Kane Williamson

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Kane Williamson
Personal information
Full name Kane Stuart Williamson
Born (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990 (age 34)
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
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Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Top-order Batsman, Batting All-Rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 248) 4 November 2010 v India
Last Test 18 December 2015 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 161) 10 August 2010 v India
Last ODI 31 January 2015 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no. 22
Domestic team information
Years Team
2007–present Northern Districts
2011–2012 Gloucestershire
2013–2014 Yorkshire
2015– Sunrisers Hyderabad
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 46 85 106 143
Runs scored 3,895 3,362 8,253 5,433
Batting average 49.93 48.02 48.83 46.43
100s/50s 13/18 7/21 23/41 11/33
Top score 242* 145* 284* 145*
Balls bowled 1,911 999 6,252 2,288
Wickets 28 26 82 56
Bowling average 38.39 36.03 42.93 35.89
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 4/44 4/22 5/75 5/51
Catches/stumpings 39/– 34/– 97/– 59/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 December 2015

Kane Stuart Williamson (born 8 August 1990) is a professional cricketer from New Zealand who currently plays as a batsman for Northern Districts in New Zealand domestic cricket, the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL, and New Zealand internationally, of which he is the incumbent ODI vice-captain. A handy right handed batsman, and a useful off spinner, Williamson is currently the best batsman in New Zealand team, who has dominated in the recent past for Blackcaps victories. As of December 2015 he is the No. 1 ranked batsman in Test cricket. He is the highest Test run scorer for New Zealand in a year, where he surpassed Brendon McCullum by scoring 1172 runs in 2015.

Williamson made his first-class debut in December 2007 and his IPL debut in 2015.[1] He made his U-19 debut against the touring Indian U-19 team in 2007 and was named captain of the New Zealand U-19 team for the 2008 U-19 Cricket World Cup. Williamson also represented New Zealand at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 hosted by Subcontinental nations and the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 hosted by New Zealand and Australia. On 14 August 2013, Williamson signed for Yorkshire for the rest of the English county season. On 16 February 2015 Sunrisers Hyderabad of the IPL signed Williamson for US$96,500.

Domestic career

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

After a difficult winter tour with the Emerging Players' Squad, Williamson bounced back in fine style for Northern Districts averaging almost five hundred in the domestic one-day tournament, culminating in scoring 69 off 71 balls the final victory over Auckland Aces.

After a promising start to his international career, Williamson was signed up by the Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.[4]

International career

Williamson was only 17, when he led the New Zealand Under-19 side in the World Cup in Malaysia in 2008. He led the side to the semi-final where they lose to Virat Kohli’s India, who went on to become champions. Phil Hughes, who passed away last year, was the vice-captain of the Australian side. Hughes and Williamson have played a lot of cricket together and the former’s death had left the latter shattered.[3]

On 24 March 2010 Williamson was named in the New Zealand Test squad for the second Test against Australia,[5] but ultimately he did not play in the match.[6]

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 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.[7]

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.

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 chucking in April 2014,[8][9] but was cleared in December 2014.[10][11] 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.[12] He was also named as captain ahead of the ODI and Twenty20 series against Pakistan as Brendon McCullum was rested.[13]

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 during his 100* off 69 balls against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo,[14] but a fine innings of 99* by Malcolm Waller ensured that he ended up on the losing side.[15] 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.[16] 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. Also, Fleming (in 2006) and Williamson (in 2015) became the most recent no.3 batsmen to score double centuries.[17] However, they 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.[18] As a fielder, his position is predominantly at gully,[19] but can move to point with spin bowlers, or cover point with fast bowlers.

In 2015, he started with 69 and 242 not out against Sri Lanka, with two catches in the field in a man-of-the-match performance.[20] 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 second-innings-centuries at WACA Ground.

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.[21] 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.[22]

In March 2016, Williamson appears to be in line for 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.

Personal life

Williamson is the second-youngest of 5 (with 3 older sisters) with his twin brother Logan, who were multi-sport athletes in rugby union, field hockey, basketball, volleyball, soccer and cricket.[3][23] Williamson's childhood hero was Sachin Tendulkar.[24] During the New Zealand vs Pakistan 2014 ODI series he donated his entire match fee for all 5 ODIs to the victims of the 2014 Peshawar school massacre.[25][26]

Career best performances

as of 1 July 2014

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 51 New Zealand v South Africa Chittagong 2014 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

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Number of centuries and highest scores against opponent 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 32
 India 2 0 131 88 28
 West Indies 2 0 161* 69 37
 Australia 2 0 166 45* –
 South Africa 1 1 102* 145* 51
 England 1 1 132 118 57
 Bangladesh 1 1 114 108 –
 Zimbabwe 0 1 68 100* 48
Total
 13 7 242* 145* 57

International awards

Test cricket

Man of the series awards

S No Series Season Series Performance Result
1 New Zealand in West Indies 2014 Runs: 413 (949 balls: 51×4), Ave – 82.60, SR – 43.52
Field: 21–2–71–2, 2 catches		  New Zealand won the series 2-1.[27]

Man of the match awards

S No Series Season Series Performance Result
1 3rd Test - New Zealand in West Indies 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 5 runs.[28]
2 2nd Test - Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2014/15 1st Innings: 69 (115 balls: 9x4); DNB
2nd Innings: 242 (438 balls: 18x4); 2–0–6–0, 2 catches		  New Zealand won by 193 runs.[29]
3 2nd Test - Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2015/16 1st Innings: 1-0-1-0; 1 ct. , 1 run out ; 1 (4 balls)
2nd Innings: 108* (164 balls: 12x4, 1x6); DNB		  New Zealand won by 5 wickets.[30]

One-Day International cricket

Man of the series awards

S 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.[31]
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.<[32]
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.[33]
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.[34]

Man of the match awards

S 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.[35]
2 India Seddon Park, Hamilton 22 January 2014 77 (87 balls: 5x4, 1x6); DNB, 1 catch  New Zealand won by 15 runs (D/L).[36]
3 Pakistan Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 12 December 2014 DNB; 70* (91 balls: 7x4)  New Zealand won by 4 wickets.[37]
4 Pakistan Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 17 December 2014 123 (105 balls: 12x4); 2–0–13–0  New Zealand won by 7 runs.[38]
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.[39]
6 Pakistan McLean Park, Napier 3 February 2015 112 (88 balls: 14x4, 1x6); DNB  New Zealand won by 119 runs.[40]
7 England The Rose Bowl, Southampton 14 June 2015 118 (113 balls: 12x4, 1x6); 2-0-12-1  New Zealand won by 2 wickets.[41]
8 Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club, Harare 7 August 2015 90 (109 balls: 8x4, 1x6); 3-0-23-1  New Zealand won by 38 runs.[42]

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