Devin Conway is a New Zealand-born South African cricketer who plays for New Zealand Cricket. Devin began his cricket career at the age of 18, playing for the St. John’s College cricket team in Johannesburg. In May 2020, he was offered a contract by New Zealand Cricket for the 2020–2021 season.
Wiki/Biography
Devin Conway was born on Monday 8 July 1991 (29 years old in 2020) in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. His star sign is Cancer. Devin started his cricket career playing for Gauteng, the first-class cricket team in southern South Africa. He was a member of several domestic teams over the years before joining the New Zealand Cricket Team.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 11″
Eye Color: Blue
Hair color: Brown
family
Parents and siblings
Devin’s father is Denton Conway and his mother is Sandy Conway. His father is a football coach in Johannesburg. Devin has two older sisters, Candy and Charne Conway.
(From left to right) Candy Conway, Denton Conway, Charne Conway, Sandy Conway
Candy Conway and her mother Sandy Conway
relation
On July 23, 2020, Devin got engaged to his long-time girlfriend Kim Watson. Kim had always been very supportive of Devin’s cricket career and she moved to New Zealand to start a new life with Devin.
Devon Conway and his fiancée Kim Watson on tour
Profession
Devin started his professional cricket career in 2009 by joining the Gauteng Cricket Team. In August 2015, he was selected for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. Devin performed very well in provincial competitions, and in 2017, Devin scored his first first-class double century for Gauteng. This was his first double century in eight years, but his performance in top-level cricket was not good. In the 12 games he played, he only had one half-century, with an average of 22. Devin knew that with this unsatisfactory performance, he would not be able to make the South African team. In 2017, Devin decided to move to Wellington, New Zealand with his fiancée Kim Watson to restart his cricket career. Devin joined the Victoria University Cricket Club as a player and coach. As a coach, he would travel around Wellington to train 10 and 11 year olds in schools. In 2018, Devin signed a contract with Wellington Cricket for the 2018-2019 New Zealand cricket season. In May 2020, it was announced that the 13-man Black Caps squad had new players shortlisted, and in November, selector Gavin Larson informed Devon that his name had been shortlisted for the New Zealand Cricket Squad. On 27 November 2020, Devon Conway made his first T20 international appearance for New Zealand against the West Indies.
Devon Conway represents New Zealand
Facts/Trivia
- When Devin moved to New Zealand, he sold everything he had in South Africa – his house, car, belongings, etc., because he was moving to New Zealand to start a new life. Devin said:
I sold my property, cars and everything we couldn’t bring back because I wanted to close that chapter and start over. If I hadn’t done that and my cricket wasn’t feeling great after a season, I might have started thinking ‘maybe I could move back’. I don’t want to.”
- In the 2018-2019 Plunkett Shield season, Devin scored 659 runs in 7 matches, becoming the highest run scorer of the season. In the 2019-2020 Plunkett Shield season, he scored 701 runs in 6 matches.
- In October 2019, Devon Conway played for Wellington against Canterbury and scored an innings of 327. This was the ninth triple hundred in New Zealand first-class cricket.
- On January 6, 2020, he scored an unbeaten hundred in just 49 balls in the 2019-2020 Super Smash Championship.
- In April 2020, Devon Conway was named the Best Men’s Domestic Player at the New Zealand Cricket Annual Awards.
- Devon Conway is the second South African-born cricketer to represent New Zealand. Prior to him, Grant Elliott was the first cricketer to represent New Zealand.
- In his free time, Devin Conway enjoys playing golf and going on road trips with his fiancée and friends.
Devon Conway (right) travels to the South Island with his fiancée and friends
- On 3 June 2021, he became the sixth batsman to hit a double century on his Test debut. While playing for New Zealand against England, he scored a double century by slamming Mark Wood for six at home.
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