With an unbeaten knock of 152* in the first match against England, Devon Conway joins the list of oldest to score Hundred on World Cup debut.
Oldest to score Hundred on World Cup debut
With the ICC Men’s World Cup 2023 set to begin on October 5 and hosted by India, the first match of the tournament between England and New Zealand is scheduled to be played at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. On winning the toss New Zealand Chose to bowl first. Bairstow and Malan opened the innings for England while Trent Boult opened the attack. England’s Joe Root was impressive as he scored 77 runs after the dismissal of Malan by Matt Henry.
England Skipper Jos Buttler helped the side with his 43 runs but was dismissed by Matt Henry in the 34th over. New Zealand bowlers dismissed England batters at regular intervals through their intensified bowling attacks. By the end of 50 overs, England scored 282 runs losing 9 wickets.
With the target of 283 runs, Devon Conway and Will Young opened the innings for New Zealand, while Chris Woakes opened the bowling attack. Will Young was sent out on a duck by Sam Curran on the first ball of the second over. Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra joined forces and broke through the terrific bowling attacks from England bowlers.
They had a partnership score of 273* through which they joined the list of Highest Partnerships in the World Cup. Rachin Ravindra was impressive through his impressive knock of 123* on 96 deliveries that included 11 boundaries and 5 sixes.
Devon Conway had an individual score of 152* runs on 121 deliveries including 19 boundaries and 3 sixes. On the 37th over, New Zealand scored 283 runs losing only one wicket, and won the match with 89 balls remaining.
Devon Conway made his ODI debut for New Zealand in 2021 and played a total of 23 ODI matches with an average of 54 runs. His highest score 152 comes with the first match of the World Cup 2023 at Ahmedabad.
With this knock, he became the second oldest to score hundred on World Cup debut where Ireland’s Jeremy Bray stands first as he scored a hundred on 33y, 105d.
Oldest to score hundred on World Cup debut
- 33d, 105d – Jeremy Bray (IRE) vs ZIM, Kingston, 2007
- 32y, 89d – Devon Conway (NZ) vs ENG, Ahmedabad, 2023
- 32y, 61d – Denis Amiss (ENG) vs IND, Lord’s, 1975
- 29y, 32d – Craig Wishart (ZIM) vs NAM, Harare, 2003
