Tom Latham (cricketer)

For the English cricketer and barrister, see Thomas Latham (cricketer).
Tom Latham
Personal information
Full name Thomas William Maxwell Latham
Born (1992-04-02) 2 April 1992
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
YearsTeam
2010–present Canterbury
2013 Scotland
2016 Kent
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 23 38 71 88
Runs scored 1,614 917 4,796 2,419
Batting average 38.42 29.58 41.34 34.07
100s/50s 5/8 1/4 9/31 3/12
Top score 137 110* 261 130
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 22/0 21/1 86/1 62/3
Source: CricInfo, 26 September 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. He was selected for the One Day International series against Zimbabwe in 2012[1] and made his ODI debut on 3 February 2012.[2] He made his Test match debut against India in February 2014.

Latham is the son of former New Zealand cricketer Rod Latham.[3]

Domestic cricket career

Latham made his debut for Canterbury in the 2010–11 Plunket Shield season, scoring 65 in his maiden first-class cricket innings.[4][5] He had played youth cricket for Canterbury, captaining the under-19 side, and played for the Canterbury A team from the 2008–09 season.[6][7] 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.[7][8][9][10]

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.[8][11][12][13][14] He was selected for the touring New Zealand Test squad during the summer[15][16] and for the T20 squad, playing in both T20 internationals on the tour.[17][18]

Kent signed Latham as an overseas player for the 2016 English season.[19] 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.[20][21] 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.[22]

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.

On October 2016 , while playing against India at Dharamshala Tom Latham became the tenth batsman and the first player from New Zealand to carry his bat in an ODI.[23]

International centuries

Test centuries

As of 10 August 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 LankaNew Zealand Dunedin, New ZealandUniversity Oval 2015 Won
4 105 19  Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Queen's Sports Club 2016 Won
5 136 20  Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Queen's Sports Club 2016 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

International awards

ODI Man of the match

# Match PerformanceAgainst City/Country Venue Year Result
1 1ct. ; 110* (116 balls ,7×4 ,2×6)  Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Harare, Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 2015 Won

References

  1. ↑ Bates, Latham picked; Brendon McCullum to lead. ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved on 2012-01-03
  2. ↑ Zimbabwe in New Zealand ODI Series – 1st ODI. ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved on 2012-02-03
  3. ↑ Tom Latham, Player profile, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  4. ↑ First-c;ass matches played by Tom Latham, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  5. ↑ Neil Wagner stars in Otago win. CricInfo, 2010-11-19. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  6. ↑ Teams Tom Latham played for, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  7. 1 2 Latham- one record down, the next in his sights, New Zealand Cricket, 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  8. 1 2 Miscellaneous matches played by Tom Latham, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  9. ↑ Latham leading Fell into pole position, Northern Echo, 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  10. ↑ Three to tango, CricInfo, 2013-02-26. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  11. ↑ Tom Latham is the man to lift South Shields, The Journal, 2013-06-08. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  12. ↑ Kiwi ace Tom Latham stars for South Shields, The Journal, 2013-06-10. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  13. ↑ Kiwi import Tom Latham vows to rack up runs for the Saltires at Durham today, Daily Record, 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  14. ↑ Routine and easy victory for Durham, Northern Echo, 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  15. ↑ Ronchi picked in New Zealand one-day squad, CricInfo, 2013-04-05. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  16. ↑ Guptill and Taylor shine in solid workout, CricInfo, 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  17. ↑ Rutherford, Latham picked for T20 squad, CricInfo, 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  18. ↑ Blaydon hopeful of a winning weekend after victory over Durham Academy, The Journal, 2013-07-12. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  19. ↑ Kent: New Zealand's Tom Latham signs for 2016, BBC sport, 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  20. ↑ Bell-Drummond and Latham continue prolific start, CricInfo, 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  21. ↑ Overseas batsman Tom Latham from New Zealand reveals what he will bring to Kent Cricket, Kent Online, 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  22. ↑ Latham uses 'silly season' to prepare for Africa, CricInfo, 2016-07-15. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  23. ↑ "Latham carries bat as NZ fold for 190". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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