Kane Williamson

Kane Williamson

Personal information
Full name	Kane Stuart Williamson
Born	8 August 1990 Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm off-break
Role	Batsman, Captain
International information
National side	New Zealand (2010–present)
Test debut (cap 248)	4 November 2010 v India
Last Test	8 October 2016 v India
ODI debut (cap 191)	10 August 2010 v India
Last ODI	29 October 2016 v India
ODI shirt no.	22
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007–present	Northern Districts
2011–2012	Gloucestershire
2013–2014	Yorkshire
2015–present	Sunrisers Hyderabad
2016–present	Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 52 95 110 154 Runs scored 4,393 3,787 8,437 5,787 Batting average 51.08 47.00 47.66 45.56 100s/50s 14/24 8/25 23/42 11/37 Top score 242* 145* 284* 145* Balls bowled 1,983 1,083 6,426 2,372 Wickets 29 27 85 57 Bowling average 37.93 37.51 42.41 36.59 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 1 10 wickets in match 0 – 0 – Best bowling 4/44 4/22 5/75 5/51 Catches/stumpings 47/– 38/– 100/– 65/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 October 2016

Kane Stuart Williamson (born 8 August 1990) is a professional cricketer and currently the captain of New Zealand. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off-spinner. As of 28 July 2016, he is the third ranked batsman in Test cricket. Domestically he has represented Northern Districts in New Zealand domestic cricket, the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL, and Gloucestershire and Yorkshire in English county cricket.

Williamson made his first-class debut in December 2007.^[1] 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 and 2015 editions of the Cricket World Cup and 2012 and 2014 editions of the ICC World Twenty20. He made his full-time captaincy debut for New Zealand in the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 in India.

Domestic career

Williamson attended Tauranga Boys' College from 2004–2008 where he was Head Boy in his final year and was coached by Pacey Depina. Depina described Williamson as having "a thirst to be phenomenal – but not at anyone else's expense." ^[2][3]

Williamson signed for Gloucestershire to play in the 2011 English county season.^[4] On 14 August 2013, he signed for Yorkshire for the rest of the season and subsequently signed to return for the 2014 season, when his side won the County Championship.^[5][6] He signed to return the latter part of the 2015 season, but when incumbent overseas player Aaron Finch was not selected for the Australia ODI squad, Yorkshire ultimately chose to extend Finch's deal in place of Williamson.^[7][8] He subsequently signed a deal for part of the 2016 season.^[9]

On 6 February 2015, Sunrisers Hyderabad of the IPL signed Williamson for US$96,500.

International career

Williamson was 17 when he led the New Zealand Under-19 side in the World Cup in Malaysia in 2008. New Zealand reached the semi-final where they lost to the eventual champions India. On 24 March 2010 Williamson was named in the New Zealand Test squad for the second Test against Australia,^[10] but ultimately he did not play in the match.^[11]

Williamson made his one-day International debut against India on 10 August 2010. He was dismissed for a 9th ball duck. In his second match, he was bowled by Angelo Mathews for a second ball duck. He scored his maiden ODI century against Bangladesh on 14 October 2010 in Dhaka and hence became the youngest centurion in New Zealand's Test cricket history. Due to his performance on the Bangladesh tour where New Zealand suffered a 4–0 whitewash, Williamson was selected in the New Zealand Test squad for the tour of India that followed.^[12]

Williamson made his Test cricket debut against India at Ahmedabad on 4 November 2010. In his first innings he scored 131 runs off 299 balls and became the eighth New Zealand player to score a century on Test debut.^[13][14]

Williamson scored test match score of 161 against West Indies in June 2014. It was his second test century of the series and helped secure a rare away test series victory for his side. Williamson finished as the leading overall run scorer in the series with 413 runs, and was only denied a double century by rain which forced skipper Brendon McCullum to declare in the interest of a result in the match. He was also reported for a suspect bowling action in April 2014, but was cleared in December 2014.^[15][16] His illegal bowling action started after he left high school in order to get a faster release and turn on the ball. His new action essentially reverts him to his action in high school, with a more side-on approach and less wrist and elbow deviation.^[17] He was also named as captain ahead of the ODI and Twenty20 series against Pakistan as Brendon McCullum was rested.^[18]

