#basin reserve

2 incidents tagged

Chappell Brothers — Twin Centuries Each at Wellington, 1974

Australia vs New Zealand

1-6 March 1974

At the Basin Reserve in March 1974, Greg Chappell made 247 not out and 133, and his elder brother Ian Chappell made 145 and 121 — the only instance in Test history of two brothers each scoring a hundred in both innings of the same match. Greg's 380 runs in the Test stood as the world record for runs by a player in one Test until Graham Gooch's 333 and 123 against India at Lord's in July 1990.

#Greg Chappell#Ian Chappell#twin centuries

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Ray Lindwall's Test Debut — Wellington, March 1946

Australia v New Zealand

1946-03-29

Ray Lindwall — recently demobilised from the Australian Army's New Guinea campaign — took the new ball in his Test debut at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, on 29 March 1946. He took 1/13 and 1/16 in a match completed in two days as New Zealand were dismissed for 42 and 54. Decades later the ICC retrospectively granted the fixture full Test status (March 1948 ratification), confirming Lindwall's first cap in the same match in which Bill O'Reilly bowled the last over of his Test career.

#lindwall#test-debut#australia