• SA-born Conway joins elite club

    Devon Conway became just the 10th player in Test history to hit a double century and a century in the same match.

    On Sunday, he reached three figures before tea in New Zealand’s second innings against the West Indies in Mount Maunganui.

    Conway was dismissed for 100 straight after the break, backing up his 227 in the first innings, while opening partner Tom Latham made 101.

    He and captain Latham, who put on a mammoth 323 opening partnership in the first innings with Latham contributing 137, produced a 192-run stand in the second.

    Conway joins an illustrious list in scoring a double century and a century in the same Test match. Only Doug Walters, Greg Chappell, Marnus Labuschagne, Sunil Gavaskar, Shubman Gill, Lawrence Rowe, Brian Lara, Graham Gooch and Kumar Sangakkara had achieved the feat.

    Conway’s 327 runs are the third highest for New Zealand in a single Test, behind Stephen Fleming’s 343 (274 and 69) against Sri Lanka in 2003, and Martin Crowe’s 329 (30 and 299) against Sri Lanka in 1991.

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