BAS
NZ
Basin Reserve
CITY
Wellington
COUNTRY
New Zealand
EST.
999
CAPACITY
11,600
TEST MAT
71
TEST FIRST
24 Jan 1930
ODI MAT
34
ODI FIRST
09 Mar 1975
T20I MAT
0
T20I FIRST
-
TEST LAST
18 Nov 2026
T20I LAST
-
pitch report

Basin Reserve pitch report: Test, ODI & T20I

Every format side by side. Gold marks the highest value on each line.

Basin Reserve by format
TestODIT20I
Matches7032–
Avg 1st innings312218–
Avg 2nd innings310177–
Avg 3rd innings252––
Avg 4th innings143––
Highest total680318–
Lowest all out4274–
Bat first wins1516–
Chasing wins3011–
Drawn24––
Wickets to pace74%26% spin82%18% spin–
VerdictChaseBat first–

Averages are from the 100 of 102 matches with a scorecard. The pace and spin shares are of the 1579 wickets whose bowler has a recorded style; 790 do not.

Who wins, by format
Test
22%35%43%
ODI
59%41%
Bat firstDrawnChase
who rules here

Team records at Basin Reserve

Win rate in each format, ordered by matches played here.

TeamTestODIT20I
New Zealand34%24–21 · 70 M48%14–11 · 29 Mnot played
England31%4–2 · 13 M17%1–4 · 6 Mnot played
AustraliaFORTRESS45%5–1 · 11 M83%5–1 · 6 Mnot played
Pakistan38%3–0 · 8 M43%3–4 · 7 Mnot played
West Indies20%2–7 · 10 M67%2–0 · 3 Mnot played
India13%1–5 · 8 M50%2–1 · 4 Mnot played
Sri Lanka14%1–4 · 7 M33%1–2 · 3 Mnot played
South Africa71%5–0 · 7 M0%0–2 · 3 Mnot played
Bangladesh0%0–4 · 4 M0%0–1 · 1 Mnot played
Zimbabwe0%0–1 · 2 M0%0–2 · 2 Mnot played

Recent matches at Basin Reserve

TestNew Zealand v West Indies2025New Zealand won by 9 wickets
ODINew Zealand v Sri Lanka2025New Zealand won by 9 wickets (with 142 balls remaining)
TestNew Zealand v England2024
TestAustralia v New Zealand2024Australia won by 172 runs
TestNew Zealand v Sri Lanka2023New Zealand won by an innings and 58 runs
TestEngland v New Zealand2023New Zealand won by 1 run
ODINew Zealand v Bangladesh2021New Zealand won by 164 runs
TestNew Zealand v West Indies2020New Zealand won by an innings and 12 runs
TestNew Zealand v India2020New Zealand won by 10 wickets
TestNew Zealand v Bangladesh2019New Zealand won by an innings and 12 runs
TestSri Lanka v New Zealand2018Match drawn
ODINew Zealand v Pakistan2018New Zealand won by 15 runs

Records at Basin Reserve

Every board, by format, across every international played here.

Most runs

Test
Ross Taylor15 mat · avg 58.14
1,279#2 · runs
MOST RUNSKane Williamson18 mat · avg 63.64
1,591#1 · runs
Martin Crowe10 mat · avg 70.19
1,123#3 · runs
  1. 4Brendon McCullum17 mat · avg 36.461,021
  2. 5John Wright13 mat · avg 47.861,005
  3. 6Henry Nicholls10 mat · avg 76.92923
  4. 7Stephen Fleming18 mat · avg 31.76921
  5. 8Tom Latham15 mat · avg 39.52909
  6. 9Daniel Vettori21 mat · avg 29.93838
  7. 10Nathan Astle13 mat · avg 41.17741
  8. 11Andrew Jones7 mat · avg 52.77686
  9. 12BJ Watling12 mat · avg 39.13626
  10. 13Craig McMillan10 mat · avg 50.58607
  11. 14Chris Cairns9 mat · avg 36.00504
  12. 15Lou Vincent6 mat · avg 55.44499
ODI
Andrew Jones8 mat · avg 38.88
311#2 · runs
MOST RUNSMartin Crowe9 mat · avg 57.50
345#1 · runs
Nathan Astle9 mat · avg 35.63
285#3 · runs
  1. 4Ken Rutherford8 mat · avg 37.14260
  2. 5Adam Parore11 mat · avg 28.71201
  3. 6Stephen Fleming9 mat · avg 27.14190
  4. 7Martin Guptill4 mat · avg 46.25185
  5. 8Chris Cairns10 mat · avg 24.86174
  6. 9Chris Harris12 mat · avg 24.57172
  7. 10Steve Waugh4 mat · avg 57.00171
  8. 11Mohammad Azharuddin4 mat · avg 41.50166
  9. 12Henry Nicholls4 mat · avg 37.75151
  10. 13Sachin Tendulkar4 mat · avg 37.00148
  11. 14Kane Williamson3 mat · avg 49.00147
  12. 15Ramiz Raja3 mat · avg 47.67143
T20I
Not recorded

