Tom Latham
Tom Latham Century in ICC Champions Trophy 2025: The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 began in Karachi and a miracle took place on the first day. In the first match of the ICC Champions Trophy being played between hosts Pakistan and New Zealand, the toss was won by Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan and decided to bowl first which looked correct for the first 10 overs. New Zealand lost 2 wickets within 10 overs, then Will Young and Tom Latham took a foot of Pakistani bowlers fiercely. As a result, New Zealand both batsmen scored a unique feat of scoring a century in the same match of the Champions Trophy.
New Zealand opener Will Young scored a brilliant century by making his debut in the Champions Trophy and became the 9th batsman in the world to score a century in his first match in the Champions Trophy. Will Young scored 107 runs. After this, Tom Latham took the front and hit the banging century while following the footsteps of his fellow batsman.
In a match of Champions Trophy when 2 batsmen of the same team scored centuries
- Virender Sehwag (126) and Sourav Ganguly (117*) vs England, Colombo (RPS), 2002
- Chris Gayle (101) and Dwayne Bravo (112*) vs England, Ahmedabad, 2006
- Shane Watson (136*) and Ricky Ponting (111*) vs England, Centurion, 2009 S.F.
- Shakib Al Hasan (114) and Mahmudullah (102*) vs New Zealand, Cardiff, 2017
- Will Young (107) and Tom Latham (100*) vs Pakistan, Karachi, 2025
Tom Latham hit the 8th hundred of his ODI career off 95 balls. With this, Latham finished the drought of his long -run century. Tom Latham scored a century in international cricket after 784 days and 79 innings. In this way, he has become the world’s third and New Zealand wicketkeeper batsman to score a century in the history of the Champions Trophy. Earlier, only Zimbabwe’s wicketkeeper -Ballebaaz Andy Flower and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara achieved this position.
Wicketkeeper batsman who scored a century in Champions Trophy history
- Andy Flower (2002)
- Kumar Sangakkara (2013)
- Tom Latham (2025)*
Pakistan gets a target of 321 runs
Due to the century of opener Will Young and captain Tom Latham, New Zealand team gave hosts Pakistan a big target of 321 runs. Young scored 107 while Tom Latham scored 118 runs. The two had a partnership of 118 runs for the fourth wicket. Glenn Philips scored 61 off 39 balls.
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