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Devon Philip Conway (born 8 July 1991) is a Newzealand cricketer, born in South Africa, who now plays in New Zealand,[1] where he became eligible to represent the New Zealand cricket team.[2][3] In March 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that Conway would be eligible to play for New Zealand from 28 August 2020.[4][5] In May 2020, New Zealand Cricket awarded him with a central contract, ahead of the 2020–21 season.[6][7]

Devon Conway
Personal information
Full name
Devon Philip Conway
Born (1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 31)
Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleTop-order batter
International information
National side
  • New Zealand (2020–present)
Test debut (cap 281)2 June 2021 v England
Last Test23 June 2022 v England
ODI debut (cap 198)20 March 2021 v Bangladesh
Last ODI11 September 2022 v Australia
ODI shirt no.88
T20I debut (cap 84)27 November 2020 v West Indies
Last T20I20 November 2022 v India
T20I shirt no.88
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008/09–2016/17Gauteng
2010/11–2011/12Dolphins
2013/14–2016/17Highveld Lions
2017/18–presentWellington
2021Somerset
2021Southern Brave
2022Chennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 10 9 29 120
Runs scored 918 363 1,033 8,169
Batting average 51.00 40.33 57.38 47.49
100s/50s 3/4 1/2 0/7 21/37
Top score 200 126 99* 327*
Catches/stumpings 1/– 3/– 18/1 100/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 November 2022

Conway made his international debut for New Zealand in November 2020.[8] In June 2021, in his first Test match, Conway became the second batter for New Zealand after Mathew Sinclair, and seventh overall, to score a double century on his Test debut.[9] As a result, Conway was named the ICC Men's Player of the Month for June 2021.[10] In April 2022, Conway was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year.[11]


Domestic and T20 franchise career


Conway started playing in South African domestic cricket. In August 2015, he was included in Gauteng's squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[12] He played in all three matches for Gauteng, scoring 53 runs.[13] In August 2017, at the age of 26, he moved to New Zealand to pursue a cricket career.[14]

In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Wellington for the 2018–19 season in New Zealand.[15] In the second round of the 2018–19 Plunket Shield season, Conway scored an unbeaten double century against Otago at the Basin Reserve.[16] He was the leading run-scorer in the 2018–19 Super Smash, with 363 runs in nine matches.[17] He was also the leading run-scorer in the 2018–19 Plunket Shield season, with 659 runs in seven matches.[18]

In March 2019, he was named as the Men's Domestic Player of the Year at the annual New Zealand Cricket awards.[19] In October 2019, in the 2019–20 Plunket Shield season, Conway scored an unbeaten 327 for Wellington against Canterbury. It was the ninth triple century in first-class cricket in New Zealand.[20] He went on to score 393 runs in the match, the most number of runs scored in a single first-class match in New Zealand.[21] On 6 January 2020, in the 2019–20 Super Smash tournament, Conway scored an unbeaten century, from 49 balls.[22] He was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 543 runs in eleven matches.[23] He was also the leading run-scorer in the 2019–20 Ford Trophy, with 553 runs in ten matches,[24] and the leading run-scorer in the 2019–20 Plunket Shield season, with 701 runs in six matches.[25]

In April 2020, Conway was named as the men's domestic player of the year by New Zealand Cricket at their annual award ceremony.[26][27] The following month, he was signed by Somerset County Cricket Club to play in the 2021 T20 Blast in England.[28]

In February 2022, he was bought by the Chennai Super Kings in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[29]


International career


In November 2020, Conway was named in the New Zealand A cricket team for practice matches against the touring West Indies team.[30][31] Later the same month, he was named in New Zealand's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the series against the West Indies.[32] He made his T20I debut for New Zealand on 27 November 2020, against the West Indies.[33] In December 2020, Conway was added to New Zealand's Test squad,[34] covering for BJ Watling who suffered a hamstring injury.[35]

In March 2021, Conway was named in New Zealand's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Bangladesh.[36] He made his ODI debut for New Zealand on 20 March 2021, against Bangladesh.[37] On 26 March 2021, Conway scored his first century in ODI cricket, in the third match of the series against Bangladesh.[38]

In April 2021, Conway was named in New Zealand's Test squad for their series against England,[39] and for the final of the 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship.[40] Conway made his Test debut on 2 June 2021, for New Zealand against England.[41] In the match Conway became the 12th batsman for New Zealand to score a century on his Test debut,[42] and the first visiting batsman after Sourav Ganguly to hit a century at Lord's on Test debut.[43] Conway's score of 200 was the highest score by a men's Test debutant in England.[44] At the age of 29 years and 329 days, Conway also became the oldest batsman to score a double century on his Test debut.[45]

