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  • ENG vs NZ 1st Test, Day 2: Debutant Devon Conway hits 200 earlier than England recuperate

    New Zealand constructed on take a look at debutant Devon Conway’s chanceless double-hundred by taking two early England wickets earlier than Rory Burns and Joe Root mounted a restoration on Day 2 of the primary take a look at at Lord’s on Thursday.
    Replying to New Zealand’s first-innings whole of 378 that was anchored by Conway’s 347-ball 200, England reached stumps on 111-2 with Burns unbeaten on 59 and Root on 42 not out, their partnership as much as 93.
    It was England’s day on the dwelling of cricket, with Root’s group gaining a foothold within the match after a gap day dominated by the New Zealanders.
    But it was additionally one other special occasion for Conway, who resumed on 136 and stayed affected person and composed as wickets fell often on the different finish to finally turn into simply the second New Zealand batsman to attain a double hundred on Test debut.
    He reached the milestone with a pull for six and took his helmet off to obtain the acclaim of the 25% capability crowd at Lord’s, the place his identify will likely be on the storied venue’s Honours Board.
    Highlights:

    Conway didn’t face one other ball as, within the very subsequent over, he got here up simply wanting the crease as he sprinted again to the non-striker’s finish for a second run. He was the final man out, leaving No. 11 Neil Wagner on 25 not out off 21 balls _ probably helpful runs on the finish of the innings.
    Conway, a South African-born opener, was given a standing ovation as he walked again to the pavilion, having made the very best rating by a batsman on take a look at debut in England. He broke a 125-year-old file held by former England participant Ok.S. Ranjitsinhji, who scored 154 in Manchester in 1896.
    Earlier, the dismissal of Henry Nicholls for 61 triggered the Black Caps’ collapse from 288-3 to 319-8, which included a six-over spell by Mark Wood the place the paceman took three wickets for seven runs.
    “We mentioned yesterday that though we solely picked up three wickets, we by no means allow them to get away,“ England batting coach Graham Thorpe mentioned. “We knew if we made inroads at the moment, we may come again in.
    “To bowl New Zealand out from where we were at the start of the day, we’re really pleased.”
    Ollie Robinson, one other participant making his take a look at debut, had England’s greatest bowling figures of 4-75. After stumps on Wednesday, the paceman was near tears as he apologized for a string of sexist and racist messages that he posted on Twitter from 2012-14 and which resurfaced over social media whereas the sport was being performed.
    “Yesterday was a hard day, it tested his personality and character,“ Thorpe said. “How he responded today, we were really pleased. We have to support him as a player in our team and we were really happy with the way he performed.”Burns justified his recall, having been dropped for the ultimate two exams in India final winter, with an encouraging knock wherein he batted fluidly after a nervy begin.
    He and Root got here collectively on 18-2 after Dom Sibley was trapped lbw to Kyle Jamieson and Zak Crawley obtained the faintest edge to a heave off Tim Southee, with New Zealand’s probing seamers discovering early motion.
    Root was severely examined by the exacting size of Colin de Grandhomme, who had one rising supply that thudded into the identical proper hand the England captain had taken a blow to earlier within the week in coaching. Root acquired some remedy and wrung his arm out a few instances within the moments afterward however he settled again all the way down to his process.Burns and Root confirmed warning within the closing overs of the day to make sure they may resume their stand on Friday.

