TWM Latham of New Zealand scored 90 and 52 against India in the just concluded test at Kanpur to provide the 40^th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a ninety and a half century in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JB Hobbs	64	97	Eng	SAF	Durban	14.02.1914
2	RH Catterall	67	98	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	15.06.1929
3	RK Nunes	66	92	Win	Eng	Kingston	03.04.1930
4	B Mitchell	75	95	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	29.01.1932
5	L Hutton	94	76	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	31.01.1947
6	B Mitchell	99	56	SAF	Eng	P Elizabeth	05.03.1949
7	RT Spooner	71	92	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	30.12.1951
8	RB Simpson	75	92	Aus	Win	Melbourne	10.02.1961
9	G Boycott	61	92	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	21.06.1973
10	IVA Richards	50	98	Win	Aus	Melbourne	31.01.1976
11	CG Greenidge	91	96	Win	Pak	Georgetown	18.03.1977
12	BM Laird	92	75	Aus	Win	Brisbane	01.12.1979
13	GA Gooch	99	51	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01.02.1980
14	CG Greenidge	91	97	Win	NZl	Christchurch	22.02.1980
15	MA Atherton	80	99	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	17.06.1993
16	NV Knight	56	96	Eng	Zim	Bulawayo	18.12.1996
17	MA Atherton	58	98*	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	23.07.1998
18	S Ramesh	60	96	Ind	Pak	Delhi	04.02.1999
19	MJ Horne	93	60	NZl	SAF	Auckland	27.02.1999
20	MJ Slater	96	86*	Aus	Win	Sydney	02.01.2001
21	ML Hayden	97	67	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	11.03.2001
22	MA Butcher	51	92	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	11.12.2001
23	ML Hayden	63	96	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	08.03.2002
24	MH Richardson	95	71	NZl	Win	St George’s	28.06.2002
25	GC Smith	94	55	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02.01.2007
26	V Sehwag	66	92	Ind	Aus	Nagpur	06.11.2008
27	Salman Butt	63	92	Pak	Aus	Lord’s	13.07.2010
28	V Sehwag	96	54*	Ind	NZl	Hyd-RGS	12.11.2010
29	G Gambhir	93	64	Ind	SAF	Cape Town	02.01.2011
30	MJ Guptill	97	67	NZl	Win	N Sound	25.07.2012
31	Tamim Iqbal	95	70	Ban	NZl	Dhaka	21.10.2013
32	JK Silva	95	58	Srl	Pak	Dub-DSC	08.01.2014
33	AN Cook	95	70*	Eng	Ind	Southampton	27.07.2014
34	M Vijay	53	99	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09.12.2014
35	CJL Rogers	95	56	Aus	Ind	Sydney	06.01.2015
36	KL Rahul	90	51	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	04.03.2017
37	Fakhar Zaman	94	66	Pak	Aus	Abu Dhabi	16.10.2018
38	RJ Burns	57	90	Eng	Win	Manchester	24.07.2020
39	Tamim Iqbal	90	74*	Ban	Srl	Pallekele	21.04.2021
40	TWM Latham	95	52	NZl`	Ind	Kanpur	25.11.2021

TWM Latham of New Zealand scored 90 and 52 against India in the just concluded test at Kanpur to provide the fourth occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman scoring a ninety and a half century in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the first occasion of a a New Zealand opening batsman scoring a ninety and a half century in a test against India.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MJ Horne	93	60	NZl	SAF	Auckland	27.02.1999
2	MH Richardson	95	71	NZl	Win	St George’s	28.06.2002
3	MJ Guptill	97	67	NZl	Win	N Sound	25.07.2012
4	TWM Latham	95	52	NZl	Ind	Kanpur	25.11.2021

TWM Latham of New Zealand scored 90 and 52 against India in the just concluded test at Kanpur to provide the seventh occasion of an opening batsman scoring a ninety and a half century in a test against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RT Spooner	71	92	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	30.12.1951
2	ML Hayden	97	67	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	11.03.2001
3	MA Butcher	51	92	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	11.12.2001
4	GC Smith	94	55	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02.01.2007
5	AN Cook	95	70*	Eng	Ind	Southampton	27.07.2014
6	CJL Rogers	95	56	Aus	Ind	Sydney	06.01.2015
7	TWM Latham	95	52	NZl`	Ind	Kanpur	25.11.2021

TWM Latham of New Zealand scored 90 and 52 against India in the just concluded test at Kanpur to provide the eighth occasion of an opening batsman scoring a ninety and a half century in a test on Indian soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RT Spooner	71	92	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	30.12.1951
2	S Ramesh	60	96	Ind	Pak	Delhi	04.02.1999
3	ML Hayden	97	67	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	11.03.2001
4	MA Butcher	51	92	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	11.12.2001
5	V Sehwag	66	92	Ind	Aus	Nagpur	06.11.2008
6	V Sehwag	96	54*	Ind	NZl	Hyd-RGS	12.11.2010
7	KL Rahul	90	51	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	04.03.2017
8	TWM Latham	95	52	NZl	Ind	Kanpur	25.11.2021