New Zealand vs Bangladesh 2nd Test : The second test match is being played between New Zealand and Bangladesh at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. On the second day of this Test match, New Zealand captain Tom Latham has made a new world record. Tom Latham has done something that has never happened in the history of international cricket till date. Tom Latham’s unique world record became the name of Tom Latham after scoring 252 runs in 373 balls with the help of 34 fours and 2 sixes.
Tom Latham has become the first player to score exactly 252 runs in International Cricket (Men/Female). Now all scores from 0 to 264 have been made at least once in the history of international cricket. The history of cricket is quite old but the personal score of 252 runs had not been made by any batsman till date, so this record of Tom Latham is quite unique in itself.
At the same time Tom Latham’s score of 252 runs is also the highest personal score at Hagley Oval. This is Tom Latham’s second double Test century of his Test career. Earlier, Tom Latham scored 264 runs against Sri Lanka, which is also his best score in Test cricket. On the other hand, if we talk about the second test match, then the New Zealand team has declared the first innings by scoring 521 runs for 6 wickets.
Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl first. However, his decision proved to be wrong and on the very first day of the Test match, the New Zealand team had scored more than 350 runs at the loss of just one wicket. On the other hand, New Zealand’s batsmen and bowlers dominated in the second day’s play as well. Apart from Tom Latham’s 252 runs, Conway also played an innings of 109 runs. Till the time of writing the news, Bangladesh team has scored 53 runs for the loss of 5 wickets.