  • With 136 in Lord’s debut, Conway betters Ganguly’s long-held document

    New Zealand batsman Devon Conway has damaged former India captain Sourav Ganguly’s 25-year-old document of registering the best Test rating on debut at Lord’s when he went previous the fashionable southpaw’s 131 through the first Test in opposition to England.
    Conway, who can also be a left-handed batsman, remained unbeaten 136 as New Zealand completed the primary day at a strong 246 for 3.
    With his opening day exploits, the South African-born 29-year-old grew to become the sixth cricketer to hit 100 on debut on the iconic venue.
    Ganguly, who’s now the BCCI president, had scored 131 on his Test debut at what’s known as the Mecca of cricket in 1996.
    Interestingly, each Conway and Ganguly share their birthday — July 8 — however are separated by practically 20 years in age.
    Speaking to Sky Sports on the finish of the day”s play, Conway mentioned, “I’ll have a while to let that settle in. The job’s not executed however I’m very glad.
    “I had a conversation with (skipper) Kane (Williamson) a couple of days ago and asked him what it feels like to go on that honours board; the first thing he said to me was: now you’re on it, boy.”
    With his century, Conway grew to become solely the third non-English batsman to attain a century on Test debut at Lord’s.
    Australian batsman Harry Graham had scored 107 in opposition to England on his Test debut in 1893.
    Debutant Conway reached the three-figure mark in type, smashing fast-medium bowler Ollie Robinson for a six within the 61st over of the innings.
    Conway struck 16 fours and confronted 240 balls throughout his keep within the center.

  • Devon Conway hits 136 at Lord’s on Test debut; NZ 246/3 vs England on Day 1

    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.

  • Dukes ball preparation in New Zealand proved to be helpful: Devon Conway

    New Zealand batsman Devon Conway feels making ready with the Dukes ball again residence has helped his facet immensely because it gears up for 3 Tests in England, together with the World Test Championship last in opposition to India.
    The two-Test collection in opposition to England begins on June 2 whereas the WTC last in opposition to India begins from June 18 in Southampton, the place the New Zealand-squad relies for the time being.
    Conway, who’s among the many three uncapped gamers within the 20-man squad, feels the camp again residence in Lincoln forward of the tour was splendid. New Zealand play with the Kookaburra at residence.
    “That was very beneficial for us, you know, having that opportunity to play amongst the Dukes ball, get to learn how it works, and try and formulate a game plan, how to go about things,” Conway stated in a web based press interplay.
    “But yeah, I think not a lot changes. You know, we understand that the Dukes ball does swing a little bit more than than what the kookaburra does, but you know, you’ve just got to face the ball and come up with a game plan and stick by it,” stated the South Africa-born participant, who made the crew after impressing in limited-overs cricket.

    Brisk begin to coaching for the tour 🏏🌧💨 #ENGvNZ #WTC21 pic.twitter.com/gu69ofHD7L
    — BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) May 20, 2021
    During the camp again residence, Conway sprinkled cat litter on observe wickets to simulate spin bowling on the tough, hoping it would assist him counter the likes of Ravichandran Ashwin in the course of the WTC last.
    On his first Test tour, the 29-year-old is attempting to soak in as a lot as he can from established names like Tom Latham and Ross Taylor in his crew.
    “It has been an enormous studying curve for me, by way of how the protocols are all set set in place, and simply attempting to stick by means of all that. You know, simply seeing the blokes being across the group for an prolonged interval, it’s been enjoyable. And, yeah, numerous reminiscences created already within the quick interval.
    “In the Test arrange the blokes have been right here for a really very long time. So you already know, it’s good to form of be taught from the expertise of gamers which have been at this stage, they’ve been taking part in at this stage for a protracted interval.
    Adjusting to the chilly climate in England is a problem although, feels Conway.
    “…it’s about adapting to the lower degrees. I think that’s a slight challenge in itself but I think, you know, once the body acclimatised to that, it’s about just really understanding what you want to do and not overcomplicate things…,” the southpaw added.

  • ICC Rankings: Bhuvneshwar Kumar positive factors 9 locations after spectacular return

    Bhuvneshwar Kumar jumped up 9 spots to be eleventh within the newest ICC ODI rankings, following his return to the India workforce after an damage that stored him out for the Australia tour, and the Tests towards England. Bhuvneshwar grew in stature within the ODI collection, which India gained 2-1, together with his figures of three/42 within the closing ODI proving to be essential.
    England all-rounder Ben Stokes has superior 4 locations to twenty fourth scoring 99 off 52 balls within the second ODI and is as much as second amongst all-rounders. Jonny Bairstow has retained seventh place after touching a career-high 796 score factors together with his 124 in the identical match.

