Tom Latham, New Zealand's newly appointed Test captain, wants his team to play fearlessly in the upcoming three-match series against India, hoping to break their streak of four consecutive World Test Championship losses that have nearly ended their chances of reaching the final.
Ahead of New Zealand's upcoming three-match Test series against India, wicketkeeper-batter Tom Latham said that it was a massive honour and a huge privilege for him to lead the Black Caps.
This comes after the Kiwis' 2-0 loss to Sri Lanka at Galle, one of the matches ending with the 2021 ICC World Test Champions losing by a massive margin of an innings and 154 runs.
Rourke took 5/55 in 18.5 overs, with an economy rate of 2.92. He got wickets of Pathum Nissanka (27), Dimuth Karunaratne (2), Angelo Mathews (36), Ramesh Mendis (14) and Asitha Fernando (0). He is aged 23 years and 43 days.
In recent times, Kane Williamson, pacers Lockie Ferguson and Adam Milne made themselves unavailable for the latest batch of central contracts, though Williamson was given a casual playing agreement to don the Kiwi colours whenever needed keeping in mind his seniority and standing within the
Outstanding batting performances from batters Alex Carey and Mitchell Marsh helped Australia in clean-sweeping the two-match Test series against New Zealand at Hagley Oval on Monday.
The 31-year-old secured these milestones during Australia's second Test against New Zealand at Christchurch. Latham had a great outing, scoring 38 and 73 in both innings of the game, overcoming a run of poor scores.