So far, we have watched our local team, Wellington State, play at the Basin Reserve once. This game was against Northerns. Some pictures are shown below. The highlights of the day were a sparkling century from Chris Nevin, who also took a stunning catch, and some fireworks from James Franklin

This picture shows the Basin Reserve ground before the match got under way. The groundsman finishes off preparations in the middle. You can see from the wonderful blueness of the sky that it was a wonderful day

Wellington are batting in this picture. The non-striker is Chris Nevin on his way to a quick-fire hundred. The striker is James Franklin

This is me on the way back from getting a couple of tinnies. This picture is here to show the marvellous grass bank square of the wicket which was our vantage point for most of the day. This disadvantage of the slope was that it is steep enough to gradually slide down.

This picture is towards the end of the game. The Basin Reserve's pavillion dominates the background. New Zealand captain, Stephen Fleming, fields on the boundary in the foreground.

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