tom latham Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
tom latham is a cricketer(sportsman) from New Zealand. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Thomas William Maxwell Latham
Born
April 02, 1992, Christchurch, Canterbury
Age
31 years old
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Playing Role
Wicketkeeper Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 74 | 144 | 26 | - |
Inn | 130 | 131 | 23 | - |
Runs | 5151 | 3952 | 516 | - |
Avg | 41.54 | 34.37 | 25.8 | - |
SR | 47.17 | 85.19 | 108.86 | - |
HS | 264 | 145 | 65 | - |
NO | 6 | 16 | 3 | - |
100s | 13 | 7 | 0 | - |
50s | 27 | 23 | 3 | - |
4s | 584 | 333 | 42 | - |
6s | 18 | 53 | 8 | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 74 | 144 | 26 | - |
Inn | - | - | - | - |
Balls | - | - | - | - |
Runs | - | - | - | - |
Wkt | - | - | - | - |
BBI | - | - | - | - |
BBM | - | - | - | - |
Eco | - | - | - | - |
Avg | - | - | - | - |
5W | - | - | - | - |
10W | - | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- RT Latham
- New Zealand
- Scotland
- Canterbury
- Canterbury Second XI
- Canterbury Under-19s
- Durham 2nd XI
- New Zealand A
- New Zealand Under-19s
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
In a rain-curtailed match against Sri Lanka, where New Zealand had to chase down 203 in 23 overs, Latham combined well with Luke Ronchi to see his side through to a fine victory. He scored a well-measured 86 which got him the Man of the Match award. He was soon handed his first Test cap against India in 2014 when Ross Taylor was unavailable. Latham was dismissed for a duck in the first innings, but got a start in the second and scored 29. He travelled with the team to the West Indies and scored three successive fifties in the first two Test matches.
On the back of some good performances, he made a comeback into the ODI side for the home series against South Africa, but did not have a great time with the bat. The subsequent ODI series against Pakistan wasn't fruitful for him either. He, however, accrued back-to-back hundreds in the first two matches of the Test series against Pakistan.
Over the years, Latham has established himself as an old-school Test opener who grinds out the new ball and sets the stage for the strokemakers later on. As far as the limited overs formats go, after Brendon McCullum's retirement, he seemed to have cemented his place as an opener in the team. He did show a fair amount of consistency but there was a belief that Latham wasn't able to force the pace at will - an imperative skill these days for a limited-overs opener.
Despite being less-aggressive in nature, Latham did produce the goods and had a good time in 2016-17 when he considerably improved his game in the 50-over format. However, he was later slotted to the middle order, mainly for the tour of India due to his ability to play spin. That coincided with the promotion of Munro as an opener and the latter's instant success at the top meant that Latham continued to cement his place in the middle-order, helping his team build crucial partnerships while at it. Much like Latham's batting, his glovework is also quite dependable and he has adapted to the role with ease despite not being a specialist by design. This ability of his means that New Zealand have more balance in their side.
Latham, time and again, proved that he has great skill and composure to handle spin. While he's good at playing the sweep, Latham also loves using his feet to smother the threat from the spinners. His improved consistency with the bat, primarily in ODIs and Tests, helped him earn the vice-captaincy role and also continues to remain as one of the key members of the New Zealand batting line-up.
By Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
The son of former allrounder Rod Latham, Tom Latham played varied roles for New Zealand since his international debut at the age of 19. He batted in every position from No. 1 to 9 in limited-overs cricket, and also took on the responsibility of being a wicketkeeper. In Tests, however, Latham was primarily used as an opening batsman, and he quickly settled into a position New Zealand had trouble filling for years.
Latham had been part of New Zealand's Under-19 World Cup squad in 2010 and later that year he played first-class cricket for Canterbury. In 2012, he made his debut in ODIs and Twenty20 internationals and was shuffled up and down the order for a while but did not cement his spot.
Following an impressive domestic season, Latham played his first Test, against India in Wellington, in February 2014 and was picked as an opener for the tour of West Indies a few months later. In the Caribbean, he reeled off three successive half-centuries, contributing to an overseas series win. Against Pakistan in the UAE that November, Latham scored centuries in successive Tests, the first New Zealand batsman to do so for 24 years. He has been a fixture at the top of New Zealand's order in Test cricket ever since. In December 2018, he carried his bat in a Test innings against Sri Lanka in Wellington, making 264 not out to set a new Test match record for the highest score by any opener while carrying his bat, surpassing Alastair Cook's 244 not out in 2017 against Australia. He was also only the second New Zealand opener to carry his bat in a Test. Glenn Turner had previously done it twice.
In ODI cricket, he was included in New Zealand's 2015 World Cup squad, but did not get a game as Brendon McCullum's team finished runners-up. However, New Zealand rested several first-choice players from the tour to Africa later that year, and Latham cashed in: he made his maiden ODI hundred in Zimbabwe, and scored three successive half-centuries in South Africa - all while opening the batting. He had had only one 50-plus score in his first 26 ODI innings.
After a lean run in 2017 at the top of the order, he was shifted to No.5 and given the gloves following the retirement of Luke Ronchi. He made 103 not out in his first innings at No.5 in a winning chase against India in Mumbai and remained in that spot all the way through to the 2019 World Cup.
ESPNcricinfo staff