Devon Conway breaks Ranjitsinhji's 125-year-old record

LONDON: Devon Conway went past former England cricketers Ranjitsinhji and WG Grace. Ranjitsinhji held the record for the highest score by a debutant in England for 125 years. He had scored an unbeaten 154 against Australia in 1896 in Manchester.

A day after breaking Sourav Ganguly's record 25-year-old record as an overseas opener in England, New Zealand opener Conway on Thursday broke KS Ranjitsinhji's record. Conway achieved the milestone on Day 2 of the first Test against England at Lord's by scoring double ton.

Grace had scored 150 on debut against Australia back in 1880 in Manchester. Agencies

Highest individual scores in Test debut innings:

Player Runs Opposition Ground Start Date

RE Foster (ENG) 287 v Australia Sydney 11 Dec 1903

JA Rudolph (SA) 222* v Bangladesh Chattogram 24 Apr 2003

LG Rowe (WI) 214 v New Zealand Kingston 16 Feb 1972

MS Sinclair (NZ) 214 v West Indies Wellington 26 Dec 1999

KR Mayers (WI) 210* v Bangladesh Chattogram 3 Feb 2021

DSBP Kuruppu (SL)201* v New Zealand Colombo 16 Apr 1987

DP Conway (NZ) 200 v England Lord's 2 Jun 2021

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