 143 Australia 2142 New Zealand24 March 2000Won
56 151* Australia 3122 New Zealand24 March 2000Won
57 141 New Zealand 4081 Zimbabwe26 December 2000Drawn
58 142(2/2) New Zealand 2091 Zimbabwe26 December 2000Drawn
59 125* South Africa 2034 New Zealand26 March 2004Won
60 165 Australia 2871 New Zealand18 March 2005Drawn
61 162 Australia 1461 New Zealand18 March 2005Drawn
62 224 New Zealand 3482 Sri Lanka11 April 2005Won
63 156*(1/2) Sri Lanka 1921 New Zealand15 December 2006Won
64 152* Sri Lanka 2193 New Zealand15 December 2006Won
65 102 England 1491 New Zealand13 March 2008Won
66 167 India 2573 New Zealand3 April 2009Drawn
67 107(1/3) New Zealand 1654 India3 April 2009Drawn
68 168 Australia 2531 New Zealand19 March 2010Won
69 112* Australia 2081 New Zealand19 March 2010Won
70 104(1/2) New Zealand 1873 Australia19 March 2010Lost
71 110 New Zealand 1661 Pakistan15 January 2011Drawn
72 156 South Africa 3351 New Zealand23 March 2012Drawn
73 103 South Africa 1861 New Zealand23 March 2012Drawn
74 102*(1/5) New Zealand 2284 South Africa23 March 2012Drawn
75 100 England 2301 New Zealand14 March 2013Drawn
76 121 England 2351 New Zealand14 March 2013Drawn
77 129(2/3) New Zealand 2271 West Indies11 December 2013Won
78 118 India 1582 New Zealand14 February 2014Drawn
79 302(2/2) New Zealand 5593 India14 February 2014Drawn
80 124(1/2) New Zealand 3673 India14 February 2014Drawn
81 137* New Zealand 1543 India14 February 2014Drawn
82 105* India 1354 New Zealand14 February 2014Drawn
83 203(2/2) Sri Lanka 3062 New Zealand3 January 2015Lost
84 242*(2/5) New Zealand 4383 Sri Lanka3 January 2015Won
85 142*(2/2) New Zealand 3333 Sri Lanka3 January 2015Won
86 140 Australia 2162 New Zealand12 February 2016Won
87 239 Australia 3642 New Zealand12 February 2016Won
88 217 Bangladesh 2761 New Zealand12 January 2017Lost
89 159 Bangladesh 2601 New Zealand12 January 2017Lost
90 177(1/2) New Zealand 3292 Bangladesh12 January 2017Won
91 104*(3/5) New Zealand 904 Bangladesh12 January 2017Won
92 118(1/4) New Zealand 1611 South Africa16 March 2017Lost
93 105 New Zealand 742 West Indies1 December 2017Won
94 107*(1/2) New Zealand 1802 West Indies1 December 2017Won
95 264*(2/2) New Zealand 4892 Sri Lanka15 December 2018Drawn
96 141* Sri Lanka 3353 New Zealand15 December 2018Drawn
97 120* Sri Lanka 3233 New Zealand15 December 2018Drawn
98 200(3/3) New Zealand 2122 Bangladesh8 March 2019Won
99 107(2/4) New Zealand 1292 Bangladesh8 March 2019Won
100 174(3/4) New Zealand 2801 West Indies11 December 2020Won
101 186(1/2) England 1761 New Zealand24 February 2023Lost
102 153*(1/2) England 2241 New Zealand24 February 2023Lost
103 132(4/5) New Zealand 2823 England24 February 2023Won
104 215(5/5) New Zealand 2961 Sri Lanka17 March 2023Won
105 200*(4/4) New Zealand 2401 Sri Lanka17 March 2023Won
106 174* Australia 2751 New Zealand29 February 2024Won
107 123(2/2) England 1151 New Zealand6 December 2024Won
108 106(2/2) England 1063 New Zealand6 December 2024Won
109 115(2/2) New Zealand 1024 England6 December 2024Lost

One Day International centuries

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

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 101 New Zealand1101 England9 March 1975No result
2 126* Pakistan1551 New Zealand8 March 1989Lost
3 115 New Zealand1171 Pakistan6 January 2018Won
4 100 New Zealand1261 Pakistan19 January 2018Won
4 126 New Zealand1001 Bangladesh26 March 2021Won
6 100* New Zealand921 Bangladesh26 March 2021Won

Women's Test centuries

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

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 108 Australia-1 New Zealand20 March 1948Won
2 155* New Zealand-1 England15 February 1969Drawn
3 124 England-2 New Zealand15 February 1969Drawn
4 118* Australia-2 New Zealand21 March 1975Drawn

Women's One Day International centuries

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

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 113* Australia-2 New Zealand23 February 1997Won
2 135* Australia1302 South Africa22 March 2022Won
3 129 Australia1071 West Indies30 March 2022Won

See Also

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List of New Zealand Test matches

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