(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. 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]
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^"Williamson overtakes Smith and Kohli to top position". ICC. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^"Test cricket's young Fab Four". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
^"Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Steven Smith, Kane Williamson 'Fab Four' of Tests: Martin Crowe". The Indian Express. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
^"Big four? What about Warner?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
^"Kohli named captain of ICC Test Team of the Decade". ICC. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^Alderson, Andrew (7 January 2015). "Crowe: Key to Cup win is fearlessness". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^"Kane Williamson: New Zealand's greatest ever batsman". RNZ. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
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