Williamson is currently third on the list (behind Corey Anderson and Jesse Ryder) for the highest ever strike-rated century by a New Zealander in a One-Day International. He achieved the feat during his 100* off 69 balls against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo.^[19] On 19 September 2014 he scored his first T20 hundred scoring 101* in 49 balls to guide Northern Districts for a comfortable win against Cape Cobras in Champions League Twenty20 2014.^[20] He has also established one of the most potent no. 3-no. 4 top-order partnership with Ross Taylor, with himself being the most prolific no. 3 batsman for the national side since former captain Stephen Fleming. Apart from Fleming (in 2006), Williamson (in 2015) became the most recent no. 3 New Zealand batsmen to score a double century in Test cricket. However, Williamson and Taylor were also involved in 12 run outs across all forms of international cricket as of 26 January 2015 when they are both on the crease.^[21] As a fielder, his position is predominantly at gully,^[22] but can move to point with spin bowlers, or cover point with fast bowlers.

In 2015, he started with 69 and 242* against Sri Lanka, with two catches in the field in a man-of-the-match performance.^[23] On 3 February 2015, he helped New Zealand score the 99th ODI century in the team's history against Pakistan; Ross Taylor scored the 100th in the same match. He also scored over 700 runs before the 2015 Cricket World Cup in just the first two months of the calendar year. On 17 June 2015 he became the fifth-fastest batsmen and fastest New Zealander to score 3,000 runs, getting them in just 78 innings. On 15 November 2015 Williamson and Taylor became the first pair of away batsmen to each score 2nd innings centuries at WACA Ground in Perth.

In December 2015, during the second Test against Sri Lanka, Williamson broke the record for the most Test runs scored in a calendar year by a New Zealander, with 1172 runs.^[24] He also ended 2015 with 2692 runs, the highest score across all forms of international cricket for the year, and third highest totals in a single year.^[25]

In March 2016, Williamson assumed the position of captain of New Zealand across all forms of cricket after the retirement of Brendon McCullum, beginning with the World T20I cup in India. He also picked up NZ player of the year, Test player of the year and the Redpath Cup for top batsman in first class cricket for the second year in a row.^[26][27]

In August 2016, during the Test series against Zimbabwe, Williamson became the thirteenth batsman to score a century against all the other Test playing nations. He completed this in the fewest innings, the quickest time from his Test debut and became the youngest player to achieve this feat.^[28] In the complete list of such batsmen, he has achieved this feat with minimum number of total centuries.

Personal life

Williamson has a twin brother named Logan, who is a few minutes younger than him. The twins are the youngest of five children, and the siblings are girls. Kane and Logan have both excelled at several sports, including rugby, field hockey, basketball, volleyball, soccer and cricket.^[3][29] Williamson's childhood hero was Sachin Tendulkar.^[30]

During the New Zealand vs Pakistan 2014 ODI series, Williamson donated his entire match fee for all five ODIs to the victims of the 2014 Peshawar school massacre.^[31][32]

Career best performances

As of 26 January 2016 :

	Batting				Bowling
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
Tests	242*	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	Wellington	2015	4–44	New Zealand v England	Auckland	2013
ODI	145*	New Zealand v South Africa	Kimberley	2013	4–22	New Zealand v South Africa	Paarl	2013
T20I	72*	New Zealand v Pakistan	Hamilton	2016	1–6	New Zealand v Zimbabwe	Auckland	2012
FC	284*	Northern Districts Knights v Wellington Firebirds	Lincoln	2011	5–75	Northern Districts Knights v Canterbury Wizards	Christchurch (VG)	2009
LA	112	Gloucestershire Gladiators v Leicestershire Foxes	Bristol	2012	5–51	Northern Districts Knights v Auckland Aces	Auckland (CMP)	2010
T20	101*	Northern Districts Knights v Cape Cobras	Raipur	2014	3–33	Northern Districts Knights v Wellington Firebirds	Wellington	2012

International centuries

Centuries and highest scores against other Test-playing nations

Opposition	Test centuries	ODI centuries	Test H.S.	ODI H.S.	T20I H.S.
Sri Lanka	3	1	242*	103	53
Pakistan	1	2	192	123	72*
India	2	1	131	118	28
West Indies	2	0	161*	69	37
Australia	2	0	166	60	24
South Africa	1	1	102*	145*	51
England	1	1	132	118	57
Bangladesh	1	1	114	108	42
Zimbabwe	1	1	113	100*	48
Total	14	8	242*	145*	72*

