Success Samrat

AT MECCA OF CRICKET CONWAY BECAME THE OLDEST DEBUTANT TO SCORE A DOUBLE HUNDRED IN A TEST MATCH. HE AGED 29 AND 329 DAYS.

The Proteas (South Africa), now playing for Kiwis (New Zealand) in an ongoing test series against England. Conway made his dream debut at Lords here he rewrote the history by scoring 200 runs off 347 balls this broke the 125 years old record of legendary K.S. Ranjitsingh . On his debut the later made 154 runs for England against Australia in Test match which was the highest score by an English cricketer on debut. Conway contributed 52.91% of runs to the team’s total. The second-highest in maiden innings in men’s Tests. Former Kiwi player Matthew Sinclair in 1999 he scored 214 runs on his debut in a Test match against West Indies and became the first New Zealander to do so. The other Black Caps who scored 100 or more at Lord’s are Martin Donnelly in 1937 smashed 206 runs followed by Bevan Congdon in 1973 scored 175 runs. The Kiwi debutants to score more than 100 but below 200 runs in their debut Test match are Hamish Rutherford 171 runs in 2013, James Neesham scored 137 in 2014 and present day skipper Kane William made his Test debut in 2010 and he smashed 131 runs in the match. Conway and Kuruppu opened the innings for their respective teams.

SOME FACTS:

SEVEN BATSMAN HAVE SCORED DOUBLE HUNDRED ON DEBUT IN TESTS. KYLE MAYERS SMASHED 210 RUNS IN FOURTH INNINGS OF HIS DEBUT MATCH AGAINST BANGLADESH.

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HIGHEST SCORE ON MEN’S TEST DEBUT AWAY FROM HOME.

HIGHEST SCORE ON MEN’S TEST DEBUT IN ENGLAND OR AGAINST ENGLAND.