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Devon Conway breaks many, establish some records on his way to double ton on Test debut
New Zealand broke many records on his way to a brilliant double hundred on his Test debut at Lord’s against England. He walked out open the innings along with Tom Latham and was the last man to be dismissed in a run out after betting flawlessly for one and a half-day. He became only the seventh batsman in international cricket and second among New Zealand batsmen to score a double ton on Test debut after Matthew Sinclair’s double hundred against West Indies on debut in 1999-00. He became the most successful debutant in Test matches in England by beating the previous best score of 154 runs by K Ranjitsinhji. He also became the first batsman to score a double hundred at Lord’s on debut and beat the previous highest score by Sourav Ganguly, who had scored 131 on his Test debut at the Home of Cricket in 1996. Among New Zealand batsmen, Conway went on to become the 12th batsman and the fifth batsman while opening the batting to score a three-figure score on debut. He also beat the previous record of highest run by a New Zealand opener in England when he went past the 121-run mark on the first day of the Test. Also, he came second just by one run from the highest score by an opener on debut by Brendon Kuruppu, who had scored 201 not out against New Zealand in 1987. He also became the highest run-scorer on Test debut against England beating 176 by George Headley in Bridgetown in 1930. He also trumped his compatriot Hamish Rutherford who too had a blistering debut against England in Dunedin in the 2012-13 season. Also, he is just the fourth Kiwi batsman to score a double hundred against England other than Martin Donnelly, Nathan Astle and BJ Watling. Conway was played over Tom Blundell in the playing XI who too had scored a century on Test debut and the team management would be ecstatic the left-hander ratified their call with a superb double hundred that may well put New Zealand in a commanding position in the first Test of the series.