The New Zealand cricket team would be booming with confidence after decimating the England cricket team in the ODI WC 2023 opener. New Zealand’s star opener Devon Conway played a barnstorming knock for his team. The sudden departure of Will Young didn’t disturb Devon Conway from playing his attacking gameplan.
Devon Conway seemed as if he was on a mission as the batter didn’t panic even after playing a string of dot balls. Conway was the chief architect of the run chase of 283 runs as it allowed Rachin Ravindra to play his fearless brand of cricket which now has given happy selection headaches to the management & selection panel.
Devon Conway has scored a lot of runs in India- Zaheer Khan
Zaheer Khan was having an interaction with Cricbuzz. Zaheer Khan was mightily impressed with Conway’s intent and said that Devon Conway made the most of his IPL experience. Zaheer Khan pointed out that the Conway looked in complete control of the knock.
“What impressed me the most was Devon Conway’s intent. You saw how the batters struggled to get going in the first half. In such cases, you can play to attack early on when the ball is hard. However, to maintain the same tempo throughout the innings was just unbelievable. He has scored a lot of runs in India. He plays a lot in Chennai, so he knows what to expect,” said Zaheer Khan.
Devon Conway an Asset
Conway took his time first of all during the steep run chase of 283 runs and then went berserk. Conway smashed a breath-taking knock of 152 runs in 121 runs and struck 19 fours and 3 huge sixes. Conway paced his innings smartly and was quite keen on rotating the strike.
Conway along with Rachin Ravindra stitched a match winning partnership of 283 runs and the duo looked in complete control. Conway showed glimpses of the legendary batter Mike Hussey as Conway was capitalizing on loose deliveries.