Basin Reserve

Blackcaps have found their spark.

Basin Reserve here in Wellington is looking fantastic for the test match next week.

Cheers, Erin.

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Former White Ferns captain Sophie Devine has joined the search for New Zealand's fastest young bowlers, joining forces with black cap Lockie Ferguson as the women's ambassador for the New Zealand Cricket Youth Fast Bowling Challenge.

The 2026 finals will both take place at the Basin Reserve with the boys' final during the lunch break on day three of the first test against India on the 21st of November and the girls' final set during the first ODI against Bangladesh on the 18th of December.

Can I just pump my

own tyres up here? I won that.

The only scoreboard that I think that was working was at the far end of the ground of the place where no one was sitting.

So I'm starting a campaign to get rid of the George and Mildred Stadium for international games and play at the Basin Reserve.

And I reckon 7,000 or 8,000 there would be a hell of a lot better atmosphere than in the George and Mildred.

At the Basin Reserve, you mean, Wads?

Yeah, at the Basin Reserve.

Sorry, yeah.

Yeah, so you'd play a day game in that case.

I don't know what it's...

Blackcaps pace bowler Kyle Jamieson says a stint in domestic cricket has given him the chance to build up bowling more overs as the team approaches a hectic test calendar.

New Zealand will play two tests against India with the first underway in just under a fortnight at the Basin Reserve before the team crosses the Tasman next month for the four-test series against Australia.

You know, this series, the test series, and then we've obviously got the Aussie series as well.

So it was more so trying to find a way to get more overs than four overs.

I actually followed Fred Goodall once.

Well, I actually opened the door in the Basin Reserve and he was in there.

It's

interesting.

almost brazenly just sitting there with an unlocked door.

Yeah.

Although, in fairness to him, the Basin Reserve toilet cubicles, the locks were fickle.

They could sometimes display engaged when they weren't.

So I think we should all roll in on e-scooters.

Oh, I've been banned from the Basin Reserve because...

Oh, that's right.

Paul Ford and I both tried to get