Kane Williamson

Williamson in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Kane Stuart Williamson
Born	(1990-08-08) 8 August 1990 (age 34) Tauranga, New Zealand
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
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	25 November 2021 v India
ODI debut (cap 161)	10 August 2010 v India
Last ODI	13 March 2020 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	22
T20I debut (cap 49)	16 October 2011 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I	14 November 2021 v Australia
T20I shirt no.	22
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007/08–present	Northern Districts
2011–2012	Gloucestershire
2013–2018	Yorkshire
2015–present	Sunrisers Hyderabad
2017	Barbados Tridents
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 86 151 74 154 Runs scored 7,272 6,173 2,021 12,083 Batting average 53.47 47.48 32.59 49.92 100s/50s 24/33 13/39 0/14 34/60 Top score 251 148 95 284* Balls bowled 2,151 1,467 118 6,624 Wickets 30 37 6 86 Bowling average 40.23 35.40 27.33 43.26 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/44 4/22 2/16 5/75 Catches/stumpings 72/– 60/– 34– 136/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 November 2021

Kane Stuart Williamson (born 8 August 1990) is a New Zealand international cricketer. He is currently the captain of the New Zealand national team in all formats. He is a right-handed batsman and an occasional off spin bowler.

As of January 2021^[update], Williamson has scored 24 Test and 13 ODI centuries. His highest score in Test is 251 and 148 in ODIs. He is yet to score a century in T20Is.

In the annual ICC Awards in January 2022, Williamson was included in ICC Men's Test Team of the Year for the year 2021.^[1]

During the New Zealand vs Pakistan 2014 ODI series, Williamson donated his entire match fee for all five ODIs to the victims of the 2014 Peshawar school massacre.^[2][3] He bowls and bats right handed but writes left handed.^[4]

Williamson and his wife Sarah became parents when their daughter was born in 2020. He stood down from the second Test against the West Indies so he could attend the birth.^[5]

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