Thomas William Maxwell Latham (born 2 April 1992) is a New Zealand international

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er who is vice-captain of the

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and ODIs. He is the son of former cricketer

Rod Latham Rodney Terry Latham (born 12 June 1961) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Canterbury, and played four Tests and 33 One Day Internationals for New Zealand. He also played rugby union for Canterbury. He was born i ...

. He has the highest number of centuries among the New Zealand openers in Tests. He is primarily a batsman who also plays as a

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. Playing for

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, he made his

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debut against

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in 2010 in the

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. He was selected for the

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series against

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in 2012 and made his ODI debut on 3 February 2012. He made his

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debut against India in February 2014.

Domestic cricket career

Latham made his debut for

in the

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, scoring 65 in his maiden

innings.First-class matches played by Tom Latham
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-07-16.

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, 2010-11-19. Retrieved 2016-07-16. He had played youth cricket for Canterbury, captaining the under-19 side, and played for the Canterbury A team from the 2008–09 season.Teams Tom Latham played for
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-07-16.Latham- one record down, the next in his sights
New Zealand Cricket, 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2016-07-16. During 2010 Latham had been a member of the

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academy in England. He played matches for Durham Second XI and a Northumberland development XI as well as playing club cricket in the

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in England for Gateshead Fell.Miscellaneous matches played by Tom Latham
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-07-16.Latham leading Fell into pole position
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'', 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2016-07-16.Three to tango

, 2013-02-26. Retrieved 2016-07-16. Latham has appeared in all formats of the game for Canterbury. He spent the 2013 English summer playing in north-east England again, playing for South Shields in the North East Premier League and

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in the

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competition, the major English

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competition in 2013, as well as making two further appearances for Durham's second XI.Tom Latham is the man to lift South Shields
''The Journal'', 2013-06-08. Retrieved 2016-07-16.Kiwi ace Tom Latham stars for South Shields
''The Journal'', 2013-06-10. Retrieved 2016-07-16.Kiwi import Tom Latham vows to rack up runs for the Saltires at Durham today
'' Daily Record'', 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2016-07-16.Routine and easy victory for Durham
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'', 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2016-07-16. He was selected for the touring New Zealand Test squad during the summerRonchi picked in New Zealand one-day squad

, 2013-04-05. Retrieved 2016-07-16.Guptill and Taylor shine in solid workout

, 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2016-07-16. and for the T20 squad, playing in both T20 internationals on the tour.Rutherford, Latham picked for T20 squad

, 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2016-07-16.Blaydon hopeful of a winning weekend after victory over Durham Academy
''The Journal'', 2013-07-12. Retrieved 2016-07-16.

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signed Latham as an overseas player for the 2016 English season.Kent: New Zealand's Tom Latham signs for 2016
BBC sport, 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2016-07-16. He made his

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debut against

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in May, scoring half-centuries in both innings, the first Kent batsman in history to do so on debut.Bell-Drummond and Latham continue prolific start

, 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2016-07-16.Overseas batsman Tom Latham from New Zealand reveals what he will bring to Kent Cricket
''Kent Online'', 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2016-07-16. After playing in all three formats of the game for the county, Latham left Kent in mid-July to join the New Zealand team in Zimbabwe.Latham uses 'silly season' to prepare for Africa

, 2016-07-15. Retrieved 2016-07-16. In 2017 Latham signed as an overseas player with Durham for the second half of the

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.Tom Latham: Durham sign New Zealand batsman for second half of 2017

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, 2017-01-26. Retrieved 2017-04-05.

International career

Latham scored 24 runs on debut, batting at number five, in an ODI against

in 2012. He made his

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debut against the

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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

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, 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

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 teammate

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. In doing so he helped his side to an overseas series victory. By July 2014 he had claimed the spot of

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after a run of poor form for incumbents

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and

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. His first Test century was achieved against

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, 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

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for the

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. He also shared Test wicket-keeping duties against England with

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, keeping for New Zealand in the first Test at

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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

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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. In October 2016, while playing against

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Latham became the tenth batsman and the first New Zealander to

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in an ODI.Latham carries bat as NZ fold for 190

, 2016-10-16. Retrieved 2017-04-05. In January 2017 Latham was named as the New Zealand wicket-keeper for the Chappell-Hadlee series.New Zealand call up Blundell for Chappell-Hadlee ODIs

, 2017-01-21. Retrieved 2017-04-05. In the first ODI of that series he equalled New Zealand's record of five dismissals as a wicket keeper in an ODI innings.New Zealand beats Australia by six runs in thrilling first ODI
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'', 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2017-04-05. Due to poor form with the bat, however, he was dropped on 1 March for the series against South Africa. In May 2017 Latham was recalled and named as captain for the Ireland Tri-Series against Ireland and Bangladesh in Ireland with a number of regular players playing in the

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. In October 2017, Latham was given the wicketkeeping duties against India and moved down to no. 5 due to his ability to play against spin. He scored 103* from 102 balls in game 1 of the 3-match series. In December 2017 Latham resumed his role as acting ODI captain against West Indies with Kane Williamson and Tim Southee rested. In May 2018, he was one of twenty players to be awarded a new contract for the 2018–19 season by

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. In December 2018, against Sri Lanka, he made the highest score while carrying the bat in Test cricket, with 264

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. In April 2019, he was named in New Zealand's squad for the

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. In July 2019, in New Zealand's semi-final match against

, Latham played in his 150th international match for New Zealand. In January 2020, in the third Test against Australia, Latham captained New Zealand for the first time in Test cricket, after

was ruled out of the match due to flu. In February 2020, in the first and second ODI against India, Latham captained New Zealand to win by 4 Wickets and 22 runs after

was ruled out of the match due to a shoulder injury. In December 2022, during the first Test against Pakistan, Latham scored his 13th century in Test cricket, the most by a New Zealand opener in Tests.

List of international centuries

Latham has scored 13

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in Test cricket and 6 in One Day Internationals matches. His highest Test score of 264

came against

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at the Basin Reserve in December 2018 and his highest ODI score of 140 not out was made against the

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in April 2022.

References

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