Wellington is among the four cities to benefit from the player facilities upgrades announced by Minister of Sport and Recreation Hon Grant Robertson today. ICC Women’s Cricket...
19 November, 2020
The Basin Reserve will host one of Aotearoa’s newest and most exciting festival line-ups this summer – Peachy Keen presents Peachy Keen Festival! Held on Easter Weekend ...
10 November, 2020
A public memorial service for the late great John R Reid will be held this Friday (30 October) at 2.00pm in the Norwood Room at the Basin Reserve. All are welcome to attend....
28 October, 2020
John R Reid – New Zealand cricketing great and the country’s oldest surviving Test player, has died in Auckland, aged 92. Reid, regarded as one of the world’s best allro...
15 October, 2020
The stage is set for one of New Zealand’s most hotly contested first-class cricket championships in years, albeit under new COVID-19 playing conditions. Other than six players...
08 October, 2020
Just four months on from the BLACKCAPS Test match victory against India, the hallowed turf of New Zealand’s oldest cricket ground has been stripped back from its usual flush g...
17 June, 2020
The Basin Reserve has been awarded the Domestic long format pitch of the year as part of the annual cricket pitch of the year awards for the 2019-20 season. The Basin joined A...
19 May, 2020
UPDATE AT 12 MAY, 1.00pm Cricket Wellington and the Basin Reserve would like to take the opportunity to clarify information about the impact of COVID-19 on events held at the ...
12 May, 2020
In light of the Government’s raising the Covid-19 response alert to Level 4 in accordance with Health and Safety the Basin Reserve is closed to public access until further not...
30 March, 2020
A Trans-Tasman face-off at Wellington’s iconic Basin Reserve is one of the highlights of a 31-match schedule announced at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021 la...
11 March, 2020
Just days on from hosting a record crowd for a women’s domestic match, the Basin Reserve will now be a host venue of the biggest stage in the women’s game. New Zealand’s oldes...
23 January, 2020
“Drinking beers on a beautiful Wellington day, in bare feet, on lush grass, this hallowed turf of the Basin Reserve. What could be better?” said Martin Morris, who...
26 February, 2019