Two matches into his international cricket career and Black Cap Tom Latham is reasonably happy with how things have gone, even if he harbours a batsman's constant regret - he could have got a few more runs.
Nineteen-year-old Latham has had scores of 24 and 48 - the second off 28 balls - in New Zealand's first two one-day internationals against Zimbabwe and he has looked comfortable at the crease both times.
"I felt like I've gone alright," he says. "As a batsman, you always want to get a few more runs than you actually get, but the first couple of games, I really enjoyed."
In the second ODI at Whangarei yesterday, Latham shared a 92-run fifth-wicket partnership with century-maker Rob Nicol as New Zealand racked up an imposing 372-6 before closing out a 141-run victory.
He said he struggled for timing at the start of his innings while he tried to give Nicol the strike but was finding the middle of his bat by the end.
For Latham, one of the big things he has learned over the past week is how cricket at the top level "is all upstairs".
The son of former New Zealand representative Rod Latham, he noted the intensity in the international arena was a step up from what he had experienced before even if Zimbabwe have not provided the stiffest resistance so far.
He has no doubts he will feel the level lift another couple of notches if he gets picked for the ODI series against the touring South Africans beginning later this month.
New Zealand's final ODI against Zimbabwe is in Napier on Thursday, before the teams play two Twenty20 matches.
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