Tom Latham and Devon Conway during ENG vs NZ 3rd Test. PC- X.com/BLACKCAPS
Tom Latham and Devon Conway finally came good for New Zealand in the ongoing Test series against England. Both the openers racked up their respective centuries, and they did so while stitching an unbeaten 200+ run stand.
The Kiwi opener smacked his 17th hundred in the format, while it is the first instance in 22 years that a New Zealand captain has scored a Test century in England. Moreover, Conway has racked up his ninth Test ton.
The Blackcaps won the toss in the series decider, and are making the Ben Stokes-led England pay for preparing a flat track at Trent Bridge.
Tom Latham, Devon Conway get into elite list of openers
As both Tom Latham and Devon Conway scored their respective centuries, they became the first Kiwi opening pair to do so in England. The first men to achieve this milestone as a pair were India's Syed Mushtaq Ali and Vijay Merchant at Manchester in 1936.
Apart from that, four Australian opening pairs have done so. Two South African pairs and a West Indies duo have also accomplished it.
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Notably, Latham and Conway are the only ones among the eight opening pairs to score centuries in the first innings of a Test match in England.
Openers scoring centuries in a Test innings in England
- Syed Mushtaq Ali and Vijay Merchant (IND), Manchester, 1936
- Bill Lawry and Bob Simpson (Australia), Manchester, 1964
- Gordon Greenidge and Roy Fredericks (West Indies), Leeds, 1976
- Geoff Marsh and Mark Taylor (Australia), Nottingham, 1989
- Mark Taylor and Michael Slater (Australia), Lord's, 1993
- Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa), Birmingham, 2005
- Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer (Australia), Oval, 2008
- Tom Latham and Devon Conway (New Zealand), Nottingham, 2026*
Tom Latham, Devon Conway make history for New Zealand
Additionally, Tom Latham and Devon Conway have made the Blackcaps proud even more. They have become the first New Zealand opening pair to reach the 2,000-run mark in the Test cricket.
Latham and Conway achieved the landmark during the first session of Day 1 of the ongoing Nottingham Test against England.
They were already the most successful opening pair for the Blackcaps in Tests. Next behind them are Bruce Edgar and John Wright, who scored 1,655 runs in 56 matches.
Moreover, the left-handed opening duo holds the highest opening stand for New Zealand in Tests: 323 vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, 2025. Among the highest stands for any wicket for the Kiwis, their partnership of 323 stands in the ninth position.
Tom Latham, Devon Conway achieve stuff of legends
Tom Latham and Devon Conway have also shared their second 200+ partnership for New Zealand in Tests. Their previous 200-plus partnership was the legendary 323 against the West Indies.
While attaining the milestone against England, Latham and Conway levelled the tallies of Martin Crowe & Andrew Jones and Brendon McCullum & Kane Williamson, who have shared two double-hundred partnerships.
Ahead of them are just Henry Nicholas & Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor & Kane Williamson, both scored three 200+ run stands.
Most 200+ Partnerships for New Zealand in Tests
- 3 - Henry Nicholls & Kane Williamson
- 3 - Ross Taylor & Kane Williamson
- 2 - Devon Conway & Tom Latham*
- 2 - Martin Crowe & Andrew Jones
- 2 - Brendon McCullum & Kane Williamson
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