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Travel guidePlan a trip to WellingtonCricket by the harbour.Photo: Brett Taylor from Wellington, New Zealand · CC BY 2.0
Academies, nets, shops and clubs within 30 km of Basin Reserve, Wellington, nearest first.
Test · Men · 28 matches, 26 Mar 2004 to 10 Dec 2025
Records come from the matches in our archive, which starts in the 2000s for most grounds, so older records may be missing. Super overs are left out. Lowest all-out counts only innings that lost all ten wickets.
Test · Men
331average first-innings score
from 28 innings
10 of 21 matches with a winner · 7 drawn, tied or no result
Even between batting first and chasing
ODI · Men
256average first-innings score
from 5 innings
4 of 6 matches with a winner
ODI · Women
243average first-innings score
from 11 innings
6 of 12 matches with a winner · 1 drawn, tied or no result
T20 · Men
164average first-innings score
from 44 innings
23 of 45 matches with a winner
Even between batting first and chasing
T20 · Women
138average first-innings scorefrom 38 innings
One-day (50 overs) · Men
251par first-innings score
usually 200–294
229 batting first wins about 39% of the time here
274 batting first wins about 65% of the time here
From 5 first innings at Basin Reserve, Wellington, recent seasons counting most.
One-day (50 overs) · Women
266par first-innings score
usually 223–310
244 batting first wins about 32% of the time here
289 batting first wins about 63% of the time here
From 9 first innings at Basin Reserve, Wellington, recent seasons counting most.
T20 · Men
178par first-innings score
usually 145–205
163 batting first wins about 34% of the time here
193 batting first wins about 64% of the time here
From 43 first innings at Basin Reserve, Wellington, recent seasons counting most.
T20 · Women
145par first-innings score
usually 122–169
130 batting first wins about 34% of the time here
160 batting first wins about 72% of the time here
From 35 first innings at Basin Reserve, Wellington, recent seasons counting most.
A prediction, not a certainty. For fun and insight, not betting.
Par is the recent average first-innings score in the format, adjusted for how this ground and its country have played, leaning on the wider average when a ground has few matches. “Usually” is the middle half of first innings. Only full first innings count (all out or the full overs; no rain-shortened games).
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Museums & art
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington. Usually known as Te Papa, it opened in 1998 after the merging of the National Museum of New Zealand and the National Art Gallery.
Website for Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (opens in a new tab)Fishing
Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River flows through the southern North Island of New Zealand. It flows south-west from the southern Tararua Range for 56 kilometres (35 mi), forming a number of fertile floodplains, including Kaitoke, central Upper Hutt and Lower Hutt.
History
St Mary of the Angels is a Catholic church on the corner of Boulcott Street and O'Reily Avenue in Wellington, New Zealand. It is the parish church for Wellington Central and one of the major churches of the city.
Website for St Mary of the Angels (opens in a new tab)Nature & walks
Wellington Botanic Garden is a botanical garden close to central Wellington in New Zealand. It covers 25 ha of land in a valley between Thorndon and Kelburn, with Glenmore Street as a boundary along the valley floor.
Website for Wellington Botanic Garden (opens in a new tab)Fishing
Lake Wairarapa is a lake at the southern end of the North Island of New Zealand, 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of Wellington. 2 ft).
Museums & art
Zealandia, formerly known as the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, is a protected natural area in Wellington, New Zealand, the first urban completely fenced ecosanctuary, where the biodiversity of 225 ha of forest is being restored. The full name is Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne, often shortened to Zealandia.
History
Futuna Chapel is a building in Wellington, New Zealand designed by the architect John Scott.
Museums & art
The Adam Art Gallery is a purpose-built arts gallery located in the Kelburn Campus of Victoria University of Wellington in Wellington, New Zealand.
Fishing
The Akatarawa River is a short river in the lower North Island of New Zealand. A tributary of Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River, it flows south through the Akatarawa Valley, reaching Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River at the Upper Hutt suburb of Birchville.
Fishing
The Ruamāhanga River runs through the southeastern North Island of New Zealand.
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24 of 38 matches with a winner · 2 drawn, tied or no result
Batting first wins more often
Multi-day · Men
279average first-innings score
from 45 innings
16 of 34 matches with a winner · 11 drawn, tied or no result
Even between batting first and chasing
From every completed match here in our archive. Averages leave out no-results and rain-adjusted (DLS) games; a format is shown only with at least five matches. Batting first is the side that batted in the first innings. Pitches change from season to season, so treat these as a long-run guide.