In August 2021, Conway was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[46] However, Conway was ruled out of New Zealand's squad for the final of the tournament after breaking his hand during the semi-final match against England.[47]


Personal life


In April 2022, Conway married his long time girlfriend Kim Watson in South Africa.[48]


References


  1. "Devon Conway". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. "Devon Conway joins elite group with triple century for Wellington". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. "Super Smash 101: Chance for NZ's hopefuls to boost T20 WC claims". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  4. "ICC clears Devon Conway to play for New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. "Black Caps: Run machine Devon Conway cleared for Bangladesh tour in August". Stuff. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  6. "Devon Conway offered New Zealand contract, Colin Munro and Jeet Raval lose deals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  7. "Three new players offered NZC contracts". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  8. "Conway's NZ debut finally here". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  9. "England vs New Zealand: Devon Conway only 7th batsman to hit a double hundred on Test debut". India Today. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  10. "Conway and Ecclestone voted ICC Players of the Month for June". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  11. "Joe Root named Wisden's leading cricketer in the world after stellar 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  12. Gauteng Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  13. "Africa T20 Cup, 2015/16 - Gauteng: Records, Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  14. "'I sold my property, car, everything, because I wanted to start afresh'". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  15. "Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  16. "South-African born Devon Conway blazes double hundred for Firebirds". Stuff. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  17. "Super Smash, 2018/19: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  18. "Plunket Shield, 2018/19: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  19. "Williamson named NZ Player of the Year at ANZ Awards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  20. "Plunket Shield: Devon Conway plunders Basin record in 'goosebump moment'". Stuff. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  21. "Plunket Shield round-up: Latham hits 224, Wagner and Boult sound warning". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  22. "Black Cap-in-waiting Devon Conway blasts second T20 100 in Wellington Firebirds win". Stuff. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  23. "Super Smash, 2019/20: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  24. "The Ford Trophy, 2019/20: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  25. "2019–20 Plunket Shield: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  26. "Tim Southee and Tom Latham take first-class honours at NZC awards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  27. "Tom Latham wins first Redpath Cup for Black Caps batsman of the season". Stuff. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  28. "Devon Conway to join Somerset after World Test Championship final". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  29. "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  30. "Devon Conway included in New Zealand A squad to face West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  31. "Nicholls, Conway & Young to face West Indies in Queenstown". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  32. "New Zealand call up Devon Conway, rest Kane Williamson and Trent Boult for West Indies T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  33. "1st T20I (N), Auckland, Nov 27 2020, West Indies tour of New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  34. "Black Caps vs West Indies: BJ Watling injury sees Devon Conway in, Will Young set to debut". Stuff. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  35. "BJ Watling an injury doubt ahead of West Indies Tests". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  36. "Black Caps vs Bangladesh: Devon Conway, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell get ODI callups". Stuff. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  37. "1st ODI, Dunedin, Mar 19 2021, Bangladesh tour of New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  38. "Devon Conway and Daryl Mitchell maiden centuries highlight massive New Zealand win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  39. "Uncapped Rachin Ravindra and Jacob Duffy included in New Zealand Test squad for England tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  40. "Black Caps summon Rachin Ravindra, Jacob Duffy to test squad for England tour". Stuff. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  41. "1st Test, London, Jun 2 - 6 2021, New Zealand tour of England". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  42. "Patience pays off as Devon Conway comes good on the biggest stage of all". The Times. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  43. "Devon Conway becomes first visiting batsman after Sourav Ganguly to smash a century at Lord's on Test debut". SportsTiger. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  44. "Conway registers highest Test score by men's Test debutant in England". Sify.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  45. "Devon Conway, the oldest man to score a double ton on debut". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  46. "Black Caps announce Twenty20 World Cup squad, two debutants for leadup tours with stars absent". Stuff. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  47. "Black Caps blow as Devon Conway ruled out of Twenty20 World Cup final". Stuff. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  48. "Devon Conway ties knot with longtime girlfriend, CSK pronounce them 'Lion and Lady'". News 18. 25 April 2022.



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Devon Philip Conway (* 8. Juli 1991 in Johannesburg, Südafrika) ist ein aus Südafrika stammender neuseeländischer Cricketspieler, der seit 2020 für die neuseeländische Nationalmannschaft spielt.
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