    A scorching 52-ball 92* within the first T20I towards Bangladesh has helped Devon Conway proceed his stand up the rankings!
    He’s now No.4 within the @MRFWorldwide ICC Rankings for Men’s T20I batting! 🌟 pic.twitter.com/G66FWmuFX0
    — ICC (@ICC) March 31, 2021
    India allrounder Hardik Pandya and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant additionally climbed in rankings. Pandya  jumped as much as his career-best forty second slot, whereas Pant made it to the highest 100.
    New Zealand batsman Devon Conway, whose workforce are taking part in at residence towards Bangladesh, has attained a career-best fourth place within the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings, due to his match-winning knock within the collection opener towards Bangladesh in Hamilton on Sunday.

    Matt Henry was the large mover within the @MRFWorldwide ICC Rankings for Men’s ODI Bowlers!
    The @BLACKCAPS pacer shot up 5 locations to No.3 🔥
    Full record: https://t.co/SwyMM5HskB pic.twitter.com/jbziVYWKPr
    — ICC (@ICC) March 31, 2021
    Fast bowler Tim Southee has superior two locations to seventh, just one shy of his career-best sixth place attained in February this yr.
    For the West Indies, all-rounder Jason Holder has moved up three locations to eighth amongst bowlers after a haul of 5 for 27 in Sri Lanka’s first innings whereas Kemar Roach is up from 14th to twelfth.

  • New Zealand defeats Bangladesh by 66 runs in 1st T20I

    Devon Conway’s prolific worldwide summer time continued Sunday with an unbeaten 92 which led New Zealand to a 66-run win over Bangladesh within the first Twenty20 cricket worldwide.
    Conway took his runs from solely 52 balls and mixed in a 105-run third wicket partnership with Will Young who made a half century from 28 balls in his T20 worldwide debut.

    A 66 run win to begin the Alesha Mart T20 Series. Ish Sodhi doing the foremost harm with the ball with 4-28 after Devon Conway’s 92* paved the way with the bat At Seddon Park. Next up Napier on Tuesday! #NZvBAN pic.twitter.com/Lk7ZCHRvaW
    — BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) March 28, 2021
    The pair lifted New Zealand to 210/3 because it batted first after profitable the toss. Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi then took 4 wickets within the house of eight balls — three bowled — as Bangladesh managed solely 144-8 in reply.
    Conway’s innings — his fourth T20 worldwide half century in solely his twelfth match — adopted his 126 within the third one-day worldwide towards Bangladesh on Friday which helped New Zealand clinch a 3-0 collection win.
    The South Africa-born batsman additionally made an unbeaten 99 in a T20 worldwide towards Australia in February and 72 within the second ODI towards Bangladesh.
    “I’m pretty happy with the way things went today,” Conway mentioned. “The boys acquired off to a fantastic begin and it’s good to get the collection off to a 1-0 begin.
    “With T20 you can be real positive, back your skills and back your plan. It came off for me again today and I’m happy to put on some good partnerships with (Will) Young — it was pretty awesome batting alongside him on his debut — and Glenn Phillips at the end there.”
    Sunday’s match featured the anticipated debut of the 21-year-old Finn Allen who has been a run-scoring machine in home cricket this summer time, making 512 runs in 11 innings within the New Zealand Super Smash at a mean of 56.88 and a strike-rate of 198.
    His first innings for New Zealand lasted just one ball. He was bowled first ball and within the first over of the day by left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed, who was additionally on debut, giving that participant his first worldwide wicket.
    Conway put New Zealand again on track with a 52-run partnership with Martin Guptill who made 35 from 27 balls with three fours and two sixes.
    He then started his most-profitable partnership with Young who raced to his 50 from 28 balls with two fours and 4 sixes. Conway posted his half century from 37 balls with six fours and a six and the pair steadily lifted New Zealand’s run-rate.
    It was 158-3 when Young was dismissed within the seventeenth over for 53, taking part in the slog sweep and providing a catch to Afif Hossain from the bowling of Mahedi Hasan.
    Conway placed on an additional 52 in an unbroken fourth-wicket partnership with Glenn Phillips who completed 24 not out for 10 balls.
    New Zealand’s batting demonstrated its rising depth because it performed with out injured captain Kane Williamson in addition to Trent Boult, Kyle Jamieson, Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell Santner and Tim Seifert, who had been rested earlier than departing for the IPL.
    Stand-in captain Tim Southee made the primary breakthrough for New Zealand, dismissing Litton Das — caught by Sodhi — within the third over.

