Cricket is an unconventional sport and Devon Conway has had an unconventional career to date. After departing South Africa for New Zealand in 2017, the Johannesburg product made his international debut at 29 and announced his arrival to test cricket in a fashion only one New Zealander has done before. Becoming the second New Zealand batter to make a double century on test debut after Mathew Sinclair in 1999 meant that fans became immediately accustomed to watching Conway score runs.
And score runs he did, averaging 63.13 in his first year as a Black Cap in 2021, making 379 runs in six innings with two 50s alongside the 200 against England on debut. He backed it up in 2022 with 649 runs at an average of 49.
92 in 14 innings, scoring two hundreds (high score 122) and twice being dismissed in the 90s..