Most wickets

Test
Chris Martin14 mat · avg 29.88
60#2 · wkts
MOST WKTSTim Southee18 mat · avg 34.05
63#1 · wkts
Daniel Vettori21 mat · avg 41.95
57#3 · wkts
  1. 4Sir Richard Hadlee12 mat · avg 20.2853
  2. 5Trent Boult11 mat · avg 27.9648
  3. 6Neil Wagner10 mat · avg 29.5645
  4. 7Matt Henry6 mat · avg 27.0427
  5. 8Chris Cairns9 mat · avg 31.6727
  6. 9Danny Morrison8 mat · avg 31.4825
  7. 10Richard Collinge6 mat · avg 26.0522
  8. 11Simon Doull7 mat · avg 35.9020
  9. 12Lance Cairns6 mat · avg 22.0019
  10. 13Jacob Oram6 mat · avg 16.6819
  11. 14James Franklin6 mat · avg 34.5618
  12. 15Nathan Lyon2 mat · avg 13.5917
ODI
Chris Harris12 mat · avg 28.62
13#2 · wkts
MOST WKTSDanny Morrison9 mat · avg 22.00
16#1 · wkts
Matt Henry4 mat · avg 11.83
12#3 · wkts
  1. 4Gavin Larsen14 mat · avg 35.8312
  2. 5Wasim Akram3 mat · avg 9.1010
  3. 6Nathan Astle9 mat · avg 23.789
  4. 7Shayne O'Connor2 mat · avg 11.758
  5. 8Dion Nash6 mat · avg 26.138
  6. 9Chris Cairns10 mat · avg 45.836
  7. 10Aaqib Javed3 mat · avg 20.336
  8. 11Trent Boult3 mat · avg 18.676
  9. 12Javagal Srinath3 mat · avg 12.676
  10. 13Sir Richard Hadlee5 mat · avg 18.836
  11. 14Ewen Chatfield3 mat · avg 18.005
  12. 15Dipak Patel6 mat · avg 35.405
T20I
Not recorded

Highest score

Test
Martin Crowe10 mat · avg 70.19
299#2
HIGHESTBrendon McCullum17 mat · avg 36.46
302#1
Aravinda de Silva1 mat · avg 267.00
267#3
  1. 4Tom Latham15 mat · avg 39.52264
  2. 5Jackie McGlew1 mat · avg 255.00255
  3. 6Greg Chappell2 mat · avg 380.00247
  4. 7Kane Williamson18 mat · avg 63.64242
  5. 8Adam Voges1 mat · avg 239.00239
  6. 9Lou Vincent6 mat · avg 55.44224
  7. 10Shakib Al Hasan2 mat · avg 87.67217
  8. 11Mathew Sinclair8 mat · avg 41.42214
  9. 12Kumar Sangakkara3 mat · avg 86.60203
  10. 13Ross Taylor15 mat · avg 58.14200
  11. 14Henry Nicholls10 mat · avg 76.92200
  12. 15Harry Brook2 mat · avg 91.00186
ODI
Shoaib Mohammad1 mat · avg 126.00
126#2
HIGHESTDevon Conway1 mat · avg 126.00
126#1
Kane Williamson3 mat · avg 49.00
115#3
  1. 4Bev Congdon1 mat · avg 101.00101
  2. 5Martin Guptill4 mat · avg 46.25100
  3. 6Daryl Mitchell2 mat · avg 100.00100
  4. 7Nathan Astle9 mat · avg 35.6394
  5. 8Glenn Turner2 mat · avg 56.0094
  6. 9Martin Crowe9 mat · avg 57.5091
  7. 10Will Young1 mat · avg 90.0090
  8. 11Inzamam-ul-Haq3 mat · avg 47.3388
  9. 12Mark Waugh3 mat · avg 32.0085
  10. 13Fakhar Zaman2 mat · avg 94.0082
  11. 14Henry Nicholls4 mat · avg 37.7582
  12. 15Ken Rutherford8 mat · avg 37.1479
T20I
Not recorded

