Kane Williamson

Kane Williamson

Williamson in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Kane Stuart Williamson
Born	(1990-08-08) 8 August 1990 (age 33) Tauranga, New Zealand
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break
Role	Top-order batsman
International information
National side	New Zealand (2010–present)
Test debut (cap 248)	4 November 2010 v India
Last Test	13 February 2024 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 161)	10 August 2010 v India
Last ODI	15 November 2023 v India
ODI shirt no.	22
T20I debut (cap 49)	16 October 2011 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I	12 January 2024 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.	22
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007/08–present	Northern Districts
2011–2012	Gloucestershire
2013–2018	Yorkshire
2015–2022	Sunrisers Hyderabad
2017	Barbados Tridents
2023-present	Gujarat Titans
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 100 165 168 227 Runs scored 8,743 6,810 13,554 8,974 Batting average 54.98 48.64 51.14 47.23 100s/50s 32/34 13/45 42/61 17/57 Top score 251 148 284* 148 Balls bowled 2,151 1,467 6,624 2,756 Wickets 30 37 86 67 Bowling average 40.23 35.40 43.26 35.56 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/44 4/22 5/75 5/51 Catches/stumpings 89/– 66/– 153/– 94/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  New Zealand ICC Cricket World Cup Runner-up 2015 Australia and New Zealand Runner-up 2019 England and Wales ICC World Test Championship Winner 2019-2021 ICC T20 World Cup Runner-up 2021 UAE and Oman
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 March 2024

Kane Stuart Williamson (born 8 August 1990)^[1] is a New Zealand international cricketer and captain of the New Zealand national team in limited overs cricket. On 27 February 2023, Williamson became the all-time leading run-scorer for New Zealand in Test cricket.^[2] A right-handed batsman and an occasional off spin bowler, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary batsmen and captains New Zealand has ever produced and the greatest New Zealand batsman of all time. He captained New Zealand to victory in the 2021 ICC World Test Championship final and to the finals of the 2019 Cricket World Cup and 2021 T20 World Cup. He was also a part of the New Zealand squad to finish as runners-up at the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

Williamson made his first-class cricket debut in December 2007.^[3] He made his U-19 debut against the touring Indian U-19 team the same year and was named captain of the New Zealand U-19 team for the 2008 U-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his international debut in 2010. Williamson has represented New Zealand at the 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023 editions of the Cricket World Cup and 2012, 2014, 2016, 2021 and 2022 editions of the ICC World Twenty20. He made his full-time captaincy debut for New Zealand in the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 in India. He captained New Zealand at the 2019 Cricket World Cup, leading the team to the final and winning the Player of the Tournament award in the process. On 31 December 2020, he reached a Test batting rating of 890, surpassing Steve Smith and Joe Root as the number one ranked Test batsmen in the world.^[4][5] He was nominated for the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade, and the award for Test cricketer of the decade. Ian Chappell and Martin Crowe have ranked Williamson among the top four or five Test cricket batsmen, along with Joe Root, Steve Smith, Virat Kohli of the current era.^[6][7][8]

Williamson was the only New Zealander to be named in the ICC Test Team of the Decade (2011–2024).^[9] The late former New Zealand cricketer, Martin Crowe, noted that, "we're seeing the dawn of probably our greatest ever batsman" in Williamson.^[10] In June 2021, he captained New Zealand to win the inaugural ICC World Test Championship, the first ICC trophy the team won since winning the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy. In November 2021, he led New Zealand to the final of the ICC T20 World Cup. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of the modern era.^[11]