Fringed with pohutukawa trees, the Basin Reserve is a much-loved cricket ground. Photo: NZ HeraldA crowdfunding campaign is being launched to call the country's most famous cricket ground the Support Women's Sport Basin Reserve. They want to raise $100,000 for two years of naming rights of the Basin Reserve in Wellington. The Basin Reserve Trust has struggled to find a naming sponsor for some time. City councillor Fleur Fitzsimmons, who is a Basin Reserve Trustee and holds the recreation and community facilities portfolios, said she supported the campaign.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 17, 2019 05:26 UTC