Bad news for the fans, the strong player was suddenly out of the third test; Announcement of replacement
Devon Conway
England vs New Zealand 3rd Test: A three-Test series is being played between England and New Zealand. By winning the first two matches, England has taken a 2-0 lead in the series. Now the third match between the two teams will be played on 14 December. By winning this match, the Kiwi team would like to avoid clinch sweep. But even before this, the New Zealand team has suffered a major blow and star batsman Devon Conway has been ruled out of the third test and his replacement has been announced.
Did not perform well in the first two matches
Opener batsman Devon Conway played in both the initial Test matches against England, in which he did not score big innings with his bat. Could score only 21 runs in four innings. Now he will not play in the third test. He is awaiting the birth of his first child in Wellington this week. They are about to welcome their first child. Mark Chapman has been included in the team in his place.
Coach Gary Stead said this
Coach Gary Stead said that in this environment family comes first and we are all really excited to welcome Devon and his wife Kim’s first child. Mark was recently with the Test team in India. Apart from this, he scored 276 runs in Plunket Shield and he seems to be in good form. So this is a good time for them to join us.
Haven’t made test debut yet
Mark Chapman has not yet made his Test debut for New Zealand. But this 30 year old batsman has played ODI and T20 International cricket. Chapman has so far scored a total of 564 runs in 26 ODI matches, in which he has scored two centuries and one half-century. Apart from this, he has 1551 runs in his name in 78 T20 International matches.
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