    Great catch @Martyguptill! Covers good floor from behind level and Hamish Bennett has his first at Seddon Park. Follow play LIVE with @sparknzsport and @TVNZ 1 #NZvBAN pic.twitter.com/PkfCZZJqTS
    — BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) March 28, 2021
    Speedster Lockie Ferguson, returning to the New Zealand lineup after recovering from a again damage, trapped Mohammad Naim Sheikh lbw for 27 when Bangladesh was 39-2. With Adam Milne now additionally out there, New Zealand has the posh of with the ability to name on two bowlers who function at round 150kmh.

    Ferguson has 2 and @cmacca10 is fizzed on comms for @sparknzsport at Seddon Park! #NZvBAN pic.twitter.com/aQqWWzadXm
    — BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) March 28, 2021
    It was the extra sedate Sodhi who dismantled the Bangladesh innings. He first took a pointy probability from Soumya Sarkar (5) from his personal bowling within the sixth over, then bowled Mohammad Mithun (4), Mahmdullah (11) and Mahedi Hasan (0), all within the house of eight balls. Bangladesh captain Mahmdullah and Mahedi fell to consecutive deliveries.
    The vacationers slumped to 59-6 earlier than Afif Hossain (45) and Mohammad Shaifuddin added 63 for the seventh wicket. Saifuddin completed 34 not out. Sodhi took 4-28.

  • New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 5 wickets, take sequence 2-0

    Tom Latham’s fifth one-day worldwide century outweighed rival captain Tamim Iqbal’s fiftieth half-century as New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 5 wickets Tuesday to take a profitable 2-0 lead within the three-match sequence.
    In a match of strange equivalences, captains Latham and Iqbal have been the respective top-scorers for his or her groups. Iqbal made 78 in Bangladesh’s 271-6 and Latham made an unbeaten 110 as New Zealand reached 275-5 with 10 balls to spare.
    Latham shared partnerships of 113 for New Zealand’s fourth wicket with Devon Conway and 76 for the fifth wicket with Jimmy Neesham (30).
    Conway made 72, his first ODI half-century for New Zealand, earlier than being run out by Iqbal, who had earlier been run out by Neesham in a match of fixed pleasure and incident.
    Bangladesh produced an unlimited enchancment on its effort within the first match of the sequence when it made solely 131 and was crushed by eight wickets. It put up a greater than aggressive complete due to Iqbal and Mohammad Mithun, who completed not out on 73.
    Bangladesh then made early inroads into the highest order, dismissing Martin Guptill (20), Henry Nicholls (13) and Will Young (1) to go away New Zealand 53-3. Nicholls and Young each have been bowled by Mahedi Hasan.
    The match could have escaped the vacationers across the thirty eighth over when Neesham, on 3, was dropped by wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahman off Taskin Ahmed and, an over later, when Latham, on 58, supplied a caught and bowled likelihood to Mahedi which was dropped. Latham went on the assault, hitting three consecutive boundaries from Taskin, and the match tilted in New Zealand’s favour.
    “It was obviously nice to have that match-winning contribution,” Latham stated. “I assumed on the midway level we did a extremely good job with the ball however we knew Bangladesh have been going to return out combating.
    “For us it was just about trying to build those partnerships through the middle.”
    During the Bangladesh innings, Tamim survived a contentious caught-and-bowled resolution earlier than falling to a weird run out.
    On 34 and within the fifteenth over, Tamim supplied a pointy return likelihood to the tall New Zealand paceman Kyle Jamieson. The 2.03 meter (6-foot-8) Jamieson stooped on his follow-through to parcel the catch, then fell ahead. As he did so, the ball held in his proper hand touched the bottom.
    The on-field umpire instantly upheld New Zealand’s enchantment however Tamim referred the choice to the tv umpire who, after finding out a number of angles, dominated that Jamieson didn’t have full management of the ball. Tamim had earlier had a choice for caught behind overturned.
    After a sluggish begin, Tamim flourished on a pitch that offered good tempo and sharp bounce to achieve his milestone half-century from 84 balls. He was capable of play some very good pictures when he was set, utilizing his ft and his place on the crease to disrupt the bowling. He struck a number of very good drives by cowl and his innings in complete contained 11 fours.
    He was lastly out in uncommon circumstances within the thirty first over. His companion Mushfiqur acquired a brief ball from Neesham which he defended and dropped at his ft.
    After a short look, the batsmen went by for the one whereas the ball got here to relaxation parallel with and near the stumps. Neesham, following by, was forward of Tamim and he confirmed soccer expertise to kick the ball sideways into the stumps.
    Tamim had placed on 81 for Bangladesh’s second wicket with Soumya Sarkar after it misplaced opener Liton Das (0) within the second over. Soumya made a constructive 32 from 46 balls earlier than he was stumped down the leg facet by Latham from the bowling of Mitchell Santner.
    Mithun paced the top of the innings along with his sixth ODI half-century from 42 balls, citing his 50 with a six. His 57-ball innings contained six fours and two sixes.

