New Zealand Begins Fightback as Latham and Conway Shine with Record Rounds in Final Test Against West Indies
New Zealand: Latham and Conway become the first in Test cricket history to score centuries in both the first and second innings, setting the West Indies a record target of 462 runs for victory.
Latham scored a total of 137 and 101 in the third and final Test of the series, while Conway added another 100 runs in the second innings to the 227 runs he recorded in the first.
The duo put on a total of 323 in the first innings and combined for 515 runs overall, which is a record for an opening pair in a single Test match.
Conway also became only the tenth player in Test cricket history to score a double century and a century in a single match.
He follows Greg Chappell, Sunil Gavaskar, Shubman Gill, Graham Gooch, Marnus Labuschagne, Brian Lara, Lawrence Rowe, Kumar Sangakkara, and Doug Walters in achieving this feat.
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