INDORE: Opener Devon Conway is delighted to have added the sweep and reverse sweep to his repertoire on New Zealand‘s ongoing tour of the sub-continent with the ODI World Cup scheduled in India later this 12 months.
New Zealand are having a bittersweet tour of the sub-continent. Having gained the ODI collection in Pakistan, the Black Caps slumped to a 0-3 loss within the 50-over fixtures in India.
Conway scored two Test centuries within the drawn collection in opposition to Pakistan, adopted by a 138 within the third ODI in opposition to India as he efficiently negotiated spinners of each international locations.
“I’m certainly pretty happy with how things have gone, personally, over the last month-and-a-half,” Conway mentioned on the post-match press convention.
“There’s been a lot of learning for me, how to attack spin in the subcontinent. I’ve had to learn how to sweep, reverse sweep and put bowlers under pressure as much as possible.”
The 31-year-old opener has emerged as a pressure to reckon with on the high, boasting of an distinctive report throughout all three codecs that features a double century on Test debut.
“I’ve been very fortunate to have good experience in our group. We had Kane with us in Pakistan, it gave me the opportunity to have those conversations with him and Tommy Latham – guys who’ve played here in these conditions quite often – and see how they go about it.
“For me, I can take a variety of studying transferring ahead, particularly for the World Cup developing,” he added.
The third ODI in opposition to India began on a difficult be aware for the Kiwis because it was raining sixes and fours with Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill sharing a 212-run opening stand.
“It was a problem for our bowlers in the present day, it was a batting floor. The nature through which Rohit and Shubman batted put critical strain on us. We simply tried to hold in there and break the partnership and the put strain on the brand new batter.”
New Zealand have been with out the providers of a number of senior gamers together with the tempo duo of Trent Boult and Tim Southee.
“The absence of Boult and Southee is very large for us, they’re very skilled bowlers however on the flipside it has given alternative for the youthful bowlers to come back by and study on the go,” mentioned Conway.
New Zealand are having a bittersweet tour of the sub-continent. Having gained the ODI collection in Pakistan, the Black Caps slumped to a 0-3 loss within the 50-over fixtures in India.
Conway scored two Test centuries within the drawn collection in opposition to Pakistan, adopted by a 138 within the third ODI in opposition to India as he efficiently negotiated spinners of each international locations.
“I’m certainly pretty happy with how things have gone, personally, over the last month-and-a-half,” Conway mentioned on the post-match press convention.
“There’s been a lot of learning for me, how to attack spin in the subcontinent. I’ve had to learn how to sweep, reverse sweep and put bowlers under pressure as much as possible.”
The 31-year-old opener has emerged as a pressure to reckon with on the high, boasting of an distinctive report throughout all three codecs that features a double century on Test debut.
“I’ve been very fortunate to have good experience in our group. We had Kane with us in Pakistan, it gave me the opportunity to have those conversations with him and Tommy Latham – guys who’ve played here in these conditions quite often – and see how they go about it.
“For me, I can take a variety of studying transferring ahead, particularly for the World Cup developing,” he added.
The third ODI in opposition to India began on a difficult be aware for the Kiwis because it was raining sixes and fours with Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill sharing a 212-run opening stand.
“It was a problem for our bowlers in the present day, it was a batting floor. The nature through which Rohit and Shubman batted put critical strain on us. We simply tried to hold in there and break the partnership and the put strain on the brand new batter.”
New Zealand have been with out the providers of a number of senior gamers together with the tempo duo of Trent Boult and Tim Southee.
“The absence of Boult and Southee is very large for us, they’re very skilled bowlers however on the flipside it has given alternative for the youthful bowlers to come back by and study on the go,” mentioned Conway.