Kane Williamson driving the ball down the ground
Kane Williamson batting for Yorkshire in 2013

Kane Williamson is an international cricketer who represents the New Zealand national cricket team. As of March 2023, he is the captain of the team in One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket. A right handed top order batsman, he has scored 45 centuries—32 in Tests and 13 in ODIs, which is the most scored by a New Zealand cricketer as of February 2024. In January 2015, former New Zealand cricketer Martin Crowe noted that, "we're seeing the dawn of probably our greatest ever batsman" in Williamson.[1]

Williamson made his ODI debut against India in August 2010 and scored his first century two months later when he made 108 against Bangladesh; New Zealand lost the match by nine runs. His 69-ball 100 not out—made against Zimbabwe in October 2011—is the fourth fastest ODI century by a New Zealander.[a] His highest score of 148 came against the West Indies in the 2019 World Cup.

Williamson scored a century on his debut Test match against India in November 2010; he was the eighth New Zealander to achieve this feat.[3] His highest score of 251 was made against West Indies at Seddon Park, Hamilton in December 2020. He became the sixth player to score 10 Test centuries before the age of 25 when he made 132 against England at Lord's.[b] In August 2016, he became the fastest and youngest player to score centuries against all Test-playing nations in the format at the time.[c][d] In December 2022, in the first Test against Pakistan, he scored his fifth double century in Tests,[6] and became the first New Zealand batter to hit five double centuries in Test cricket.[7][8] As of February 2024, he has the most Test centuries and double centuries for New Zealand.[9] Williamson also ranks fourteenth among cricketers with most centuries in international cricket.[10]

Williamson has played 87 T20Is since his debut in October 2011 and is yet to score a century in the format; his highest score of 95 was made against India in January 2020.[11]

Key

Test centuries

Test centuries scored by Kane Williamson[12]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 131  India 6 2 1/3 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Away 4 November 2010 Drawn [13]
2 102*  South Africa 4 4 3/3 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home 23 March 2012 Drawn [14]
3 135  Sri Lanka 3 1 2/2 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Away 25 November 2012 Won [15]
4 114  Bangladesh 3 1 1/2 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Away 9 October 2013 Drawn [16]
5 113  India 3 1 1/2 Eden Park, Auckland Home 6 February 2014 Won [17]
6 113  West Indies 3 1 1/3 Sabina Park, Kingston Away 8 June 2014 Won [18]
7 161* †  West Indies 3 3 3/3 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Away 23 June 2014 Won [19]
8 192  Pakistan 3 2 3/3 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 26 November 2014 Won [20]
9 242* †  Sri Lanka 3 3 2/2 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home 3 January 2015 Won [21]
10 132  England 3 2 1/2 Lord's, London Away 21 May 2015 Lost [22]
11 140  Australia 3 2 1/3 The Gabba, Brisbane Away 5 November 2015 Lost [23]
12 166  Australia 3 2 2/3 WACA Ground, Perth Away 13 November 2015 Drawn [24]
13 108* †  Sri Lanka 3 4 2/2 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home 18 December 2015 Won [25]
14 113 † ‡  Zimbabwe 3 1 2/2 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away 6 August 2016 Won [26]
15 104* ‡  Bangladesh 3 4 1/2 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home 12 January 2017 Won [27]
16 130 ‡  South Africa 3 2 1/3 University of Otago Oval, Dunedin Home 8 March 2017 Drawn [28]
17 176 † ‡  South Africa 3 2 3/3 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home 25 March 2017 Drawn [29]
18 102 ‡  England 3 2 1/2 Eden Park, Auckland Home 22 March 2018 Won [30]
19 139 † ‡  Pakistan 3 3 3/3 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral 3 December 2018 Won [31]
20 200* † ‡  Bangladesh 3 2 1/3 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home 28 February 2019 Won [32]
21 104* ‡  England 3 3 2/2 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home 29 November 2019 Drawn [33]
22 251 † ‡  West Indies 3 1 1/2 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home 3 December 2020 Won [34]
23 129 † ‡  Pakistan 3 1 1/2 Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui Home 26 December 2020 Won [35]
24 238 ‡  Pakistan 3 2 2/2 Hagley Oval, Christchurch Home 3 January 2021 Won [36]
25 200* †  Pakistan 3 2 1/2 National Bank Cricket Arena, Karachi Away 26 December 2022 Drawn [37]
26 132 †  England 3 3 2/2 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home 24 February 2023 Won [38]
27 121*  Sri Lanka 3 4 1/2 Hagley Oval, Christchurch Home 9 March 2023 Won [39]
28 215  Sri Lanka 3 1 2/2 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home 17 March 2023 Won [40]
29 104  Bangladesh 3 2 1/2 Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Away 29 November 2023 Lost [41]
30 118  South Africa 3 1 1/2 Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui Home 4 February 2024 Won [42]
31 109  South Africa 3 3 1/2 Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui Home 4 February 2024 Won [42]
32 133*  South Africa 3 4 2/2 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home 13 February 2024 Won [43]

One Day International centuries

ODI centuries scored by Kane Williamson[44]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 108  Bangladesh 5 2 81.81 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Away 14 October 2010 Lost [45]
2 100*  Zimbabwe 6 1 144.92 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away 25 October 2011 Lost [46]
3 145* †  South Africa 3 1 106.61 De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley Away 22 January 2013 Won [47]
4 123 † ‡  Pakistan 3 1 117.14 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral 17 December 2014 Won [48]
5 103 †  Sri Lanka 3 2 96.26 Saxton Oval, Nelson Home 20 January 2015 Won [49]
6 112 †  Pakistan 3 1 127.27 McLean Park, Napier Home 3 February 2015 Won [50]
7 118 †  England 3 2 104.42 Rose Bowl, Southampton Away 14 June 2015 Won [51]
8 118 † ‡  India 3 1 92.18 Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Away 20 October 2016 Won [52]
9 100 ‡  Australia 3 1 103.09 Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Neutral 2 June 2017 No result [53]
10 115 † ‡  Pakistan 3 1 98.29 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home 6 January 2018 Won (D/L) [54]
11 112* ‡  England 3 2 78.32 Westpac Stadium, Wellington Home 3 March 2018 Lost [55]
12 106* † ‡  South Africa 3 2 76.81 Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Neutral 19 June 2019 Won [56]
13 148 † ‡  West Indies 3 1 96.10 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester Neutral 22 June 2019 Won [57]

Notes

  1. ^ The top three players are Corey Anderson, Jesse Ryder and Craig McMillan.[2]
  2. ^ The others were Don Bradman, Neil Harvey, Garfield Sobers and Sachin Tendulkar.[4]
  3. ^ Williamson achieved the feat in 50 matches (91 innings) at the age of 25.[5]
  4. ^ Since then, Afghanistan and Ireland have acquired Test status.

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