New Zealand's Devon Conway marks Test debut with Lord’s hundred

New Zealand`s Devon Conway celebrates scoring a century (100 runs) during the first day of the Test match between England and New Zealand at Lord`s cricket ground in London. Pic/AP, PTI

New Zealand's Devon Conway joined a select group of cricketers on Wednesday by marking his Test debut with a hundred at Lord's. The South Africa-born opener found himself thrust into the action straight away after New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and batted in the first of a two-match series against England.

But while star batsman Williamson and the experienced Ross Taylor both fell cheaply, the 29-year-old Conway pressed on to a 163-ball century, reaching the landmark with a flamboyant whipped legside four, his 11th boundary, off England debutant fast bowler Ollie Robinson. At stumps, Conway had made an unbeaten 136 in a total of 246-3, having shared an unbroken partnership of 132 with fellow left-hander Henry Nicholls (46 not out).

Only five other batsmen had previously scored a Test debut hundred at Lord's, with Conway the first New Zealand international to achieve the feat.

Batsmen to have scored Test debut hundred at Lord's (player, total, team, opposition, year):

• Harry Graham 107 AUS v ENG 1893
• John Hampshire 107 ENG v WIS 1969
• Sourav Ganguly 131 IND v ENG 1996
• Andrew Strauss 112 ENG v NZL 2004
• Matt Prior 126 no ENG v WIS 2007
• Devon Conway 136 no NZL v ENG 2021.

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