Latham-Conway equaled 96 years old record, scored 317 runs for the first wicket against England

Delhi: In the third Test match between England and New Zealand being played at Trent Bridge ground in Nottingham, the openers of the Kiwi team added a new chapter in the record book. New Zealand’s opening batsmen not only scored centuries, but also left behind a long standing historical achievement.

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Strong start with long partnership

Openers Tom Latham and Devon Conway gave a great start to the New Zealand team, which came to bat first. Both the batsmen showed a great balance of restraint and aggression and made a huge partnership of 317 runs for the first wicket. This partnership overshadowed the England bowlers in the initial stages of the match.

Both the openers converted this partnership into individual centuries, putting New Zealand’s innings in an even stronger position.

Equalization of 96 years old record and new history

The special thing in this match was that New Zealand’s openers repeated the 96-year-old record of scoring a century in a single innings in Test cricket. Earlier this achievement was recorded in the year 1930, when New Zealand’s openers had scored centuries against England.

This achievement of Latham and Conway is being counted among the most memorable innings of New Zealand’s opening combination in Test history.

Place in the historical list of record partnerships

This partnership of 317 runs for the first wicket in Test cricket has now reached 14th place in the all-time list. Overall, this is the 15th time that a partnership of 300 or more runs has been recorded for the first wicket in the Test.

The special thing is that the pair of Latham and Conway have been successful in making a partnership of more than 300 runs for the second time in Test cricket, which shows their consistency.

Highest first wicket test partnerships

The record for the highest partnership for the first wicket in Test cricket is held by Neil McKenzie and Graeme Smith of South Africa, who added 415 runs against Bangladesh in 2008.

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Other major partnerships since then have been:

Between Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy for India – 413 runs vs New Zealand
Between Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid for India – 410 runs vs Pakistan
Glenn Turner and Terry Jarvis for New Zealand – 387 runs vs West Indies
Between Bill Lawry and Bob Simpson for Australia – 382 runs vs West Indies