Latham aims to go a step further than dad Rod in the World Cup

His father was part of the team that went till semifinals in the 1992 World Cup and New Zealand's wicket-keeper batsman Tom Latham says he is determined to go a step further in the ongoing edition.

Despite losing by 119 runs to England, New Zealand, who have never won the World Cup, have one foot in the last four with Pakistan needing a highly improbable margin of victory over Bangladesh to oust them.

Rod Latham, who played four Tests and 33 ODIS for New Zealand, was part of the Black Caps squad that lost to eventual winners Pakistan in the 1992 edition of the World Cup.

"I've spoken to him a lot over the years about that tournament it was the same format as this one and hopefully we can go one better than they did," Tom said.

Left-hander Tom, 27, made his first half-century of the tournament before he was dismissed by Liam Punkett on Wednesday.

"It was nice to spend time in the middle and get familiar with the things that I do well but we weren't on the right side of the result."
"It was nice to come back and see a lot of familiar faces. It was a great day here in the north-east."