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Conway

  If all goes well, Devon Conway could be the second player of South African origin to represent New Zealand. An attacking left-handed batsman who relished batting at the top in limited-overs cricket, Conway is also an efficient wicketkeeper. Born and brought up in South Africa, Conway made the shift to New Zealand in 2017. With close to 100 first-class games and 70 list A games to his credit, Conway was already an established name in South Africa's domestic circuit, and he hopes the experience gained there would help him in the new country. One of his biggest strengths is his adaptability across formats. On arriving in New Zealand, Conway joined the University Club and gradually started plying his trade in the Super Smash for the Wellington Firebirds. He was mostly a standby in the initial days, with the odd game in between, but first-choice keeper Tom Blundell's national call-up allowed Conway more game time, thereby pushing his case further. Thereafter, he represented Wellin

Latham

 Tom is the son of former New Zealand player Rod Latham. He is a wicket-keeper batsman who made his first-class debut for Canterbury after being part of the New Zealand squad for the U-19 World Cup in 2010. Tom, who didn't make much of an impact in first-class cricket, but a hundred in the Ford Trophy earned him a call up for the series against Zimbabwe. Tom Latham and Ross Taylor can stitch together crucial partnerships, and they've done that on numerous occasions in the past. If New Zealand's top order fails to get the team off to a good start, the experience of Taylor and the temperament of Latham can brave them out of trouble, as we've seen earlier. Latham's last ODI century came in 2017 against India, but since then the southpaw has played 25-odd matches and hasn't come even close to getting a three-digit score in the 50-over format. With ample opportunities ahead of him during the World Cup, Latham can manage to get a century or two, especially with the pi

Kane Williamson

 my favourite cricker kane Williamson. new zealand's capitan Arguably New Zealand's finest batsman since the legendary Martin Crowe, Kane Williamson had been a wonder kid since his teenage days. His exceptional talent included the rare Non-Asian skill to play quality spin apart from being adept against fast bowling. It would be fair to say the Williamson family boasted of sports freak all around. While his father had played cricket at certain age groups, his mother was a fine basketball player and his sisters excelled in volleyball. It was therefore not a surprise when Kane took a liking to sports and it happened to be cricket. Kane Williamson, who is often referred to as a classical Test batsman, was first signed by an IPL franchise in 2015. The Sunrisers Hyderabad had him in their kitty for less than $100,000, and in the first season, he didn't return the dividends - particularly given the limited opportunities he had in an unfamiliar lower-middle order positi