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'A Really Pleasing Performance': Latham Delighted By New Zealand’s Belfast Dominance
Captain Tom Latham: Captain Tom Latham praised centurion Tom Blundell and seamer Nathan Smith after New Zealand thrashed Ireland by an innings and 79 runs in the single test in Belfast on Friday - providing the perfect platform for their first test against England at Lord's next week.
The tourists found themselves on the ropes early, falling to 86-4 inside 23 overs, but the magnificence of a Blundell hundred helped to transform the game as the wicketkeeper-batsman joined with Rachin Ravindra for a pivotal 217-run partnership that laid the foundations for a huge first-innings total of 490-8 declared.
"We were put under pressure on that first day - to be four down reasonably early with not many on the board," Latham told the Post-Match presentation show. "The introduction of Tom absorbed quite a lot of pressure and was able to put it back on them and form a really good partnership, over 200."
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