Kane Williamson

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Personal information

Full name	Kane Stuart Williamson
Born	{{ \|1990\|8\|8\|df=yes}} Tauranga, 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
Test debut (cap 248)	4 November 2010 v India
Last Test	9 December 2017 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 191)	10 August 2010 v India
Last ODI	20 December 2017 v West Indies
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
2017–present	Barbados Tridents
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	63	117	126	178
Runs scored	5,214	4,678	9,617	6,726
Batting average	50.62	46.31	48.48	45.75
100s/50s	17/26	9/32	27/48	13/43
Top scores	242*	145*	284*	145*
Balls bowled	2,025	1,269	6,474	2,558
Wickets	29	33	85	63
Bowling average	38.93	35.60	42.75	35.68
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	53/-	45/-	114/–	72/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 December 2017

Kane Stuart Williamson (born 8 August 1990) is a professional cricketer and currently the captain of New Zealand. Considered as one of the most innovative batsman in the modern era, he is a right-handed batsman and occasional off-spinner. As of 20 December 2016, he is the fourth 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. 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, 2014 and 2016 editions of the ICC World Twenty20. He made his full-time captaincy debut for New Zealand in the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 in India.

At various times 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 and David Warner.

External links[]

Kane Williamson at ESPNcricinfo
Player profile: Kane Williamson from CricketArchive

New Zealand Test cricket captains

1929/30–1931: Lowry • 1931/32–1937: Page • 1945/46–1951/51: Hadlee • 1951/52; 1953/54: Sutcliffe • 1952/53: Wallace • 1953/54–1954/55: Rabone • 1955/56; 1955/56: Cave • 1955/56–1965: Reid • 1965/66: Chapple • 1965/66; 1967/68: Sinclair • 1967/68–1970/71; 1971/72: Dowling • 1971/72–1974/75: Congdon • 1975/76–1976/77: Turner • 1976/77: Parker • 1977/78–1978/79; 1980/81: Burgess • 1979/80–1984/85: Howarth • 1984/85–1986/87: Coney • 1986/87–1987/88: J. Crowe • 1987/88; 1988/89–1990: Wright • 1990/91–1992/93; 1993/94: M. Crowe • 1990/91: Smith • 1992/93–1994/95: Rutherford • 1995/96–1996/97: Germon • 1996/97; 1996/97–2006/07: Fleming • 1998/99: Nash • 2007/08–2010/11: Vettori • 2011/12–2012/13, 2016/17: Taylor • 2012/13–2015/16: McCullum • 2015/16–: Williamson

New Zealand ODI cricket captains

1972/73–1974/75: Congdon • 1975–1976/77: Turner • 1978–1980/81: Burgess • 1979/80–1984/85: Howarth • 1982/83–1990: Wright • 1984/85–1986/87: Coney • 1985/86–1987/88: J. Crowe • 1989/90–1992/93: M. Crowe • 1992/93: Jones • 1993/94–1994/95: Rutherford • 1993/94: Larsen • 1995/96–1996/97: Germon • 1996/97–2006/07: Fleming • 1998/99: Nash • 2000/01–2002: McMillan • 2001/02–2003/04: Cairns • 2004/05–2007/08: Vettori • 2008/09–2015/16: McCullum • 2009/10–2012/13: Taylor • 2012–present: Williamson • 2013/14: Mills • 2017: Latham • 2018: Southee

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	Batsmen with a Test batting average above 50	v • t • e

Australia	Donald Bradman (99.94) • Greg Chappell (53.86) • Michael Clarke (52.96) • Ricky Ponting (51.85) • Jack Ryder (51.62) • Michael Hussey (51.52) • Steve Waugh (51.06) • Matthew Hayden (50.73) • Allan Border (50.56)

England	Herbert Sutcliffe (60.73) • Eddie Paynter (59.23) • Ken Barrington (58.67) • Wally Hammond (58.45) • Jack Hobbs (56.94) • Len Hutton (56.67) • Ernest Tyldesley (55.00) • Denis Compton (50.06)

India	Vinod Kambli (54.20) • Virat Kohli (53.76) • Sachin Tendulkar (53.78) • Rahul Dravid (52.31) • Cheteshwar Pujara (51.19) • Sunil Gavaskar (51.12)

New Zealand	Kane Williamson (53.38)

Pakistan	Javed Miandad (52.57) • Mohammad Yousuf (52.29) • Younus Khan (52.05)

South Africa	Graeme Pollock (60.97) • Jacques Kallis (55.37) • Dudley Nourse (53.81) • AB de Villiers (50.66)

Sri Lanka	Kumar Sangakkara (57.40)

West Indies	* George Headley (60.83) • Everton Weekes (58.61) • Garfield Sobers (57.78) • Clyde Walcott (56.68) • Charlie Davis (54.20) • Brian Lara (52.88) • Shivnarine Chanderpaul (51.37) • Viv Richards (50.23)

Zimbabwe	Andy Flower (51.54)

	Current captains of national cricket teams with full Test status	v • t • e

Afghanistan	Hashmatullah Shahidi (Test, ODI)

Australia	Pat Cummins (Test) • Aaron Finch (ODI, T20I)

Bangladesh	Mominul Haque (Test) • Tamim Iqbal (ODI) • Mahmudullah (T20I)

England	Joe Root (Test) • Eoin Morgan (ODI, T20I)

India	Rohit Sharma

Ireland	Andrew Balbirnie

New Zealand	Kane Williamson

Pakistan	Babar Azam

South Africa	Dean Elgar (Test) • Temba Bavuma (ODI, T20I)

Sri Lanka	Dimuth Karunaratne (Test) • Dasun Shanaka (ODI, T20I)

West Indies	Kraigg Brathwaite (Test) • Kieron Pollard (ODI, T20I)

Zimbabwe	Sean Williams (Test) • Craig Ervine (ODI, T20I)