“I turned ten,” says Devon Conway, recalling the beginnings of humble dreams

When Devon Conway confidently entered the 1990s, the first century of international cricket one day at his mercy when the crowd landed on Friday, he took a look back at his first glimpse of Basin Reserve.

Just months after arriving in New Zealand from his native South Africa in September 2017 to join Victoria University club and follow the international roster, Conway was called up for a match on the Wellington Firebirds roster. Quantity: zero.

“I think I scored my first point against [seamer] Travis Muller. Luckily, I didn’t have to play Hamish Bennett or Logan Van Beek, so it was a softer introduction to playing pool. Conway said after becoming the ODI Series player in the 3-0 series after the Black Caps were set in 126 scintillating goals in that match, I didn’t score many goals in this match, I scored 10 in the first rounds and three in the second. Conquer Bangladesh.

“It was just a great opportunity. I remember memorizing the wicket that was standing next to Gitan Patel on the first slip and Michael Paps in the second and thinking,“ Wow, this is a very special place to play cricket. ”I remember those days clearly and I would highly recommend them.”

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A crowd of 5,536 climbed to Conway, now a favorite in his hometown, on a sunny Friday afternoon as he built his first ODI Century in his third turn.

So did Daryl Mitchell, who made his debut alongside Conway in Dunedin and did not score 100 points in Wellington when he added 159 points for a fifth wicket and lifted the hosts to the basic record of 318-6. Overcoming Bangladesh by 164 was a formality.

“It was a very special feeling to be there and even to wake up to the idea that I would play in the Basin Reserve for the Black Caps, to represent New Zealand and play national anthems in memory of the United States of America 50 years. About the independence of Bangladesh … I could not have been there,” Conway said. I demand that things improve. “

Conway has had some magical moments in pool, but this was his first with New Zealand after qualifying for international selection as head coach and limiter Gary Steed in August, which made him await a test debut with Will Young in December.

Sure enough, this far-fetched test will take place in England in June. How can you not vote for him?

Conway failed to loot a 327 Plunket Shield against Canterbury in front of a handful of Wellington College students in October 2019, and in February Firebirds shot Canterbury at 93 to a T20 Super Smash title for a new engagement of 5,500.

He’s now a full left-handed, no apparent weakness and ice flowing through his veins, averaging 75 of his first three ODI rounds after his fall in the international T20, with an average of 52 with a success rate of 145 of his first 11.

Despite this, on his ODI debut in Dunedin, the 29-year-old admitted he had doubts about raising the bar that far. Older man Ross Taylor was someone to rely on and put him down with reassuring words.

“I was under pressure in that first match when I made my debut. Even though I played with the majority of the group for a while, I still got nervous and tried to impress and tried to do well in Dunedin. I tried to conquer those early feelings and get back to the way I did.” I worked out. ”

Conway and his friends are now heading to Hamilton, where the promotion continues on Sunday, a series of three T20 matches in which the Black Caps will score seven perfect wins this season.

Multi-level player Jimmy Nesham finished the farewell season with his highest score in ODI at 5:27 when he joined the Indian Premier League by plane with Ken Williamson, Trent Bolt, Kyle Jamison, Mitchell Santner and Tim Seifert. Lockie Ferguson, Adam Milne and Finn Allen will accompany you after the T20 series.

Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal will miss T20 due to personal reasons and has fallen into depression after a dramatic attempt to push New Zealand away in the second match.

“We weren’t close to them in the first or last match. They played exceptionally, they were a much better team. If we keep playing this way, we won’t go anywhere.”