Tag: Kane Williamson

Kane Williamson returns to lead New Zealand for Test series in England

Williamson has made a complete recovery from the elbow injury that saw him miss the drawn Test series against Bangladesh and South Africa and is currently leading Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

May 4, 2022

Gary Stead says, Kane Williamson is ‘prodigious hitter of balls’, warns him for overhitting

Williamson faced Australia in a warm-up match prior to the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Super-12s. He led New Zealand in scoring with 37 off 30 balls while also aggravating his elbow.

October 22, 2021

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson says IPL over Test cricket not preferred

Williamson, the top-ranked Test batsman and captain of New Zealand across formats, along with Test regulars Trent Boult and Kyle Jamieson, have deals with IPL teams.

February 21, 2021

‘Very fortunate’ to play against Steve Smith, Virat Kohli, says Kane Williamson

Kane Williamson said that his ranking as number one Test batsman was reflection of the fact that he was just trying to the best for his side.

January 1, 2021

Kane Williamson ends Steve Smith, Virat Kohli’s run in ICC Test Rankings to be number 1

Kane Williamson jumped two places to end 2020 as the world's top-ranked batsman even as Steve Smith slipped two places to third. Virat Kohli remained second

December 31, 2020

Kane Williamson calls ICC World Test Championship points ‘a carrot’ to win matches

But Kane Williamson has refused to look too far ahead to the WTC final next year saying that he'd rather focus on the present.

December 30, 2020

New Zealand on verge of winning 1st Test as West Indies remain 185 runs behind after Day 3

West Indies, who were bundled for 138 in the first innings in response to New Zealand's 519/7, ended Day 3 at 197/7 at the Seddon Park.

December 5, 2020

Kane Williamson’s 251 puts New Zealand on top against West Indies on Day 2 of 1st Test

On Friday, Kane Williamson made his highest Test score of 251, surpassing his previous best of an unbeaten 242 against Sri Lanka in 2015.

December 4, 2020

Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor help New Zealand in dominating over West Indies on Day 1

The efforts from Williamson, unbeaten at 97 and Taylor, who played an 184-ball innings of 86 runs, saw New Zealand finishing the day at 243/2.

December 3, 2020

IPL 2020: Kane Williamson is Sunrisers Hyderabad’s bankers, says David Warner

Kane Williamson was at his usual best on Friday as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the low-scoring Eliminator in IPL 2020.

November 7, 2020

IPL 2020: Kane Williamson praises Priyam Garg after youngster’s half-century

Priyam Garg, 19, playing his first IPL, was involved in a mix-up with Williamson which ultimately led to the New Zealander's dismissal.

October 3, 2020

IPL was an opportunity for me to learn: Kane Williamson

Williamson, who plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and has also led the franchise in the past stated that he always kept an open mind while playing the IPL.

June 29, 2020

MS Dhoni has been the same since 2003 except for more white hair: Dinesh Karthik

Dinesh Karthik and MS Dhoni last crossed paths in the ICC World Cup 2019 semi-final where New Zealand got the better of India.

June 9, 2020

Fortunate to play against each other: Williamson on Kohli

The two are considered amongst the best in the business in the world at present and Kohli has time and again praised the Kiwi skipper.

June 7, 2020

Sometimes McCullum saw Tests as ODI games: Kane Williamson

"Brendon played his natural game and it brought a lot of success to us," Kane said.

May 22, 2020

Williamson’s captaincy not under any threat: New Zealand Cricket

Following Australia debacle, Williamson and Co. however, went back to the winning ways.

May 20, 2020

Nasser Hussain picks Kane Williamson as favourite red-ball captain

Apart from Williamson, Hussain also heaped praises on Indian skipper Virat Kohli.

May 13, 2020