Cricketer Tom Latham

He is the son of former cricketer Rod Latham. He has the most Test centuries for New Zealand opening batsmen. Latham was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship. He was also a part of the New Zealand squad to finish as runners-up at the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

Tom Latham

Personal information
Full name	Thomas William Maxwell Latham
Born	(1992-04-02) 2 April 1992 (age 32) Christchurch, New Zealand
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Wicket-keeper-batter
Relations	Rod Latham (father)
International information
National side	New Zealand (2012–present)
Test debut (cap 263)	14 February 2014 v India
Last Test	17 March 2023 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 170)	3 February 2012 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	17 November 2023 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.	48 (previously 23)
T20I debut (cap 55)	30 June 2012 v West Indies
Last T20I	17 April 2023 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.	48 (previously 23)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2010/11–present	Canterbury
2013	Scotland
2016	Kent
2017–2018	Durham
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 80 147 158 230 Runs scored 5,418 4,099 10,971 6,634 Batting average 39.83 35.03 43.02 36.05 100s/50s 13/28 7/24 26/59 10/39 Top score 264* 145* 264* 145* Balls bowled – – 26 – Wickets – – 1 – Bowling average – – 18.00 – 5 wickets in innings – – 0 – 10 wickets in match – – 0 – Best bowling – – 1/7 – Catches/stumpings 95/– 125/15 216/1 205/22
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  New Zealand ICC Cricket World Cup Runner-up 2015 Australia and New Zealand Runner-up 2019 England and Wales ICC World Test Championship Winner 2019-2021
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 March 2024

He is primarily a batsman who also plays as a wicket-keeper. Playing for Canterbury, he made his first-class cricket debut against Central Districts in 2010 in the Plunket Shield. He was selected for the One-Day International series against Zimbabwe in 2012 and made his ODI debut on 3 February 2012. He made his Test match debut against India in February 2014.

Latham made his debut for Canterbury in the 2010–11 Plunket Shield season, scoring 65 in his maiden first-class cricket innings. He had played youth cricket for Canterbury, captaining the under-19 side, and played for the Canterbury A team from the 2008–09 season. During 2010 Latham had been a member of the Durham County Cricket Club academy in England. He played matches for Durham Second XI and a Northumberland development XI as well as playing club cricket in the North East Premier League in England for Gateshead Fell.

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 Scotland in the 2013 Yorkshire Bank 40 competition, the major English List A competition in 2013, as well as making two further appearances for Durham's second XI. He was selected for the touring New Zealand Test squad during the summer and for the T20 squad, playing in both T20 internationals on the tour.

Kent signed Latham as an overseas player for the 2016 English season. He made his County Championship debut against Glamorgan at Canterbury in May, scoring half-centuries in both innings, the first Kent batsman in history to do so on debut. 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.

In 2017 Latham signed as an overseas player with Durham for the second half of the 2017 English cricket season. In 2023, he signed for Surrey, making his debut against Kent at Canterbury.

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 teammate 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.

In October 2016, while playing against India at Dharamshala Latham became the tenth batsman and the first New Zealander to carry his bat in an ODI.

In January 2017 Latham was named as the New Zealand wicket-keeper for the Chappell-Hadlee series. In the first ODI of that series he equalled New Zealand's record of five dismissals as a wicket keeper in an ODI innings. Due to poor form with the bat,^{[citation needed]} 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 2017 Indian Premier League.

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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

In May 2018, he was one of twenty players to be awarded a new contract for the 2018–19 season by New Zealand Cricket. In December 2018, against Sri Lanka, he made the highest score while carrying the bat in Test cricket, with 264 not out. In April 2019, he was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. In July 2019, in New Zealand's semi-final match against India, 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 Kane Williamson 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 Kane Williamson 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.

Latham has scored 13 centuries in Test cricket and 7 in One Day Internationals matches. His highest Test score of 264 not out came against Sri Lanka at the Basin Reserve in December 2018 and his highest ODI score of 145 not out was made against India at Eden Park in Auckland in November 2022.

List of Test centuries scored by Tom Latham

No.	Score	Against	Date	Venue	Result	Ref
1	103	Pakistan	9 November 2014	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Lost
2	137	Pakistan	17 November 2014	Dubai International Stadium, Dubai	Drawn
3	109*	Sri Lanka	10 December 2015	University of Otago Oval, Dunedin	Won
4	105	Zimbabwe	28 July 2016	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	Won
5	136	Zimbabwe	6 August 2016	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	Won
6	177	Bangladesh	12 January 2017	Basin Reserve, Wellington	Won
7	264*	Sri Lanka	15 December 2018	Basin Reserve, Wellington	Drawn
8	176	Sri Lanka	26 December 2018	Hagley Oval, Christchurch	Won
9	161	Bangladesh	28 February 2019	Seddon Park, Hamilton	Won
10	154	Sri Lanka	22 August 2019	Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo	Won
11	105	England	29 November 2019	Seddon Park, Hamilton	Drawn
12	252	Bangladesh	9 January 2022	Hagley Oval, Christchurch	Won
13	113	Pakistan	26 December 2022	National Bank Cricket Arena, Karachi	Drawn

List of ODI centuries scored by Tom Latham

No.	Score	Against	Date	Venue	Result	Ref
1	110*	Zimbabwe	4 August 2015	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Won
2	137	Bangladesh	26 December 2016	Hagley Oval, Christchurch	Won
3	104	Ireland	21 May 2017	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide	Won
4	103*	India	22 October 2017	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	Won
5	110*	Bangladesh	23 March 2021	Hagley Oval, Christchurch	Won
6	140*	Netherlands	2 April 2022	Seddon Park, Hamilton	Won
7	145*	India	25 November 2022	Eden Park, Auckland	Won