Former test opener on how Devon Conway can recapture form

2023 was less fruitful; 13 innings saw 422 runs scored at an average of 32.46 (another high score of 122) this time being dismissed twice in the 70s.Through six innings in 2024, the same number of innings as his breakout 2021 season, Conway has scored 68 runs at an average of 11.33 with a high score of 29.Missing a large part of the 2024 white ball season with a broken thumb is sure to have hampered Conway’s form to a degree, yet the figures present a steady decline in form across a four-year span in which he has gone from a threat to the established Fab Four to an opening batter whose position at the top of the order may be under its own threat.AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.In the first test against Sri Lanka in Galle, Conway’s first test since February, hopes of a resurgence were dashed as he made 17 and 4 runs in his two innings and looked every bit a world class batter in a world class rut.Devon Conway is dismissed on day four of the first test. Photo / Sri Lanka…