PAK vs NZ: Tom Latham, Will Young script history; become 1st New Zealand pair to achieve huge Champions Trophy record

Will Young and Tom Latham became the first New Zealand pair and fifth overall to score a hundred each in the same innings in the history of ICC Champions Trophy. The Kiwi duo entered the record books in Karachi on Wednesday during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 opener against Pakistan at the National Stadium.

Sent into bat first, New Zealand were in a spot of bother when they lost three wickets early. However, it was the 108-run partnership for the fourth wicket between Tom Latham and Will Young that revived the New Zealand ship.

Before Tom Latham and Will Young, India's Virender Sehwag and Sourav Ganguly, West Indies Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo, Australia's Shane Watson and Ricky Ponting and Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah Riyad were the four pairs to have scored hundreds in a same match of ICC Champions Trophy.

Pairs with hundreds in same innings in Champions Trophy

Virender Sehwag (126) & Sourav Ganguly (117 not out) vs Eengland, Colombo, 2002

Chris Gayle (101) & Dwayne Bravo (112 not out) vs Eengland, Ahmedabad, 2006

Shane Watson (136 not out) & Ricky Ponting (111 not out) vs England, Centurion, 2009

Shakib Al Hasan (114) & Mahmudullah Riyad (102 not out) vs New Zealand, Cardiff, 2017

Will Young (107) & Tom Latham (118 not out) vs Pakistan, Karachi, 2025

More records from PAK vs NZ clash

In fact, Will Young and Tom Latham are the fourth and fifth New Zealander respectively to smash a hundred in the ICC Champions Trophy. Nathan Astle, Chris Cairns and Kane Williamson are the other three. Riding on the two hundreds, New Zealand posted 320/5.

In the process, New Zealand's total against Pakistan in Karachi was their second-highest in the ICC Champions Trophy. New Zealand's highest team total in the tournament came in 2004 - 347/4 against USA.

New Zealand's 320/5 also became the highest total against Pakistan in the history of ICC Champions Trophy. India held the record previously when they scored 319/3 in a 48-over affair in 2017.