CuriousCity: Behind the Basin scoreboardMONIQUE FORD / Stuff.co.nz Cricket Wellington operations executive Ryan Holland gives us a run down on the Basin reserve scoreboard. A cricket scoring area is a place for passionate cricket followers, and nowhere is that more evident than behind the wall of the Basin Reserve scoreboard in Wellington. MONIQUE FORD/FAIRFAX NZ Basin Reserve scoreboard attendants, from left, Jack Laurenson, Nick Denby, Harry Nevin, George Leach, Charlie Morris, Nate Wiggins and Zack Aldridge, wait for the rain to clear during the first day of the first test between New Zealand and Bangladesh at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on Thursday. MONIQUE FORD/FAIRFAX NZ The Basin Reserve scoreboard, opened in 1981, is a hands-on operation behind the scenes. Most people at Cricket Wellington had spent time in the scoreboard at one stage or another.

Source: Stuff January 15, 2017 05:20 UTC