“Devon” Born on July 8, 1991, Philip Conway is a New Zealand cricketer who represents the New Zealand cricket team in all forms. He is a member of the New Zealand cricket squad. When the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced in March 2020 that Conway, who was born in South Africa, would be able to play for New Zealand beginning on August 28, 2020, the ICC validated this information. The New Zealand Cricket Organization presented him with a central contract in May of 2020, before the beginning of the 2020–21 season.
It was in November 2020 that Conway made his debut for New Zealand on the international stage. After Mathew Sinclair, Conway became the second hitter for New Zealand to achieve a double century in his first Test match, which took place in June 2021. He was also the sixth batter overall to accomplish this feat. During the same month, Conway was also a part of the New Zealand squad that won the final of the 2021 ICC World Test Championship. He played a significant role in the victory by hitting 54 runs in the first innings of the match.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) honored him as the Men’s Player of the Month for June 2021, and in April 2022, Conway was considered one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year. Beginning with the South African domestic cricket league, Conway began his career. The selection of the Gauteng team that would compete in the 2015 Africa Twenty20 Cup took place in August of that same year. During his time with Gauteng, he participated in all three matches and scored 53 runs. He made the trip to New Zealand in August of 2017, when he was 26 years old, to pursue a cricket career.
Devon Conway Biography
| Name | Devon Conway |
| Full Name | Devon Philip Conway |
| Date of Birth | 8 July 1991 |
| Place of Birth | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Father’s Name | Denton Conway |
| Mother’s Name | Sandy Conway |
| Siblings | NA |
| Spouse | Kim Watson |
| Marriage Date | NA |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Batting |
| Batting | Left-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm medium |
| ODI Debut | 20 March 2021 vs. Bangladesh |
| Test Debut | 2 June 2021 vs. England |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
He was given a contract with Wellington for the 2018–19 season in New Zealand, which was granted to him in June of 2018. At the Basin Reserve, Conway struck an undefeated double century against Otago during the second round of the 2018–19 Plunket Shield season. This was Conway’s first century of the season. During the 2018–19 Super Smash, he scored 363 runs over nine matches, making him the player with the most runs scored. Additionally, he was the player who scored the most runs throughout the 2018–19 Plunket Shield season, with 659 runs scored in seven matches.
He was honored with the title of Men’s Domestic Player of the Year at the New Zealand Cricket Awards, which are held annually, in March 2019. Conway scored an unblemished 327 points for Wellington against Canterbury in October 2019, during the 2019–20 season of the Plunket Shield Competition. It was the sixth time that New Zealand had achieved a triple century in first-class cricket. His performance in the match resulted in a total of 393 runs, which is the most amount of runs ever achieved in a single first-class match in New Zealand.
In the 2019–20 Super Smash event, which took place on January 6, 2020, Conway achieved a century that was unblemished, despite only receiving 49 balls. Through eleven matches, he amassed 543 runs, making him the player with the most runs scored in the competition. As well as that, he was the player who scored the most runs in the 2019–20 Ford Trophy season, with 553 runs in ten matches, and he was also the player who scored the most runs in the 2019–20 Plunket Shield season, with 701 runs in six matches.
New Zealand Cricket conferred on Conway the title of men’s domestic player of the year at their annual award event, which took place in April of the year 2020. Within the month that followed, Somerset County Cricket Club decided to contract him to play in the Twenty20 Blast in England in the year 2021.
The Chennai Super Kings were the ones that purchased him during the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League competition, which took place in February of that year.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 23 | 3 | 924 | 92* | 48.63 | 654 | 141.28 | 0 | 9 | 99 | 30 | 8 | 0 |
| 2023 | 16 | 2 | 672 | 92* | 51.69 | 481 | 139.71 | 0 | 6 | 77 | 18 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | 252 | 87 | 42.00 | 173 | 145.66 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
During the year 2022, he played seven matches and scored 252 runs at an average of 42. Additionally, he was part of an opening wicket partnership of 182 runs with Ruturaj Gaikwad against Sunrisers Hyderabad, which established a new record for Chennai. During the 2023 Indian Premier League season, CSK would go on to win the championship by defeating the Gujarat Titans in the championship match. Conway’s crucial knock of 47(25) in the chase earned him the award of Player of the Match.
Throughout the 2023 Indian Premier League season, he finished with the third-highest runs, 672, and a strike rate of 139.7. During November in the year 2020, Conway was selected to be a member of the New Zealand A cricket team for match practice against the West Indies squad that was on tour. In the latter part of the same month, he was selected to be a member of the Twenty20 International (T20I) to represent New Zealand in the series against the West Indies. On November 27, 2020, he made his debut for New Zealand in a Twenty20 International match against the West Indies.
During December in the year 2020, Conway was included in the New Zealand Test team to fill the void left by BJ Watling, who contracted a hamstring injury. During March in the year 2021, Conway was selected to be a member of the One Day International (ODI) team that will contest the series against Bangladesh. On March 20, 2021, he played her first one-day international for New Zealand, which was against Bangladesh. During the third match of the series against Bangladesh, which took place on March 26, 2021, Conway successfully earned his maiden century in one-day international cricket.
The selection of Conway to New Zealand’s Test squad for the series against England and for the final of the 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship took place in April of 2021. When New Zealand played England in their first test match on June 2, 2021, Conway made his debut with the team. It was during this match that Conway became the first visitor batsman to smash a century at Lord’s on his Test debut, following in the footsteps of Sourav Ganguly. He also became the 12th batsman for New Zealand to achieve a century in his maiden Test match.
