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New Zealand has a new T20 sensation: Devon Conway. Conway’s 99 *, his fifth consecutive 50+ score in T20, in the opening game of the five-game series against Australia in Christchurch on Monday, lifted the Kiwis from 19-for-3 after 4 overs to 184-for-5 in 20 overs. His 59-ball hit included 10 fours and three sixes.

Conway, 29, has scores of 99 *, 93 *, 91 *, 69 * and 50 in his last five outings, batting for New Zealand and Wellington. He has a 58 batting average in his T20I career thus far, having played six games thus far. The South African-born moved to New Zealand in 2017 and was eligible to play for them in August last year.

Over the course of his winning shot on Monday, Conway hit some rare benchmarks:

– Conway was joined by Virender Sehwag of India, Hamilton Masakadza of Zimbabwe, Kamran Akmal of Pakistan, Jos Buttler of England and David Warner of Australia as the only men to score five 50s in a row in T20 matches, national or international.

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– Devon Conway is the first New Zealand male cricketer to reach 5 consecutive T20 scores of over fifty. Sophie Devine had already done it in women’s cricket.

– Conway also became the fourth cricketer not left out with 99 in T20I. Luke Wright (against Afg, Colombo 2012), Dawid Malan (against SA, Cape Town 2020), Mohd Hafeez (against NZ, Hamilton 2020) were the other cases. Facing the last ball of innings Monday, Conway singled with a push to deep spot.

– Devon Conway and Glenn Phillips have now combined for 301 races in their 4 T20I partnerships, with just 3 layoffs, for an association average of 100.33 .. No other association in the world has more than 300 races with an average of more than 90. .

Australia was eliminated by 131 in their response to the hosts’ first-inning score, to lose by 53 runs. Devon Conway was announced as the Man of the Match. New Zealand now leads the series 1-0.

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