Most hundreds

Test
Martin Crowe10 mat · avg 70.19
5#2 · 100s
MOST 100sKane Williamson18 mat · avg 63.64
5#1 · 100s
Henry Nicholls10 mat · avg 76.92
4#3 · 100s
  1. 4Ross Taylor15 mat · avg 58.143
  2. 5John Wright13 mat · avg 47.863
  3. 6Ian Chappell1 mat · avg 133.002
  4. 7Joe Root3 mat · avg 91.752
  5. 8Greg Chappell2 mat · avg 380.002
  6. 9Jeremy Coney8 mat · avg 42.002
  7. 10Kumar Sangakkara3 mat · avg 86.602
  8. 11Tom Blundell7 mat · avg 57.752
  9. 12Harry Brook2 mat · avg 91.002
  10. 13Brendon McCullum17 mat · avg 36.462
  11. 14BJ Watling12 mat · avg 39.132
  12. 15Andrew Jones7 mat · avg 52.772
ODI
Kane Williamson3 mat · avg 49.00
1#2 · 100s
MOST 100sMartin Guptill4 mat · avg 46.25
1#1 · 100s
Shoaib Mohammad1 mat · avg 126.00
1#3 · 100s
  1. 4Devon Conway1 mat · avg 126.001
  2. 5Bev Congdon1 mat · avg 101.001
  3. 6Daryl Mitchell2 mat · avg 100.001
T20I
Not recorded

Most fifties

Test
Stephen Fleming18 mat · avg 31.76
7#2 · 50s
MOST 50sRoss Taylor15 mat · avg 58.14
8#1 · 50s
Kane Williamson18 mat · avg 63.64
6#3 · 50s
  1. 4Nathan Astle13 mat · avg 41.176
  2. 5Daniel Vettori21 mat · avg 29.935
  3. 6Mark Richardson6 mat · avg 55.445
  4. 7Brendon McCullum17 mat · avg 36.464
  5. 8John Wright13 mat · avg 47.864
  6. 9Henry Nicholls10 mat · avg 76.924
  7. 10Mark Burgess4 mat · avg 56.004
  8. 11Devon Conway4 mat · avg 39.673
  9. 12Mohammad Yousuf2 mat · avg 77.003
  10. 13Glenn Turner5 mat · avg 49.863
  11. 14MS Dhoni2 mat · avg 88.003
  12. 15Bev Congdon7 mat · avg 35.833
ODI
Andrew Jones8 mat · avg 38.88
3#2 · 50s
MOST 50sMartin Crowe9 mat · avg 57.50
3#1 · 50s
Inzamam-ul-Haq3 mat · avg 47.33
2#3 · 50s
  1. 4Ramiz Raja3 mat · avg 47.672
  2. 5Henry Nicholls4 mat · avg 37.752
  3. 6Mohammad Azharuddin4 mat · avg 41.502
  4. 7Aamer Sohail3 mat · avg 47.332
  5. 8Chris Cairns10 mat · avg 24.862
  6. 9Nathan Astle9 mat · avg 35.632
  7. 10Ross Taylor3 mat · avg 26.001
  8. 11Mahmudullah1 mat · avg 76.001
  9. 12Mark Taylor2 mat · avg 37.001
  10. 13Babar Azam3 mat · avg 24.001
  11. 14Navjot Sidhu1 mat · avg 71.001
  12. 15Chris Smith1 mat · avg 70.001
T20I
Not recorded

