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Full name | Thomas William Maxwell Latham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Christchurch, New Zealand | 2 April 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Opening batter, Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Rod Latham (father) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 263) | 14 February 2014 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 1 November 2024 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 24 April 2023 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 48 (previously 23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010/11–present | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Durham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 January 2025 |
Thomas William Maxwell Latham (born 2 April 1992) is a New Zealand international cricketer who is the Test captain of New Zealand cricket team. 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 squads to finish as runners-up in two Cricket World Cup finals in 2015 and 2019.
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[1] and made his ODI debut on 3 February 2012.[2] He made his Test match debut against India in February 2014.