Devon Conway is a New Zealand-South African cricketer who plays for the New Zealand cricket team. Devon began his cricketing journey at the age of 18 playing for the St John’s College cricket team in Johannesburg. In May 2020, he was awarded a New Zealand Cricket contract ahead of the 2020–2021 season.
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Devon Conway was born on Monday, July 8, 1991 (age 29 years; as of 2020) in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa. His zodiac sign is Cancer. Devon started his cricket career playing for Gauteng, a first-class cricket team in the southern parts of South Africa. He was part of several domestic teams over the years before joining the New Zealand cricket team.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 11″
Eye color: blue
Hair color: brown
family
parents and siblings
Devon’s father’s name is Denton Conway and his mother’s name is Sandy Conway. His father is a soccer coach in Johannesburg. Devon has two older sisters, Candy and Charn Conway.
(L to R) Candy Conway, Denton Conway, Charn Conway, Sandy Conway
Candy Conway with her mother, Sandy Conway
relationship
On July 23, 2020, Devon got engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Kim Watson. Kim was so supportive of Devon’s cricketing career that she moved to New Zealand and started life over with Devon.
Devon Conway on a trip with her fiance Kim Watson
Career
Devon began his career as a professional cricketer in 2009 when he joined the Gauteng cricket team and in August 2015, he was selected for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. Devon’s performance at provincial level has been spectacular and in 2017 Devon scored the first of his first-class double century for Gauteng. It was his first double century in eight years of the game, but things did not go well for him in top-level cricket franchise games as his performances were poor. He had only one half century in 12 matches which he played at an average of 22 runs. Devon could see that with this unsatisfactory performance, he would not be able to get into the South African team. In 2017, Devon decided to move to Wellington, New Zealand with her fiance Kim Watson to give a fresh start to her career as a cricketer. Devon joined the Victoria University Cricket Club as a player and coach. As a coach, he traveled around Wellington, going to schools to train 10- and 11-year-olds. In 2018, Devon signed a contract with the Wellington Cricket Team for the 2018–2019 cricket season in New Zealand. In May 2020, news emerged of a new addition to the 13-man All Blacks squad and in November selector Gavin Larsen informed Devon that his name had been included in the New Zealand cricket team. Devon Conway made his T20 International debut for New Zealand against West Indies on 27 November 2020.
Devon Conway plays for New Zealand
Facts/Trivia
- When Devon moved to New Zealand, he sold everything he had in South Africa – his house, car, belongings, etc., as he moved to New Zealand to start a new life. Devon said –
I sold my property, my car and everything we couldn’t because I wanted to close this chapter and start over. If I hadn’t done that and my cricket didn’t feel right after a season, I might have started thinking along the lines of “maybe I can go back”. I did not want”.
- In the 2018-2019 Plunket Shield season, Devon scored 659 runs in 7 matches, making him the season’s leading run-scorer. In the 2019-2020 Plunket Shield season, he scored 701 runs in 6 matches.
- In October 2019, Devon Conway scored 327 runs against Canterbury in Wellington. It was the ninth triple century in first-class cricket in New Zealand.
- On 6 January 2020, he scored an unbeaten century in just 49 balls in the 2019-2020 Super Smash Tournament.
- In April 2020, Devon Conway was awarded the Men’s Domestic Player of the Year by New Zealand Cricket during their annual awards ceremony.
- Devon Conway is the second cricketer who was born in South Africa but plays for New Zealand. Prior to that, Grant Elliott was the first player to do so.
- In her free time, Devon Conway enjoys playing golf and taking road trips with her fiancé and friends.
Devon Conway (right) with her fiance and friends on a trip to the South Island
- On 3 June 2021, he became the sixth batsman to score a double century on Test debut. While playing for New Zealand against England at Lord’s, he scored his double century six times with Mark Wood.
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