  • NZ vs AUS: Sodhi, Guptill shine in sequence decider as Kiwis beat Australia by 7 wickets

    Image Source : GETTY IMAGES New Zealand chased the 143-run goal with 27 balls to spare, steered by Guptill and Devon Conway who placed on 106 for the primary wicket in 11.5 overs.
    Ish Sodhi led a concerted assault by New Zealand’s spin bowlers earlier than Martin Guptill smashed a quickfire 71 runs to arrange a seven-wicket win over Australia within the fifth Twenty20 worldwide on Sunday and a 3-2 win within the five-match sequence.
    Leg spinner Sodhi got here into the match because the main wicket-taker within the sequence with 10 at a median of 18 and improved to 13 at 11.8, taking 3-24 as Australia was held 142-8 after selecting to bat on profitable the toss.

    New Zealand surpassed that complete with 27 balls to spare, steered by Guptill and Devon Conway who placed on 106 for the primary wicket in 11.5 overs.
    Sodhi was supported throughout Australia’s innings by left-armer Mitchell Santner who took the brand new ball and bowled his 4 overs at a price of solely 21 runs. Having famous the affect of spin within the earlier match within the sequence, New Zealand additionally used part-time spinners Mark Chapman, who took 1-9 from two overs, and Glen Phillips whose two overs price 21 runs.
    The spinners shared 12 of New Zealand’s 20 overs, greater than in any of the Black Caps’ earlier T20 internationals. That adopted Australia’s file within the fourth match when Aston Agar, Adam Zampa and Glenn Maxwell bowled 11 overs.
    The drop-in pitch at Sky Stadium hosted the final three matches of the sequence within the area of six days. Australia made 208-4 within the third match, profitable by 64 runs, however within the fourth on a pitch which had slowed significantly and favored spin it defended a complete of simply 156-6, profitable by 50 runs.
    Until Sunday, every match within the sequence had been received by the workforce batting first. New Zealand received the primary two by 53 runs and 4 runs however hadn’t beforehand been in a position to put collectively a considerable innings when chasing in Wellington.
    It wanted a stronger basis from its openers: Guptill and Tim Seifert placed on solely 20 within the third match and 21 within the fourth as Australia fought again to degree the sequence.
    Conway was promoted to open with Guptill on Sunday the brand new opening pair instantly struck gold, reaching their century partnership within the twelfth over.
    Guptill posted his seventeenth T20 from 33 balls and moved to second place behind Virat Kohli on the listing to high run-scorers in T20 internationals.