Most sixes

Test
Chris Cairns9 mat · avg 36.00
16#2 · sixes
MOST SIXESTim Southee18 mat · avg 12.83
17#1 · sixes
Ross Taylor15 mat · avg 58.14
13#3 · sixes
  1. 4Brendon McCullum17 mat · avg 36.4612
  2. 5Harry Brook2 mat · avg 91.0010
  3. 6Trent Boult11 mat · avg 24.439
  4. 7Lance Cairns6 mat · avg 32.438
  5. 8Craig McMillan10 mat · avg 50.588
  6. 9Colin de Grandhomme6 mat · avg 39.677
  7. 10Tom Blundell7 mat · avg 57.756
  8. 11Cameron Green1 mat · avg 208.006
  9. 12Nathan Astle13 mat · avg 41.176
  10. 13Joe Root3 mat · avg 91.756
  11. 14Matt Henry6 mat · avg 10.005
  12. 15Neil Wagner10 mat · avg 16.675
ODI
Martin Guptill4 mat · avg 46.25
4#2 · sixes
MOST SIXESMatt Henry4 mat · avg 48.00
4#1 · sixes
Mahmudullah1 mat · avg 76.00
4#3 · sixes
  1. 4Fakhar Zaman2 mat · avg 94.004
  2. 5Nathan Astle9 mat · avg 35.633
  3. 6Andrew Symonds1 mat · avg 48.003
  4. 7Chris Cairns10 mat · avg 24.863
  5. 8Faheem Ashraf2 mat · avg 40.003
  6. 9Martin Crowe9 mat · avg 57.502
  7. 10Lance Cairns3 mat · avg 19.332
  8. 11Colin Munro2 mat · avg 46.002
  9. 12Daryl Mitchell2 mat · avg 100.002
  10. 13Wasim Akram3 mat · avg 18.502
  11. 14Mitchell McClenaghan1 mat · avg 31.002
  12. 15Stephen Fleming9 mat · avg 27.142
T20I
Not recorded

Most fours

Test
Ross Taylor15 mat · avg 58.14
151#2 · fours
MOST FOURSKane Williamson18 mat · avg 63.64
184#1 · fours
Martin Crowe10 mat · avg 70.19
133#3 · fours
  1. 4Brendon McCullum17 mat · avg 36.46115
  2. 5John Wright13 mat · avg 47.86114
  3. 6Stephen Fleming18 mat · avg 31.76113
  4. 7Daniel Vettori21 mat · avg 29.93100
  5. 8Henry Nicholls10 mat · avg 76.9296
  6. 9Nathan Astle13 mat · avg 41.1790
  7. 10Tom Latham15 mat · avg 39.5286
  8. 11Craig McMillan10 mat · avg 50.5873
  9. 12BJ Watling12 mat · avg 39.1365
  10. 13Andrew Jones7 mat · avg 52.7764
  11. 14Sir Richard Hadlee12 mat · avg 36.6963
  12. 15Mathew Sinclair8 mat · avg 41.4260
ODI
Andrew Jones8 mat · avg 38.88
29#2 · fours
MOST FOURSNathan Astle9 mat · avg 35.63
31#1 · fours
Stephen Fleming9 mat · avg 27.14
22#3 · fours
  1. 4Martin Crowe9 mat · avg 57.5020
  2. 5Bryan Young7 mat · avg 23.8318
  3. 6Devon Conway1 mat · avg 126.0017
  4. 7Martin Guptill4 mat · avg 46.2517
  5. 8Aamer Sohail3 mat · avg 47.3316
  6. 9Sachin Tendulkar4 mat · avg 37.0016
  7. 10Chris Smith1 mat · avg 70.0015
  8. 11Chris Cairns10 mat · avg 24.8615
  9. 12Inzamam-ul-Haq3 mat · avg 47.3314
  10. 13Henry Nicholls4 mat · avg 37.7513
  11. 14Brian Lara2 mat · avg 56.5013
  12. 15Shoaib Mohammad1 mat · avg 126.0013
T20I
Not recorded

