TWM Latham of New Zealand carried his bat through with a score of 264 not out in New Zealand’s team total of 578 against Sri Lanka to provide the 56^th occasion of an opening batsman carrying his bat through the completed innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	AB Tancred	26*	47	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
2	JE Barrett	67*	176	3	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	21 Jul 1890
3	R Abel	132*	307	2	Eng	v Aus	Sydney	29 Jan 1892
4	PF Warner	132*	237	3	Eng	v SAF	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899
5	WW Armstrong	159*	309	3	Aus	v SAF	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902
6	JW Zulch	43*	103	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910
7	W Bardsley	193*	383	1	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	26 Jun 1926
8	WM Woodfull	30*	66†	4	Aus	v Eng	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928
9	WM Woodfull	73*	193†	4	Aus	v Eng	Adelaide	13 Jan 1933
10	WA Brown	206*	422	2	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
11	L Hutton	202*	344	2	Eng	v Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
12	L Hutton	156*	272	2	Eng	v Aus	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
13	Nazar Mohammad	124*	331	2	Pak	v Ind	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952
14	FMM Worrell	191*	372	2	Win	v Eng	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957
15	TL Goddard	56*	99	3	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957
16	DJ McGlew	127*	292	1	SAF	v NZl	Durban	08 Dec 1961
17	CC Hunte	60*	131	3	Win	v Aus	Port of Spain	14 May 1965
18	GM Turner	43*	131	4	NZl	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jul 1969
19	WM Lawry	49*	107	3	Aus	v Ind	Delhi	28 Nov 1969
20	WM Lawry	60*	116†	4	Aus	v Eng	Sydney	09 Jan 1971
21	GM Turner	223*	386	2	NZl	v Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
22	IR Redpath	159*	346	3	Aus	v NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 1974
23	G Boycott	99*	215	4	Eng	v Aus	Perth	14 Dec 1979
24	SM Gavaskar	127*	286	3	Ind	v Pak	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
25	Mudassar Nazar	152*	323	1	Pak	v Ind	Lahore	23 Jan 1983
26	S Wettimuny	63*	144	2	Srl	v NZl	Christchurch	04 Mar 1983
27	DC Boon	58*	103	3	Aus	v NZl	Auckland	13 Mar 1986
28	DL Haynes	88*	211	3	Win	v Pak	Karachi	20 Nov 1986
29	GA Gooch	154*	252	3	Eng	v Win	Leeds	06 Jun 1991
30	DL Haynes	75*	176	2	Win	v Eng	The Oval	08 Aug 1991
31	AJ Stewart	69*	175	3	Eng	v Pak	Lord’s	18 Jun 1992
32	DL Haynes	143*	382	3	Win	v Pak	Port of Spain	16 Apr 1993
33	MH Dekker	68*	187	4	Zim	v Pak	Rawalpindi	09 Dec 1993
34	MA Atherton	94*	228	2	Eng	v NZl	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997
35	G Kirsten	100*	239	1	SAF	v Pak	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997
36	MA Taylor	169*	350	2	Aus	v SAF	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998
37	GW Flower	156*	321	1	Zim	v Pak	Bulawayo	14 Mar 1998
38	Saeed Anwar	188*	316	3	Pak	v Ind	Kolkata	16 Feb 1999
39	MS Atapattu	216*	428	2	Srl	v Zim	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
40	RP Arnold	104*	231	2	Srl	v Zim	Harare	04 Dec 1999
41	Javed Omar	85*	168†	3	Ban	v Zim	Bulawayo	19 Apr 2001
42	V Sehwag	201*	329	1	Ind	v Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
43	SM Katich	131*	268	3	Aus	v NZl	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008
44	CH Gayle	165*	317	3	Win	v Aus	Adelaide	04 Dec 2009
45	Imran Farhat	117*	223	1	Pak	v NZl	Napier	11 Dec 2009
46	R Dravid	146*	300	2	Ind	v Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 2011
47	TMK Mawoyo	163*	412	1	Zim	v Pak	Bulawayo	01 Sep 2011
48	DA Warner	123*	233	4	Aus	v NZl	Hobart	09 Dec 2011
49	CA Pujara	145*	312	1	Ind	v Srl	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015
50	D Elgar	118*	214	2	SAF	v Eng	Durban	26 Dec 2015
51	KC Brathwaite	142*	337	2	Win	v Pak	Sharjah	30 Oct 2016
52	AN Cook	244*	491	2	Eng	v Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
53	D Elgar	86*	177	4	SAF	v Ind	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018
54	D Elgar	141*	311	1	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018
55	FDM Karunaratne	158*	287	1	Srl	v SAF	Galle	12 Jul 2018
56	TWM Latham	264*	578	2	NZl	v Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2018

TWM Latham of New Zealand carried his bat through with a score of 264 not out in New Zealand’s team total of 578 against Sri Lanka to provide the fifth occasion of a an opening batsman carrying his bat through the completed innings in the annals of test cricket when a team has posted a team total in excess of 400 plus runs in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the very first occasion of a team posting a total of 500 plus runs in an innings

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	TMK Mawoyo	163*	412	1	Zim	v Pak	Bulawayo	1 Sep 2011
2	WA Brown	206*	422	2	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
3	MS Atapattu	216*	428	2	Srl	v Zim	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
4	AN Cook	244*	491	2	Eng	v Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
5	TWM Latham	264*	578	2	NZl	v Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2018

TWM Latham of New Zealand carried his bat through with a score of 264 not out in New Zealand’s team total of 578 against SriLanka to provide the seventh occasion of an opening batsman carrying his bat through the completed innings in the annals of test cricket when a batsman has scored 200 plus runs. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	TWM Latham	264*	578	2	NZl	v Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2018
2	AN Cook	244*	491	2	Eng	v Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
3	GM Turner	223*	386	2	NZl	v Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
4	MS Atapattu	216*	428	2	Srl	v Zim	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
5	WA Brown	206*	422	2	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
6	L Hutton	202*	344	2	Eng	v Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
7	V Sehwag	201*	329	1	Ind	v Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008

TWM Latham became the second New Zealand batsman to perform such a feat and his feat provides the third such occasion by a New Zealand batsman. All the three occasions are tabulated below. TWM Lathamis the second New Zealand batsman to carry his bat through in a completed innings with a score of 200 plus runs. GM Turner had scored 223 not out against Win atKingston in Feb 1973           

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	GM Turner	43*	131	4	NZl	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jul 1969
2	GM Turner	223*	386	2	NZl	v Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
3	TWM Latham	264*	578	2	NZl	v Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2018

TWM Latham’s feat of carrying the bat through against Sri Lanka provides the third occasion of a batsman performing such a feat against Sri Lanka. All the three occasions are tabulated below. TWM Latham is the second New Zealand batsman to carry his bat through in a completed innings with a score of 200 plus runs against Sri Lanka. V Sehwag of India had made 201not out at Galle in Jul 2008

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	V Sehwag	201*	329	1	Ind	v Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
2	CA Pujara	145*	312	1	Ind	v Srl	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015
3	TWM Latham	264*	578	2	NZl	v Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2018

TWM Latham of New Zealand carried his bat through with a score of 264 not out in New Zealand’s team total of 578 against SriLanka represents the highest individual score by an opening batsman while carrying his bat through the completed innings in the annals of test cricket. Theprevious best was 244 not out by AN Cook of Eng against Aus at Melbourne in Dec 2017. Both the occasions are tabulatedbelow.

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	TWM Latham	264*	578	2	NZl	v Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2018
2	AN Cook	244*	491	2	Eng	v Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017