On 27 February 2023, Williamson became the all-time leading runscorer for New Zealand in test cricket.
55 Facts About Kane Williamson
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Kane Williamson is a right-handed batsman and an occasional off spin bowler.
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Kane Williamson 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.
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Kane Williamson has represented New Zealand at the 2011,2015 and 2019 editions of the Cricket World Cup and 2012,2014,2016 and 2021 editions of the ICC World Twenty20.
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Kane Williamson made his full-time captaincy debut for New Zealand in the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 in India.
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Kane Williamson 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.
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Kane Williamson was nominated for the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade, and the award for Test cricketer of the decade.
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Kane Williamson was the only New Zealander to be named in the ICC Test Team of the Decade.
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Kane Williamson was born on 8 August 1990 in Tauranga, New Zealand.
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Kane Williamson's father Brett was a sales representative who had played under-17 and club cricket in New Zealand and his mother Sandra had been a representative basketball player.
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Kane Williamson has a twin brother Logan, who is one minute younger than him.
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Kane Williamson played senior representative cricket at the age of 14 and first-class cricket at 16.
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Kane Williamson attended Tauranga Boys' College from 2004 to 2008, where he was head boy in his final year.
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Kane Williamson made his debut for Northern Districts in 2007 at the age of 17, who he has remained with for the duration of his New Zealand domestic career.
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Kane Williamson scored his first T20 hundred, on 19 September 2014, making 101* in 49 balls to guide Northern Districts to a comfortable win against Cape Cobras in Champions League Twenty20 2014.
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Kane Williamson signed for Gloucestershire to play in the 2011 English county season.
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Kane Williamson 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.
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Kane Williamson subsequently signed a deal for part of the 2016 season, and returned for a part of the 2018 season.
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In February 2015 Kane Williamson signed for Indian Premier League side Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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Kane Williamson played for the side in the 2016 season, winning the title, and was retained for the 2017 and 2018 seasons.
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Kane Williamson captained the side in 2018, replacing David Warner.
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In IPL 2021, Kane Williamson took over the captaincy from David Warner in the middle of the season.
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Kane Williamson was retained by the franchise for the 2022 edition as the captain, but failed to perform, scoring one half-century.
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Kane Williamson was 17, when he led the New Zealand Under-19 side in the World Cup in Malaysia in 2008.
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On 24 March 2010, Kane Williamson was named in the New Zealand Test squad for the second Test against Australia, but ultimately he did not play in the match.
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Kane Williamson made his One-Day International debut against India on 10 August 2010.
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Kane Williamson scored his maiden ODI century against Bangladesh on 14 October 2010 in Dhaka and hence became the youngest centurion in New Zealand's cricket history.
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Kane Williamson made his Test cricket debut against India at Ahmedabad on 4 November 2010.
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Kane Williamson scored 161 not out against West Indies in June 2014, his second century of the series and helped secure a rare away Test series victory for his side.
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Kane Williamson finished as the leading overall run scorer in the series with 413 runs, and was denied a double century only by rain, which encouraged skipper Brendon McCullum to declare in the interest of obtaining a result in the match.
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Kane Williamson was reported for a suspect bowling action in April 2014, but was cleared in December 2014.
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Kane Williamson was named as captain ahead of the ODI and Twenty20 series against Pakistan as Brendon McCullum was rested.
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Kane Williamson scored 100* off 69 balls against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, which at the time was the second fastest century by a New Zealander in a One-Day International.
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Kane Williamson established one of the most potent top-order partnership with Ross Taylor, with Williamson himself being the most prolific number-three batsman for the national side since former captain Stephen Fleming.
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Kane Williamson scored over 700 runs before the 2015 Cricket World Cup in the first two months of the calendar year.
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In December 2015, during the second Test against Sri Lanka, Kane Williamson broke the record for the most Test runs scored in a calendar year by a New Zealander, with 1172 runs.
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Kane Williamson ended 2015 with 2692 runs, the highest total across all forms of international cricket for the year, and third highest total in a single year.
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In March 2016, Kane 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.
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Kane Williamson was named as captain of the 'Team of the Tournament' by Cricinfo and Cricbuzz.
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Kane Williamson 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.
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Kane Williamson completed this in the fewest innings, the quickest time from his Test debut and became the youngest player to achieve this feat.
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Kane Williamson set a new record for scoring the most centuries by a New Zealand batsman in Tests, with his 18th, in March 2018 when he score 102 against England at Auckland.
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On 7 December 2018, Kane Williamson became the first player from New Zealand to cross 900 rating points in the ICC Test batting rankings.
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Kane Williamson became the fastest New Zealand player to score 6,000 runs in Test cricket.
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One week later, in the match against Australia, Kane Williamson became the third-fastest batsman, in terms of innings, to score 6,000 runs in ODIs, doing so in his 139th innings.
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Kane Williamson was named as captain of the 'Team of the Tournament' by the ICC and ESPNCricinfo.
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In November 2020, Kane Williamson was nominated for the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade, and the award for Test cricketer of the decade.
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Kane Williamson was New Zealand's top scorer in the tournament with 216 runs at an average of 43.20.
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In December 2022, Kane Williamson stepped down as New Zealand's Test captain, ahead of their tour to Pakistan.
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Kane Williamson became the first New Zealand batter to achieve the milestone of 25 century in Test cricket.
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On 28 February 2023, Kane Williamson surpassed Ross Taylor's tally of 7,683 runs to become New Zealand's highest run scorer in Test cricket, on the same day he scored his 26th Test century against England in the second Test of the two match Test series.
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On 18 March 2023, Kane Williamson scored his 29th century in test cricket.
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Kane Williamson went on to turn the innings into his 6th test match double century.
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Kane Williamson is yet to score a century in T20Is.
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Kane Williamson has two children, a daughter and son with wife Sarah Raheem whom he met in 2015.