Top 5 left-handed openers from New Zealand

3 Tom Latham

Tom Latham

The pugnacious left-hander has cemented his place at the top of the order over the past few seasons for New Zealand and it seems, that in Tom Latham, the team have a batsman who could go on to become one of their all-time great left-handed opening batsmen.

Latham made his debut when he was only 19 but from the outset, he looked like a batsman who belonged at the highest level. He has a sound defensive technique, which allows him to negotiate pace, swing and seam, while is feet movement and sweeping abilities has made him one of the best players of spin in the side as well.

In his three year career, he has played 33 (34 in total) Test matches as the opening batsman and made 2266 runs at an average of 39.06. Latham has scored 6 centuries and 13 half-centuries in his career so far.