World Test Championship yields ‘bigger carrot’: New Zealand captain Tom Latham

World Test Championship opens with New Zealand captain breathing new life into five-day format by making every match count Tom Latham He spoke on Thursday ahead of the final match against India. The Black Caps took an unassailable 2-0 lead with their first Test series win on Indian soil and revived their chances of reaching the WTC finals at Lord’s next year. “From our point of view, every match is really important for us because there is a bigger carrot at the end in terms of the World Test Championship,” Latham told reporters in Mumbai on the eve of the third Test. .

India, who topped the WTC rankings, had a narrow lead after suffering two losses, with Australia close behind in second place, followed by Sri Lanka and New Zealand.

India has reached the final of the WTC twice in the past two seasons, losing to New Zealand in the first edition and Australia last year.

Latham previously said winning the contest “gives you a taste of what success feels like.”

“I think once you do it, you want to do it again,” he added.

New Zealand used their spin game to defeat India in the second Test in Pune last week. Mitchell Santner Take a match haul of 13 wickets.

But Latham said India are a “quality team” and two losses “doesn’t make them a bad team overnight.”

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