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List of records achieved by Devon Conway and Tom Latham with epic stand in NZ vs WI Test

Akshita Patel

Devon Conway and Tom Latham stitch record partnership [Source: @lightningspeedk/X.com]Devon Conway and Tom Latham stitch record partnership [Source: @lightningspeedk/X.com]

On Day 1 of the 3rd Test between West Indies and New Zealand, Devon Conway and Tom Latham forged a 323-run mega opening partnership. The duo toppled record books and put the Kiwis in a strong spot.

After winning the toss at Bay Oval, the hosts decided to bat first, only to outsmart the Windies’ bowling attack.

Latham and Conway slammed a hundred each and converted the strong start into a record partnership.

Devon Conway-Tom Latham topple record books

Tom Latham hit 137 off 246 balls with 15 fours and one six, while Devon Conway is still unbeaten on 178 off 279 balls. On Day 2, he’ll have the opportunity to slam a double hundred as well.

At stumps on Day 1, New Zealand had 334 runs on the board at the loss of only one wicket, while Latham and Conway registered a record 323-run opening partnership, the second highest in the Kiwis’ Test history

Here’s a list of other records achieved by Conway-Latham

  • 323 runs – the second-highest opening partnership for New Zealand in Tests, behind the 387-run stand of Terry Jarvis and Glenn Turner.
  • Highest-ever opening partnership in a Test match on New Zealand soil, surpassing the previous record of 276.
  • Highest opening partnership in World Test Championship history, breaking Rohit Sharma–Mayank Agarwal’s 317-run stand from 2019.
  • Highest partnership for any wicket in Test cricket in 2025.
  • Fourth-century opening partnership between Tom Latham and Devon Conway, the second-most by a New Zealand opening pair.
  • Second 150+ opening stand for the Latham-Conway pair in Tests.
  • Most runs by a New Zealand opening pair in Tests (1,721 runs in 43 innings), overtaking John Wright and Bruce Edgar.
  • Sixth instance of both New Zealand openers scoring centuries in the same Test innings. 
  • Fourth-longest wait for a first wicket in Tests this century. West Indies needed 520 balls (86.4 overs).
  • Second-highest Day 1 score in New Zealand with only one wicket lost (334/1).
  • Devon Conway’s 178 is the eighth-highest individual score on Day 1 of a Test and the third-highest by a New Zealander.
  • First time in 14 years that a New Zealand captain chose to bat first at home in a Test match.