TWM Latham of New Zealand scored 71 and 62 in the just concluded test against Pakistan at Karachi to provide the 27^th occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	CS Dempster	136	80*	NZl	Eng	Wellington	24 Jan 1930
2	CS Dempster	53	120	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	27 Jun 1931
3	HG Vivian	58	50	NZl	Eng	Manchester	24 Jul 1937
4	B Sutcliffe	88	54	NZl	Eng	The Oval	13 Aug 1949
5	GT Dowling	74	58	NZl	SAF	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961
6	RE Redmond	107	56	NZl	Pak	Auckland	16 Feb 1973
7	GM Turner	101	110*	NZl	Aus	Christchurch	08 Mar 1974
8	JFM Morrison	58	58	NZl	Eng	Auckland	20 Feb 1975
9	BA Edgar	62	76	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983
10	GP Howarth	62	60	NZl	Srl	Kandy	09 Mar 1984
11	BA Edgar	50	52	NZl	Aus	Sydney	22 Nov 1985
12	JG Wright	56	59	NZl	Aus	Auckland	13 Mar 1986
13	JG Wright	75	138	NZl	Win	Wellington	20 Feb 1987
14	MJ Greatbatch	87	88	NZl	Zim	Bulawayo	01 Nov 1992
15	MJ Horne	93	60	NZl	SAF	Auckland	27 Feb 1999
16	L Vincent	104	54	NZl	Aus	Perth	30 Nov 2001
17	MH Richardson	95	71	NZl	Win	St George’s	28 Jun 2002
18	MH Richardson	55	55	NZl	Srl	Kandy	03 May 2003
19	MH Richardson	93	101	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	20 May 2004
20	MJ Guptill	97	67	NZl	Win	North Sound	25 Jul 2012
21	PG Fulton	136	110	NZl	Eng	Auckland	22 Mar 2013
22	PG Fulton	73	59	NZl	Ban	Chattogram	09 Oct 2013
23	TWM Latham	83	73	NZl	Win	Kingston	08 Jun 2014
24	TWM Latham	52	52	NZl	Ind	Christchurch	29 Feb 2020
25	TWM Latham	95	52	NZl	Ind	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021
26	WA Young	52	69	NZl	Ban	Mt Maunganui	01 Jan 2022
27	TWM Latham	71	62	NZl	Pak	Karachi	02 Jan 2023

It also provides the second occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against Pakistan. Prior to Latham. RE Redmond had scored 107 and 56 at Auckland in Feb 1973. It took almost fifty years for TWM Latham to emulate RE Redmond in scoring twin fifties in a test against Pakistan.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RE Redmond	107	56	NZl	Pak	Auckland	16 Feb 1973
2	TWM Latham	71	62	NZl	Pak	Karachi	02 Jan 2023

TWM Latham has scored twin fifties in a test on four occasions. He now owns the record for a New Zealand opening batsman accomplishing such a feat on most occasions. He went past MH Richardson who had scored twin fifties on three occasions.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MH Richardson	95	71	NZl	Win	St George’s	28 Jun 2002
2	MH Richardson	55	55	NZl	Srl	Kandy	03 May 2003
3	MH Richardson	93	101	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	20 May 2004
1	TWM Latham	83	73	NZl	Win	Kingston	08 Jun 2014
2	TWM Latham	52	52	NZl	Ind	Christchurch	29 Feb 2020
3	TWM Latham	95	52	NZl	Ind	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021
4	TWM Latham	71	62	NZl	Pak	Karachi	02 Jan 2023