TM Latham of New Zealand scored 113 against Pakistan in the ongoing test at Karachi at the end of the first day to provide the 42^nd occasion of a New Zealand batsman batting at number one scoring a century in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	CS Dempster	136	01	v England	Wellington	24 Jan 1930
2	CS Dempster	120	03	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1931
3	WA Hadlee	116	01	v England	Christchurch	21 Mar 1947
4	B Sutcliffe	101	03	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1949
5	B Sutcliffe	116	01	v England	Christchurch	17 Mar 1951
6	B Sutcliffe	137*	03	v India	Hyd-LBS	19 Nov 1955
7	GT Dowling	129	01	v India	Brabourne	12 Mar 1965
8	GM Turner	259	02	v West Indies	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972
9	RE Redmond	107	02	v Pakistan	Auckland	16 Feb 1973
10	JM Parker	108	01	v Australia	Sydney	05 Jan 1974
11	GM Turner	101	02	v Australia	Christchurch	08 Mar 1974
12	GM Turner	110*	04	v Australia	Christchurch	08 Mar 1974
13	GM Turner	113	02	v India	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976
14	JG Wright	110	02	v India	Auckland	13 Mar 1981
15	BA Edgar	161	02	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982
16	JG Wright	130	01	v England	Auckland	10 Feb 1984
17	JG Wright	107	02	v Pakistan	Karachi	10 Dec 1984
18	JG Wright	119	01	v England	The Oval	21 Aug 1986
19	JG Wright	138	03	v West Indies	Wellington	20 Feb 1987
20	JG Wright	103	01	v England	Auckland	25 Feb 1988
21	TJ Franklin	101	02	v England	Lord’s	21 Jun 1990
22	MJ Greatbatch	133	02	v Pakistan	Hamilton	02 Jan 1993
23	BA Young	120	04	v Pakistan	Christchurch	24 Feb 1994
24	CM Spearman	112	03	v Zimbabwe	Auckland	20 Jan 1996
25	BA Young	267*	01	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997
26	MJ Horne	100	02	v England	Lord’s	22 Jul 1999
27	MH Richardson	106	02	v Pakistan	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001
28	MH Richardson	143	01	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	18 Dec 2001
29	MH Richardson	145	01	v India	Mohali	16 Oct 2003
30	MH Richardson	101	03	v England	Lord’s	20 May 2004
31	TG McIntosh	136	02	v West Indies	Napier	19 Dec 2008
32	TG McIntosh	102	01	v India	Hyd-LBS	12 Nov 2010
33	MJ Guptill	109	01	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	01 Nov 2011
34	PG Fulton	136	01	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2013
35	PG Fulton	110	03	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2013
36	TWM Latham	103	02	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	09 Nov 2014
37	TWM Latham	137	01	v Pakistan	Dub-DSC	17 Nov 2014
38	MJ Guptill	156	01	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	10 Dec 2015
39	TWM Latham	109*	03	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	10 Dec 2015
40	JA Raval	132	02	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	28 Feb 2019
41	TWM Latham	252	01	v Bangladesh	Christchurch	09 Jan 2022
42	TWM Latham	113	02	v Pakistan	Karachi	26 Dec 2022

JG Wright {06} and TWM Latham {05} are the two New Zealand batsman batting at number one to score five or more centuries.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	JG Wright	110	02	v India	Auckland	13 Mar 1981
2	JG Wright	130	01	v England	Auckland	10 Feb 1984
3	JG Wright	107	02	v Pakistan	Karachi	10 Dec 1984
4	JG Wright	119	01	v England	The Oval	21 Aug 1986
5	JG Wright	138	03	v West Indies	Wellington	20 Feb 1987
6	JG Wright	103	01	v England	Auckland	25 Feb 1988
1	TWM Latham	103	02	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	09 Nov 2014
2	TWM Latham	137	01	v Pakistan	Dub-DSC	17 Nov 2014
3	TWM Latham	109*	03	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	10 Dec 2015
4	TWM Latham	252	01	v Bangladesh	Christchurch	09 Jan 2022
5	TWM Latham	113	02	v Pakistan	Karachi	26 Dec 2022