England Vs New Zealand -First Test at Lord’s – Second day’s play

England Vs New Zealand -First Test at Lord’s – Second day’s play

DP Conway-H Nicholls added 174 runs for the fourth wicket to provide the 354th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 72nd occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against England.

It also provides the 55th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the fourth wicket. It also provides the eighth occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against England for the fourth wicket.

It also represents the record partnership by New Zealand batsmen against England for the fourth wicket. The previous best was the 155 runs partnership between MD Crowe and MJ Greatbatch at Wellington in March 1988.

DP Conway-H Nicholls added 174 runs for the fourth wicket to provide the 20th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against England at Lord’s. It also provides the fifth occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against England at Lord’s for the fourth wicket.

It also represents the record partnership by New Zealand batsmen against England for the fourth wicket against England at Lord’s. The previous best was the 142 runs partnership between RC Blunt and ML Page in Jun 1931. Thus DP Conway-H Nicholls rewrote the 90 year old record.

DP Conway was dismissed run out for 200 runs in New Zealand’s first innings to provide the eleventh occasion of a batsman dismissed run out after scoring 200 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppnGroundStart Date
1AD Nourse2081SAFEngNottingham07 Jun 1951
2CC Hunte2602WinPakKingston26 Feb 1958
3DM Jones2161AusWinAdelaide03 Feb 1989
4SV Manjrekar2181IndPakLahore01 Dec 1989
5BC Lara2772WinAusSydney02 Jan 1993
6R Dravid2172IndEngThe Oval05 Sep 2002
7L Vincent2242NZlSrlWellington11 Apr 2005
8TT Samaraweera2141SrlPakLahore01 Mar 2009
9Taufeeq Umar2362PakSrlA Dhabi18 Oct 2011
10BA Stokes2581EngSAFCape Town02 Jan 2016
11DP Conway2001NZlEngLord’s02 Jun 2021

DP Conway is the second New Zealand batsman to be dismissed run out after scoring 200 plus runs. The other was L Vincent who was dismissed run out for  214 at Wellington in Apr 2005

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppnGroundStart Date
1L Vincent2242NZlSrlWellington11 Apr 2005
2DP Conway2001NZlEngLord’s02 Jun 2021

DP Conway is the third batsman to be dismissed run out after scoring 200 plus runs against England. Others are – AD Nourse and R Dravid. The following table list all these three batsmen.

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppnGroundStart Date
1AD Nourse2081SAFEngNottingham07 Jun 1951
2R Dravid2172IndEngThe Oval05 Sep 2002
3DP Conway2001NZlEngLord’s02 Jun 2021

DP Conway became the first batsman to be dismissed after scoring 200 in a test innings at Lord’s

DP Conway became the seventh batsman to score 200 plus runs in an innings on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below.

He also became the first batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 200 plus runs on test debut against England. Previous best was 176 by GA Headley of West Indiesat Bridgetown in Jan 1930. Thus DP Conway rewrote the 91 year old record.

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppnGroundStart Date
1RE Foster2872EngAusSydney11 Dec 1903
2LG Rowe2141WinNZlKingston16 Feb 1972
3DSBP Kuruppu201*1SrlNZlCol-CCC16 Apr 1987
4MS Sinclair2141NZlWinWellington26 Dec 1999
5JA Rudolph222*2SAFBanChattogram24 Apr 2003
6KR Mayers210*4WinBanChattogram03 Feb 2021
7DP Conway2001NZlEngLord’s02 Jun 2021

He also became the second New Zealand batsman 200 plus runs on test debut after MS Sinclair. MS Sinclair had scored 214 runs on his test debut against West Indies at Wellington in Dec 1999.

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppnGroundStart Date
1MS Sinclair2141NZlWinWellington26 Dec 1999
2DP Conway2001NZlEngLord’s02 Jun 2021

He also became the first left hand batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 200 plus runs on test debut against England. Previous best was 171 by HD Rutherford of New Zealand at Dunedin in Mar 2013.

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