Kane Williamson

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Kane Stuart Williamson (born 8 August 1990) is a former international cricketer who captained the New Zealand national cricket team in all formats of this game. A right-handed batsman and an occasional off spin bowler, Williamson is the leading run-scorer for New Zealand in Test cricket and is widely regarded as one of the world's best contemporary batsmen and one of the greatest New Zealand captains and batsmen of all time. He captained New Zealand to victory in the 2021 ICC World Test Championship final and to the finals of the 2019 Cricket World Cup and 2021 T20 World Cup. He was also a part of the New Zealand squad to finish as runners-up at the 2015 Cricket World Cup and the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. Williamson retired from international cricket on 12 June 2026. Williamson made his first-class cricket debut while still a schoolboy at Tauranga Boys' College, 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, 2015, 2019 and 2023 editions of the Cricket World Cup and 2012, 2014, 2016, 2021, 2022 and 2024 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. He was nominated for the Sir...