Devon Conway grew to become simply the sixth participant to hit a take a look at century on debut at Lord’s, with the left-handed opener brilliantly anchoring New Zealand to 246-3 towards England on Day 1 of the primary match of the sequence Wednesday.
The 29-year-old Conway was unbeaten on 136 to keep up the gorgeous begin to his worldwide profession in all codecs, making an array of pictures, leaving properly and displaying a compact protection to blunt England’s all-seam assault beneath blue skies on the residence of cricket.
By mentioning his hundred with a clip by way of sq. leg for 4, the South African-born Conway joined Harry Graham (for Australia in 1893) and Saurav Ganguly (for India in 1996) in being the one non-English batsmen to attain a century on take a look at debut at Lord’s.
Just earlier than stumps, Conway ran for 3 to surpass Ganguly’s 131, which stood as the best ever rating by a debutant at Lord’s. He is the eleventh New Zealand take a look at debutant to achieve three figures.
Conway has already struck knocks of 126 and 72 in his opening three innings in ODIs _ all towards Bangladesh in March _ and averages 59.12 in 11 innings at Twenty20s for New Zealand following his debut in November. He was born and raised in South Africa however moved to New Zealand in 2017.
Henry Nicholls closed the day on 46 not out and was sharing an unbeaten fourth-wicket stand of 132 with Conway, after paceman Ollie Robinson _ one among two debutants within the England facet _ bowled Tom Latham for 23 and trapped Ross Taylor lbw for 14.
In between, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson chopped onto the stumps for 13 off the bowling of James Anderson, who was making his record-tying 161st take a look at look for England.
New Zealand is utilizing the sequence towards England as preparation for the inaugural World Test Championship ultimate towards India, additionally being staged in England from June 18-22.
Lord’s welcomed again worldwide cricket for the primary time since an Ashes take a look at between England and Australia in 2019, with the capability restricted to 25% through the pandemic.
It was New Zealand’s first return to the well-known floor since shedding the Cricket World Cup ultimate there in agonizing trend to England in July 2019.