Rod Latham

Rod Latham
Personal information
Full name
Rodney Terry Latham
Born (1961-06-12) 12 June 1961 (age 63)
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RelationsTom Latham (son)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 177)6 February 1992 v England
Last Test2 January 1993 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 74)1 December 1990 v England
Last ODI19 January 1994 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 4 33 108 126
Runs scored 219 583 6,298 3,048
Batting average 31.28 20.10 37.04 26.97
100s/50s 1/0 0/1 9/36 1/12
Top score 119 60 237* 108
Balls bowled 18 450 1,532 1,637
Wickets 11 35 47
Bowling average 35.09 43.77 24.14
5 wickets in innings 1 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/32 3/20 5/32
Catches/stumpings 5/– 11/– 106/– 50/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2017

Rodney Terry Latham (born 12 June 1961) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Canterbury, and played four Tests and 33 One Day Internationals for New Zealand. He also played rugby union for Canterbury. He was born in Christchurch.

As a cricketer, he was an all rounder whose bowling style suited mostly to one-day cricket. He opened for New Zealand in the 1992 World Cup tournament. Latham played in four Test matches, scoring his only century (119) against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo in 1992.

Latham's son Wicketkeeper-Batsmen Tom Latham has played cricket for New Zealand in all forms of the game.[1]

  1. ^ "New Zealand / Players / Tom Latham". ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2013.