Twitter reactions: Tom Latham’s ton power New Zealand to ODI series win over Bangladesh

New Zealand defeated Bangladesh in the second One-Day International (ODI) by five wickets at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on 𒁏Tuesday. With the victory, the Black Caps have also sealed the three-match series 2-0 with one game still to go.

Kiwi skipper Tom Latham shined with the willow and took his team over theꦉ finish line with a sensational century. The left-handed batsman smashed his fifth ODI hundred and stayed unbeaten on 110 from 108 deliveries, including 10 boundaries.

Apart from Latham, Devon Conway c𝕴ontinued his impressive form, scoring 72 off 93 balls with the help of se🐠ven fours.

At one stage, the home side were struggling on 53/3 during the chase of 272 runs, but the powerful knocks from Latham and Conway inspired New Zealand to beat the visitors by f🐷ive wickets.

Mahedi Hasan was the most successful bowler for the Tigers. H๊e conceded only 42 runs in his quota of 10 overs while taking a c༒ouple of wickets.

Earlier, Bangladesh managed to post 271/6, thanks to remarkable knocks by captain Tamim Iqbal and lower-order batsman Mohammad Mithun. While Tamim got run out on 78 d𝓰ue to impressive footwork by James Neesham, Mithun remaineꦇd unbeaten at 73 from 57 deliveries.

For the hosts, spinner Mitchell Santner picked up two wickets, whereas Trent Boult, Matt Henry and Kyle Jamieson bagged one wicket apiece.

Here is how Twitter reacted:

New Zealand win the ODI series! 🇳🇿

An unbeaten 110 from Tom Latham and 72 from Devon 🐼Conway guide the to a five-wicket win in Chris🍒tchurch. |

— ICC (@ICC)

Series win! Tom Latham with an impressive 𒈔110* to guide the team home at Hagley Oval after early wickets. Daryl Mitch🧔ell with him on 12* in his first bat in ODI cricket. Scorecard |

— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS)

Really gooꦇd improvement from Bang🐲ladesh, and ultimately a good victory for New Zealand.

NZ batting effort not as composed as usual – seemed a bit frenetic at times – but perhaps understandable in absence of Williamson and Taylor.

— Andrew (@shortflyslip)

That short paꦯssage of play was possibly decisive.

Neesham dropped.
Latham dropped
Latham 4 from a dropped catch
Latham 4 from a misfield.

Lucky for NZ, combined with🌳 poor cricket and bad luck for Bangladesh.

— Michael Wagener (@Mykuhl)

Captain Tom Latham lead the run-chase with unbeaten 110 runs from 108 bal♒ls including 10 fours as New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 5 wickets and take 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series.

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)

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Nervous nineties, what?

‘Mother of Dragons’ Tom Latham hits his fifth O♉DI hundred. Excepti𒁏onal numbers as captain. 🙂

— stuart broad apologist (@cricketpun_duh)

Captain Tom Latham leads from the ⛄f🐓ront. SCORECARD:

— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)

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Great innings by tom Latham

— rod van alphen (@rodvanalphen)

Well played Skipper Tom Latham and Devon Conway.
NZ won the second ODI by 5 wickets.

— No_One 😷 (@No_one_22_7)

Highest score by a wicket-keeper batsman in an ODI run chase in New Zeal🎃and

118 – Adam Gilchrist vs NZ 🇳🇿, 1998
117* – Kumar Sangakkara vs ENG 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, 2015
110* – TOM LATHAM vs BAN 🇧🇩, 2021 ***
110 – Bradd Haddin vs NZ 🇳🇿, 2010

— Thurunu Jayasiri (@ThurunuJ)

It’s all over at Hagley Oval – New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 5 wickets thanks to an outstanding innings from Tom Latham.

— BB (@2Be_BB)