• Home
  • Match Hub
  • Tom Latham And Will Young Enter The Record Books With Rear Feat Check Full List

Tom Latham And Will Young Enter The Record Books With Rear Feat; Check Full List



Tom Latham and Will Young (Source: @BLACKCAPS/X.com)Tom Latham and Will Young (Source: @BLACKCAPS/X.com)

The ongoing Champions Trophy opening match between Pakistan and New Zealand at the National Stadium in Karachi is turning out to be a hit for the visiting BlackCaps side. Considering, Will Young and Tom Latham, impressed with their respective centuries in this thrilling encounter.

Will Young, who opened the innings alongside Devon Conway, played a fine knock of 107 runs from 130 deliveries with 12 fours and one six to his name, while his partner Tom Latham rocked with 118* from 104 deliveries as he has smashed 10 fours and three sixes for his side.

Thanks to Tom Latham and Young, the New Zealand side are now bossing this game, and on the way, these two have broken a rare record.

In the ninth edition of the Champions Trophy, there's a rare record that these two batters have achieved, as they have now become the fifth duo in the Champions Trophy history to score multiple hundreds for the side in one innings of this prestigious ICC tournament.

The first one to do so were Virender Sehwag and Sourav Ganguly back in the year 2002, which they did against England at Colombo. Therefore, let's have a look at who all the players on this list are.

Multiple Hundreds In A Team Innings In Champions Trophy

Players With Hundreds
Opponent
Venue
Year
Virender Sehwag (126) & Sourav Ganguly (117*)EnglandColombo (RPS)2002
Chris Gayle (101) & Dwayne Bravo (112*)EnglandAhmedabad2006
Shane Watson (136*) & Ricky Ponting (111*)EnglandCenturion2009 SF
Shakib Al Hasan (114) & Mahmudullah (102*)New ZealandCardiff2017
Will Young (107) & Tom Latham (118*)PakistanKarachi2025*

Now, it will be interesting to see if any other batting duo can get on this list, with this being the first match of the tournament.

New Zealand Ahead In CT Opener Against Pakistan

Both players batted exceptionally well to push New Zealand's score to 320 after 50 overs in the first innings. With these two magnificent knocks, the BlackCaps side posted a formidable score on the board, challenging Pakistan in the opening match of this Champions Trophy 2025.