New Zealand Opening Batsmen Rewrite Test Milestones Versus WI

Cricket action — **Tom Latham** and **Devon Conway** have established a formidable advantage for their team.

Final Test, Mount Maunganui (day four of five)

New Zealand 575-8 dec: Conway 227, Latham 137 and 306-2 dec: Latham 101, Conway 100
West Indies 420: Hodge 123 and 43-0

New Zealand's Tom Latham and Devon Conway made history by becoming the first openers in Test match history to register tons in both innings of a match, setting the West Indies a record 462-run target for victory.

Latham notched up 137 and 101 in this series decider, while Conway added to his mammoth 227 in the first innings with a composed 100 in the second.

The duo had put on a colossal 323-run stand in the first innings, totaling 515 runs overall—a new record for the most runs by an opening pair in a five-day game.

Furthermore, Conway joined an elite club in Test history to achieve a double hundred and a hundred in the same match.

He joined the ranks of legends like Greg Chappell, Sunil Gavaskar, Graham Gooch, Brian Lara, and Kumar Sangakkara in accomplishing this extraordinary feat.

Match Context

Earlier on day four, the Windies were dismissed for 420, facing a deficit of 155 runs, before Latham and Conway returned to bat.

Along with knocks from Kane Williamson (40) and Rachin Ravindra (46), the New Zealand top order propelled their side to 306-2 before a sporting declaration, setting the visitors a near-impossible target of 462 to win and square the series.

At the close of play, West Indies openers had reached 43-0, with John Campbell showing great patience to score two runs from 50 balls, while Brandon King was more aggressive on 37.