{"id":179455,"date":"2026-06-11T16:52:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=179455"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:52:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:22:55","slug":"eng-vs-nz-conway-to-fly-home-for-birth-of-child-expected-to-be-available-for-second-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=179455","title":{"rendered":"ENG vs NZ: Conway to fly home for birth of child, expected to be available for second Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71089192\">New Zealand\u00a0expects Devon Conway\u00a0to be available for next week\u2019s second Test against England at the Oval despite a 23,000-mile round trip to Wellington to attend the birth of his second child.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old opening batsman was out for one and 41 during New Zealand\u2019s 115-run defeat in a low-scoring first Test at Lord\u2019s last week that left the tourist 1-0 down in a three-match series.<\/p>\n<p>He has since made the long journey home to be with his wife for the birth of their second child, but is expected back in time when the series resumes at the Oval.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack Caps batter Devon Conway has briefly returned home to New Zealand to welcome the birth of his second child,\u201d said a New Zealand Cricket statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConway will spend some time at home with family before flying back to London ahead of the second Test against England at The Oval, starting Wednesday 17 June.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand captain Tom Latham, speaking after the first Test, was hopeful of having \u201ca full bowling attack to pick from\u201d at the Oval after\u00a0Matt Henry\u00a0suffered back spasms on the opening day of the series, with the paceman sending down just 15 overs at Lord\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a day-by-day case with Henners,\u201d Latham said. \u201cFingers crossed, he keeps progressing the way he has from day one to where he is now (on the fourth day).\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 11, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/international\/england-vs-new-zealand-second-test-devon-conway-flies-home-second-child-birth-availability-latest-news\/article71089192.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand\u00a0expects Devon Conway\u00a0to be available for next week\u2019s second Test against England at the Oval despite a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":179456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Britain_England_New_Zealand_Cricket_98289.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":188633,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=188633","url_meta":{"origin":179455,"position":0},"title":"New Zealand squad for West Indies ODI series: Duffy returns, Conway rested","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Seamer Jacob Duffy was named Wednesday to play the upcoming five-match ODI series against the West Indies after sitting out New Zealand\u2019s 2-1 Test series win against England for the birth of his first child. 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