International awards

Test cricket

Man of the series awards

Sl No	Series	Season	Series Performance	Result
1	New Zealand in West Indies	2014	Runs: 423 (949 balls: 51×4), Ave – 82.60, SR – 43.52 Field: 21–2–71–2, 2 catches	New Zealand won the series 2–1[33]

Man of the match awards

Sl No	Match	Venue	Date	Match Performance	Result
1	3rd Test - New Zealand in West Indies	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	26–30 June 2014	1st Innings: 43 (68 balls: 7x4); 2–0–11–0, 1 catch 2nd Innings: 161* (271 balls: 22x4); 3–0–16–0, 1 catch	New Zealand won by 53 runs[34]
2	2nd Test - Sri Lanka in New Zealand	Basin Reserve, Wellington	3–7 January 2015	1st Innings: 69 (115 balls: 9x4) 2nd Innings: 242* (438 balls: 18x4); 2–0–6–0, 2 catches	New Zealand won by 193 runs[35]
3	2nd Test - Sri Lanka in New Zealand	Seddon Park, Hamilton	18–22 December 2015	1st Innings: 1–0–1–0, 1 catch, 1 run out; 1 (4 balls) 2nd Innings: 108* (164 balls: 12x4, 1x6)	New Zealand won by 5 wickets[36]
4	2nd Test - New Zealand in Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	6–10 August 2016	1st Innings: 113 (202 balls: 10x4); 2 catches 2nd Innings: 68* (103 balls: 6x4); 2 catches	New Zealand won by 254 runs.[37]

One-Day International cricket

Man of the series awards

Sl No	Series	Season	Series Performance	Result
1	New Zealand vs Pakistan in UAE	2014/15	Runs: 346 (386 balls: 35×4), Ave – 86.50, SR – 89.64 Field: 7–0–31–0, 4 catches	New Zealand won the series 3–2[38]
2	Sri Lanka in New Zealand	2014/15	Runs: 295 (339 balls: 23×4, 3x6), Ave – 59.00, SR – 87.02 Field: 11–0–79–1, 4 catches	New Zealand won the series 4–2[39]
3	New Zealand in England	2015	Runs: 396 (379 balls: 49×4, 3x6), Ave – 79.20, SR – 104.48 Field: 6–0–40–1, 2 catches	England won the series 3–2[40]
4	New Zealand in Zimbabwe	2015	Runs: 187 (211 balls: 19×4, 2x6), Ave – 93.50, SR – 88.62 Field: 11–0–64–1, 2 catches	New Zealand won the series 2–1[41]

Man of the match awards

Sl No	Opponent	Venue	Date	Match Performance	Result
1	South Africa	De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley	22 January 2013	145* (136 balls: 17x4, 1x6); 3–0–22–0	New Zealand won by 27 runs[42]
2	India	Seddon Park, Hamilton	22 January 2014	77 (87 balls: 5x4, 1x6); 1 catch	New Zealand won by 15 runs (D/L)[43]
3	Pakistan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	12 December 2014	70* (91 balls: 7x4)	New Zealand won by 4 wickets[44]
4	Pakistan	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	17 December 2014	123 (105 balls: 12x4); 2–0–13–0	New Zealand won by 7 runs[45]
5	Sri Lanka	Saxton Oval, Nelson	20 January 2015	7–0–50–1, 1 catch; 103 (107 balls: 6x4, 1x6)	New Zealand won by 4 wickets[46]
6	Pakistan	McLean Park, Napier	3 February 2015	112 (88 balls: 14x4, 1x6)	New Zealand won by 119 runs[47]
7	England	Rose Bowl, Southampton	14 June 2015	118 (113 balls: 12x4, 1x6); 2–0–12–1	New Zealand won by 3 wickets[48]
8	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare	7 August 2015	90 (109 balls: 8x4, 1x6); 3–0–23–1	New Zealand won by 38 runs[49]
9	India	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	20 October 2016	118 (128 balls: 14x4, 1x6)	New Zealand won by 6 runs[50]

Twenty20 International Cricket

Man of the Match Awards

Sl No	Series	Venue	Date	Opponent	Match Performance	Result
1	Pakistan in New Zealand	Seddon Park, Hamilton	17 January 2016	Pakistan	2 catches; 72* (48 balls: 11x4)	New Zealand won by 10 wickets[51]
2	2016 ICC World Twenty20	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	26 March 2016	Bangladesh	42 (32 balls: 5x4, 1x6)	New Zealand won by 75 runs[52]

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External links

• Player profile: Kane Williamson from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Kane Williamson from CricketArchive