    The partnership lastly was damaged by Riley Meredith within the twelfth over when Conway was caught within the deep for 36. There was a flicker of hope for Australia when New Zealand captain Kane Williamson fell lbw to Meredith first ball.
    Guptill was out within the fifteenth over, having made 71 from 46 balls with seven boundaries and 4 sixes, and having set the inspiration on which New Zealand’s win depended.
    Phillips completed the job, hitting 34 from 15 balls with 5 fours and two sixes together with a six for the profitable runs within the sixteenth over off Adam Zampa.
    “The other night we took a backward step and today we wanted to not back down from the fight and we showed that with a good opening stand,” Guptill mentioned. “Today Devon (Conway) was sensible on the market.
    “I wouldn’t say I went after them from ball one. But it was just good to spend a bit more time out there and create a partnership with Devon. He got off to a good start, I caught up and pushed on and the best part about it was we got the win.”
    While Australia couldn’t comprise Guptill, New Zealand managed to principally neutralize Australia’s massive hitters.
    Australia additionally tried a brand new opening mixture, selling Josh Philippe to affix Aaron Finch however the transfer was unsuccessful and Philippe was out for two within the second over, trapped lbw by Trent Boult who took 2-26.
    Finch made 69 within the third match and carried his bat for 79 within the fourth. But he was out for 36 Sunday, falling to Sodhi. The Australian captain had been dropped by Tim Southee off Sodhi in a doubtlessly expensive miss however fell solely two balls later to a catch by Mitchell Santner.
    Hard-hitting Glenn Maxwell was in all probability the wicket New Zealand most wished and he fell to the newcomer Chapman for 1 within the eleventh over when Australia was 77-3.
    Matthew Wade made a brisk 44 earlier than being dismissed by Boult and Marcus Stoinis fell to Sodhi for 26. Australia then couldn’t muster a late cost to enlarge it’s complete.

  • ‘Just 4 days late’: Devon Conway makes a mark with 99* in opposition to Australia

    New Zealand have a brand new T20 sensation — Devon Conway. Conway’s 99*, his fifth consecutive 50+ rating in T20s, within the five-match collection opener in opposition to Australia in Christchurch on Monday, lifted the Kiwis from 19 for 3 after 4 overs to 184 for five in 20 overs. His 59-ball knock included 10 fours and three sixes.
    Conway, 29, has scores of 99*, 93*, 91*, 69* and 50 from his final 5 outings, batting for New Zealand and Wellington. He has a batting common of 58 in his T20I profession to date, having performed six matches to date. The South African-born had moved to New Zealand in 2017 and have become eligible to play for them in August final 12 months.

    Kane Williamson stuffed with reward on @sparknzsport for @ANZ_NZ Player of the Match Devon Conway 💥 #NZvAUS pic.twitter.com/GRNLrPHoJ6
    — BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) February 22, 2021
    In the course of his match-winning knock on Monday, Conway reached some uncommon landmarks:
    – Conway has joined India’s Virender Sehwag, Zimbabwe’s Hamilton Masakadza, Pakistan’s Kamran Akmal, England’s Jos Buttler and Australia’s David Warner as the one males to attain 5 straight 50s in T20 matches, home or worldwide.
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    – Devon Conway is the primary NZ male cricketer to hit 5 consecutive T20 fifty-plus scores. Sophie Devine had completed so already in girls’s cricket.
    – Conway additionally grew to become the fourth cricketer to stay not out on 99 in T20Is. Luke Wright (v Afg, Colombo 2012), Dawid Malan (v SA, Cape Town 2020), Mohd Hafeez (v NZ, Hamilton 2020) have been the opposite situations. Facing the final ball of the innings on Monday, Conway took a single with a push to deep level.
    – Devon Conway and Glenn Phillips have now mixed for 301 runs of their 4 T20I partnerships, with solely 3 dismissals, for a partnership common of 100.33.. No different partnership on the planet has 300+ runs at a median over 90.

    Devon Conway is simply 4 days late, however what a knock 👏👏👏 #AUSvNZ
    — Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) February 22, 2021

    Australia have been bowled out for 131 of their reply to the hosts’ first innings rating, to lose by 53 runs. Devon Conway was introduced because the Player of the Match. New Zealand now lead the collection 1-0.