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TWM Latham
India · Left-arm orthodox · Batter
TWM Latham has played 333 matches across international and domestic cricket, amassing 13,352 runs at a career batting average of 36.09. The majority of his cricket has come for New Zealand, where he has made 265 appearances. His primary competition is the One-Day International format, where 148 of those matches have been played, though his Test record of 6,261 runs at 39.63 represents his strongest output by average. On recent form, Latham closed March 2026 with an unbeaten 63 from 55 balls in a T20I win over South Africa at Eden Park, building on a productive Super Smash campaign in which he made 75 from 48 balls against Otago in late December 2025.
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Bat Avg
36.1
2026 Season Context
Recent form
Latham closed out the T20I series against South Africa with an unbeaten 63 from 55 balls at Eden Park on 20 March 2026, after a quieter middle stretch of the Super Smash season. Before that series, he
Strongest format
One-Day International — ODIs account for 148 of Latham's 333 career matches, more than any other format, with 4,383 runs at a strike rate of 85.36. While his Test average edg
Career stats overview
91 Test · 148 ODI · 94 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
91 matches
6,261
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
148 matches
4,383
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
94 matches
2,708
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
215
wickets
Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
112
wickets
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
38.4
batting avg
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
198
wkts in 48 M
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
14
five-wicket hauls
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
2
finals played
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
Over 13,000 career runs across all formats
Latham has accumulated 13,352 runs from 333 matches at a career batting average of 36.09. The bulk of that output has come in international cricket, with 265 of those appearances in New Zealand colours.
Test average of 39.63 across 91 matches
In 91 Test matches, Latham has scored 6,261 runs at 39.63. That makes the longer format his strongest by average, even if ODIs account for the most appearances in his career record.
Exceptional numbers against Bangladesh
Across 28 matches against Bangladesh, Latham has averaged 62.11 with 1,677 runs. That is comfortably his highest average against any opponent tracked in our data.
Hagley Oval is his most productive ground
In 38 matches at Hagley Oval, Latham has scored 2,041 runs at an average of 44.37. No other venue in his record comes close for volume of runs.
T20 form at the top of the order has been sharp
Latham struck an unbeaten 63 from 55 balls against South Africa on 20 March 2026 and earlier posted 75 from 48 balls in the Super Smash. His T20 Blast strike rate of 138.14 across 39 matches shows he can shift gears in short-format cricket.
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.