Most not outs

Test
Neil Wagner10 mat · avg 16.67
6#2 · n.o.
MOST N.O.Chris Martin14 mat · avg 5.75
15#1 · n.o.
Kane Williamson18 mat · avg 63.64
5#3 · n.o.
  1. 4Shayne O'Connor5 mat · avg 12.005
  2. 5Ian Smith11 mat · avg 35.114
  3. 6Trent Boult11 mat · avg 24.434
  4. 7Daniel Vettori21 mat · avg 29.934
  5. 8Danny Morrison8 mat · avg 12.714
  6. 9Sir Richard Hadlee12 mat · avg 36.694
  7. 10Adam Parore10 mat · avg 24.833
  8. 11Dion Nash4 mat · avg 55.003
  9. 12Daryl Tuffey4 mat · avg 21.003
  10. 13James Anderson3 mat · avg 24.003
  11. 14Tom Blundell7 mat · avg 57.753
  12. 15Jeremy Coney8 mat · avg 42.003
ODI
Martin Crowe9 mat · avg 57.50
3#2 · n.o.
MOST N.O.Danny Morrison9 mat · avg 8.00
4#1 · n.o.
Simon Doull4 mat · avg 36.00
2#3 · n.o.
  1. 4Heath Davis2 mat · avg 8.002
  2. 5Tim Southee2 mat · avg 26.002
  3. 6Saleem Malik4 mat · avg 43.002
  4. 7Chris Pringle4 mat · avg 27.002
  5. 8Adam Parore11 mat · avg 28.712
  6. 9Bob Willis2 mat · avg 2.001
  7. 10Greg Chappell1 mat · avg 24.001
  8. 11Asif Mujtaba2 mat · avg 1.001
  9. 12David Richardson2 mat · avg 22.001
  10. 13Dermot Reeve1 mat · avg 21.001
  11. 14Keith Fletcher1 mat · avg 18.001
  12. 15Brian McMillan1 mat · avg 18.001
T20I
Not recorded

Most balls faced

Test
Kane Williamson18 mat · avg 63.64
2,734#2 · balls
MOST BALLSJohn Wright13 mat · avg 47.86
2,985#1 · balls
Martin Crowe10 mat · avg 70.19
2,558#3 · balls
  1. 4Stephen Fleming18 mat · avg 31.762,072
  2. 5Ross Taylor15 mat · avg 58.142,022
  3. 6Tom Latham15 mat · avg 39.521,911
  4. 7Brendon McCullum17 mat · avg 36.461,836
  5. 8Andrew Jones7 mat · avg 52.771,823
  6. 9Nathan Astle13 mat · avg 41.171,711
  7. 10BJ Watling12 mat · avg 39.131,593
  8. 11Henry Nicholls10 mat · avg 76.921,574
  9. 12Mark Richardson6 mat · avg 55.441,481
  10. 13Daniel Vettori21 mat · avg 29.931,409
  11. 14Mathew Sinclair8 mat · avg 41.421,066
  12. 15Craig McMillan10 mat · avg 50.581,035
ODI
Martin Crowe9 mat · avg 57.50
451#2 · balls
MOST BALLSAndrew Jones8 mat · avg 38.88
488#1 · balls
Nathan Astle9 mat · avg 35.63
428#3 · balls
  1. 4Ken Rutherford8 mat · avg 37.14405
  2. 5Adam Parore11 mat · avg 28.71290
  3. 6Stephen Fleming9 mat · avg 27.14270
  4. 7Chris Harris12 mat · avg 24.57247
  5. 8Steve Waugh4 mat · avg 57.00246
  6. 9Martin Guptill4 mat · avg 46.25243
  7. 10Bruce Edgar4 mat · avg 28.00243
  8. 11Ramiz Raja3 mat · avg 47.67224
  9. 12Chris Cairns10 mat · avg 24.86218
  10. 13Aamer Sohail3 mat · avg 47.33206
  11. 14Inzamam-ul-Haq3 mat · avg 47.33204
  12. 15Bryan Young7 mat · avg 23.83189
T20I
Not recorded

