Kane Williamson

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Kane Williamson
Personal information
Full name Kane Stuart Williamson
Born (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Batsman
International information
National side
  • New Zealand
Test debut (cap 248) 4 November 2010 v India
Last Test 19 December 2013 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 161) 10 August 2010 v India
Last ODI 29 October 2013 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no. 22
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007–present Northern Districts
2011–2012 Gloucestershire
2013-present Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 30 46 78 92
Runs scored 1,794 1,267 5,458 3,006
Batting average 35.88 36.20 42.31 42.33
100s/50s 5/12 3/6 13/30 7/16
Top score 135 145* 284* 145*
Balls bowled 1,585 642 5,424 1,843
Wickets 22 17 71 43
Bowling average 39.90 34.11 43.38 36.86
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 27/– 13/– 75/– 33/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 December 2013

Kane Stuart Williamson (born 8 August 1990) is a New Zealand Test cricketer. He plays for Northern Districts, making his first-class debut in December 2007.[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 in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 hosted by Subcontinental nations. On 14 August 2013, Williamson signed for Yorkshire for the rest of the English county season.

Career

Williamson attended Tauranga Boys' College from 2004–2008 where he was Head Boy in his final year and was coached by Josh Simms.

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

On 24 March 2010 Williamson was named in the New Zealand Test squad for the second Test against Australia,[2] but ultimately he did not play in the match.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5][6]

After a promising start to his international career, Williamson was signed up by the Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.[7]

Williamson is currently third on the list (behind Corey Anderson and Ross Taylor) 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,[8] but a fine innings of 99* by Malcolm Waller ensured that he ended up on the losing side.[9]

International centuries

  • In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
  • The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

Test centuries

Test centuries of Kane Williamson
Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year
1 131 1  India Ahmedabad, India Sardar Patel Stadium 2010
2 102* 12  South Africa Wellington, New Zealand Basin Reserve 2012
3 135 18  Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka P Sara Oval 2012
4 114 26  Bangladesh Chittagong, Bangladesh Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium 2013
5 113 30  India Auckland, New Zealand Eden Park 2014

One-Day International centuries

One Day International centuries of Kane Williamson
Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year
1 108 5  Bangladesh Mirpur, Bangladesh Shere Bangla National Stadium 2010
2 100* 18  Zimbabwe Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Queens Sports Club 2011
3 145* 35  South Africa Kimberley, South Africa De Beers Diamond Oval 2013

Career best performances

as of 23 January 2013

Batting Bowling
Score Fixture Venue Season Score Fixture Venue Season
Tests 135 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Colombo (Oval) 2012 2-47 New Zealand v West Indies Antigua 2012
ODI 145* New Zealand v South Africa kimberley 2013 4-22 New Zealand v South Africa kimberley 2013
T20I 48 New Zealand v Zimbabwe Auckland 2012 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 53 Northern Districts Knights v Wellington Firebirds Wellington 2012 3-33 Northern Districts Knights v Wellington Firebirds Wellington 2012

References

  1. ↑ "List of First Class Matches Played by Kane Williamson". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 7 November 2010. 
  2. ↑ Coverdale, Brydon (24 March 2010). "Kane Williamson named in New Zealand Test squad". CricInfo. Retrieved 24 March 2010. 
  3. ↑ "Scorecard – 2nd Test: New Zealand v Australia at Hamilton, 27-31 March 2010". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2010. 
  4. ↑ "Williamson, Bennett in Test squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2010. 
  5. ↑ "ESPN Cricinfo Live Scores – New Zealand tour of India (Nov 2010), 1st Test: India v New Zealand at Ahmedabad, Nov 4–8, 2010". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2010. 
  6. ↑ Ravindran, Siddarth (7 November 2010). "Williamson and Vettori guide New Zealand past 400". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2010. 
  7. ↑ Williamson joins Gloucestershire ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2011
  8. ↑ Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records ESPNCricinfo Statsguru. Retrieved 29 December 2011
  9. ↑ Zimbabwe vs New Zealand Scorecard ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2011

External links

New Zealand squad – 2011 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists
New Zealand
Daryl Tuffey and Andy McKay were called in as a replacements for Hamish Bennett and Kyle Mills respectively.
New Zealand squad – 2012 ICC World Twenty20
New Zealand
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