Latham helps Black Caps ease past India

India’s transition from the busy lane of T20s to

the calmer pastures of ODIs didn’t get off to a promising start as Tom Latham and Kane Williamson combined to add 221 off 165 balls to help New Zealand win by seven wickets in the first of the three-match series in Auckland, on Friday. Fifties from Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer helped India score 306/7, thought to be a par total but Latham scored an unbeaten 145 off 104 balls and Williamson 94 off 98 balls to give NZ a 1-0 lead.