Best bowling figures

Test
Courtney Walsh3 mat · avg 17.00
7/37#2
BEST FIGURESSir Richard Hadlee12 mat · avg 20.28
7/23#1
Neil Wagner10 mat · avg 29.56
7/39#3
  1. 4Simon Doull7 mat · avg 35.907/65
  2. 5Frank Woolley1 mat · avg 13.787/76
  3. 6Danny Morrison8 mat · avg 31.487/89
  4. 7Wasim Akram1 mat · avg 16.277/119
  5. 8Daniel Vettori21 mat · avg 41.957/130
  6. 9Lance Cairns6 mat · avg 22.007/143
  7. 10Morne Morkel2 mat · avg 19.006/23
  8. 11Shoaib Akhtar1 mat · avg 7.096/30
  9. 12Keshav Maharaj1 mat · avg 10.886/40
  10. 13Jack Cowie1 mat · avg 6.676/40
  11. 14Trent Boult11 mat · avg 27.966/40
  12. 15Bapu Nadkarni1 mat · avg 9.296/43
ODI
Wasim Akram3 mat · avg 9.10
5/19#2
BEST FIGURESTerry Alderman1 mat · avg 3.40
5/17#1
Vic Marks2 mat · avg 10.80
5/20#3
  1. 4James Neesham1 mat · avg 5.405/27
  2. 5Anil Kumble2 mat · avg 8.405/33
  3. 6Shayne O'Connor2 mat · avg 11.755/39
  4. 7Matt Henry4 mat · avg 11.834/19
  5. 8Chaminda Vaas1 mat · avg 6.504/26
  6. 9Paul Reiffel2 mat · avg 9.604/27
  7. 10Anderson Cummins2 mat · avg 13.404/33
  8. 11Heath Davis2 mat · avg 15.804/35
  9. 12Peter Lever1 mat · avg 8.754/35
  10. 13Trent Boult3 mat · avg 18.674/40
  11. 14Nathan Astle9 mat · avg 23.783/9
  12. 15Dennis Lillee1 mat · avg 4.673/14
T20I
Not recorded

Five-wicket hauls

Test
Tim Southee18 mat · avg 34.05
3#2 · 5w
MOST 5wChris Martin14 mat · avg 29.88
4#1 · 5w
Sir Richard Hadlee12 mat · avg 20.28
3#3 · 5w
  1. 4Zaheer Khan3 mat · avg 24.413
  2. 5Ishant Sharma3 mat · avg 32.922
  3. 6Shoaib Akhtar1 mat · avg 7.092
  4. 7Courtney Walsh3 mat · avg 17.002
  5. 8Simon Doull7 mat · avg 35.902
  6. 9Lance Cairns6 mat · avg 22.002
  7. 10Neil Wagner10 mat · avg 29.562
  8. 11Danny Morrison8 mat · avg 31.482
  9. 12Jack Leach1 mat · avg 29.631
  10. 13Denis Atkinson1 mat · avg 12.291
  11. 14John Bracewell4 mat · avg 39.251
  12. 15Roy Tattersall1 mat · avg 8.571
ODI
Shayne O'Connor2 mat · avg 11.75
1#2 · 5w
MOST 5wWasim Akram3 mat · avg 9.10
1#1 · 5w
Terry Alderman1 mat · avg 3.40
1#3 · 5w
  1. 4James Neesham1 mat · avg 5.401
  2. 5Anil Kumble2 mat · avg 8.401
  3. 6Vic Marks2 mat · avg 10.801
T20I
Not recorded

Four-wicket hauls

Test
Chris Martin14 mat · avg 29.88
3#2 · 4w
MOST 4wSir Richard Hadlee12 mat · avg 20.28
5#1 · 4w
Daniel Vettori21 mat · avg 41.95
3#3 · 4w
  1. 4Trent Boult11 mat · avg 27.963
  2. 5Neil Wagner10 mat · avg 29.563
  3. 6Shane Bond3 mat · avg 21.732
  4. 7Rumesh Ratnayake2 mat · avg 30.332
  5. 8Nicky Boje1 mat · avg 16.752
  6. 9Steve Elworthy1 mat · avg 19.882
  7. 10Ewen Chatfield8 mat · avg 37.532
  8. 11Umar Gul2 mat · avg 21.002
  9. 12Nathan Lyon2 mat · avg 13.592
  10. 13James Franklin6 mat · avg 34.562
  11. 14Chris Cairns9 mat · avg 31.672
  12. 15Brydon Carse1 mat · avg 16.501
ODI
Trent Boult3 mat · avg 18.67
1#2 · 4w
MOST 4wMatt Henry4 mat · avg 11.83
3#1 · 4w
Paul Reiffel2 mat · avg 9.60
1#3 · 4w
  1. 4Anderson Cummins2 mat · avg 13.401
  2. 5Heath Davis2 mat · avg 15.801
  3. 6Chaminda Vaas1 mat · avg 6.501
  4. 7Peter Lever1 mat · avg 8.751
T20I
Not recorded