Tom Latham (cricketer)

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Tom Latham
Personal information
Full name Thomas William Maxwell Latham
Born (1992-04-02) 2 April 1992 (age 31)
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Opening or Middle-order Batsman, Occasional Wicket-keeper
Relations Rod Latham (Father)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 263) 14 February 2014 v India
ODI debut (cap 170) 3 February 2012 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no. 48
Domestic team information
Years Team
2010–present Canterbury
2016 Kent
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 18 38 63 86
Runs scored 1,292 917 4,348 2,403
Batting average 38.00 29.58 41.80 34.82
100s/50s 3/7 1/4 7/29 3/12
Top score 137 110* 261 130
Balls bowled 14
Wickets 1
Bowling average 13.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/7
Catches/stumpings 18/0 21/1 79/1 60/3
Source: CricInfo, 18 May 2016

Thomas William Maxwell Latham (born 2 April 1992), known as Tom Latham, is a New Zealand cricketer, who has represented New Zealand in all formats. He is primarily a batsman and a backup Wicket-keeper. Playing for Canterbury, he made his first class debut against Central districts in 2010 in the Plunket Shield.[1] He was selected for the One Day International series against Zimbabwe in 2012[2] and made his ODI debut on 3 February 2012.[3] He made his Test match debut against India in February 2014.

Latham is the son of former New Zealand cricketer Rod Latham.[4]

International career

Latham scored 24 runs on debut, batting at number five, in an ODI against Zimbabwe in 2012. He made his Twenty20 International debut against the West Indies on 30 July, making 15 and 19 in the series. Latham also played in the tour's ODI series but failed to contribute significantly, his highest score being 32. He was recalled against Bangladesh, where he played a bright innings of 43 while opening the batting, and scored a match-winning 86 off 68 balls during the following tour of Sri Lanka.

He made his Test match debut against India in February 2014, with scores of 29 and 0. He then toured the West Indies with New Zealand in June, playing in all three Tests and two T20s. He had a highly successful Test series, scoring three half-centuries and 288 runs in total, finishing second in the series list of top run scorers, just behind team-mate Kane Williamson. In doing so he helped his side to an overseas series victory. By July 2014 he had claimed the spot of opener after a run of poor form for incumbents Hamish Rutherford and Peter Fulton. His first Test century was achieved against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi, on 11 November 2014; he scored 103.

Despite his position as an opening batsman in Test matches, Latham was named as a middle-order batsman and backup wicket-keeper to Luke Ronchi for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. He also shared Test wicket-keeping duties against England with BJ Watling, keeping for New Zealand in the first test at Lord's following an injury to Watling. When he is not a keeper he generally fields close to the wicket or in the slips.

Latham was selected to tour Zimbabwe in 2015 as an opening batsman. During the second ODI of the series, he scored his maiden ODI century of 110 not out as part of an unbeaten partnership with Martin Guptill of 236 as New Zealand won the match by 10 wickets to level the series.

In the third Test against Australia in the 2015-16 Trans–Tasman Trophy, the first ever day-night Test match, Latham became the first man to score a fifty in a day-night Test.

International centuries

Test centuries

As of 23 February 2016
Tom Latham's Test centuries
# Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result
1 103 5  Pakistan United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Sheikh Zayed Stadium 2014 Lost
2 137 6  Pakistan United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai International Cricket Stadium 2014 Drawn
3 109* 15  Sri Lanka New Zealand Dunedin, New Zealand University Oval 2015 Won

One Day International centuries

Tom Latham's One Day International centuries
# Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result
1 110* 28  Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Harare, Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 2015 Won

References

  1. Tom Latham FC debut vs Central districts. ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved on 31-01-2012
  2. Bates, Latham picked; Brendon McCullum to lead. ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved on 31-01-2012
  3. Zimbabwe in New Zealand ODI Series – 1st ODI. ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved on 03-02-2012
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