Kane Williamson

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Williamson back at top of ICC rankings, Kohli remains fourth

The skipper's knock of 49 and 52* in the final against India helped him move above the 900-point mark over Australia's Steve Smith

30 Jun 2021 5:35 PM

Put in to bat, Bairstow (53 off 48) scored his second fifty of the tournament, while David Warner (45 off 33) and Kane Williamson (41 off 26) also came up with valuable contributions, helping Sunrisers Hyderabad post a competitive 162 for four. Defending the total, leg-spinner Rashid (3/14) returned with three crucial wickets, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2/25) scalped two and T Natarajan and Khaleel Ahmed (1/43) claimed too chipped in to restrict Delhi to 147 for 7 in 2 for a deserving win. (Photo | PTI)

Hyderabad Sunrisers pull up their socks and open their account with win against Delhi Capitals

With Delhi needing 59 runs from 30 balls, all eyes were on Marcus Stoinis (11) but a well placed yorker from Natarajan ended Delhi’s hopes.

30 Sep 2020 12:39 AM

Put into bat, Warner and Bairstow were circumspect with the pace trio of Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada (2/21) and Anrich Nortje maintaining their line and length. The result was Sunrisers could only score 38 in the powerplay, which yielded just two fours and a six — all hit by Warner (in pic). (Photo | PTI)

Hyderabad post 162/4 against Delhi, riding on Bairstow’s 50, Warner's 45

Making his IPL debut, Jammu and Kashmir’s Abdul Samad (12 off 7) blasted a four and six in his useful cameo.

29 Sep 2020 10:19 PM

New Zealand's Kane Williamson during a nets session at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester, England. AP Photo

NZ's ODI Player of the Year award goes to Kane Williamson

Adjudged player of tournament, Kane Williamson amassed 578 runs including two centuries at the World Cup

30 Apr 2020 12:38 PM

New Zealand's Tom Latham celebrates after scoring a century in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Wellington, New Zealand. AP Photo

Latham, Southee feature in NZ Cricket's virtual awards

Tim and Tom broke the monopoly of Boult, Wagner, Williamson and Taylor who won these awards over the last 5-6 seasons

29 Apr 2020 10:07 AM

South Africa pace bowler Kagiso Rabada. DC File Photo

Kagiso Rabada says 'consistent' Kohli pushes him to give his best

The South African pace bowler has 31 wickets to his credit from 18 IPL games

23 Apr 2020 5:33 PM

Australia batsman Steve Smith hailed New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson for having a 'terrific work ethic' and is hoping to keep him quiet in the upcoming series. (Photo:AFP)

Steve Smith hails kane Williamson for having 'terrific work ethic'

Smith then compared himself to Williamson in terms of how they both hold the bat.

10 Dec 2019 3:06 PM

Richard Hadlee says New Zealand did something special in 1985 by winning their first test series in Australia. (Photo:AFP)

New Zealand aiming repeat of 1985 Richard Hadlee success in upcoming Australia Test

Australia has been a difficult place to come for New Zealand, who have lost six and drawn three of their nine test series there.

06 Dec 2019 1:23 PM

New Zealand recently won the two-match Test series against England by 1-0. Kane Williamson played an unbeaten knock of 104 runs in the second innings of the second Test, which ended in a draw. (Photo: AFP)

Ricky Ponting says that Kane Williamson is a very important player for New Zealand

Williamson, back in 2011, toured Australia for a two-Test series and gave a very substandard performance.

04 Dec 2019 6:26 PM

Centuries from Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor ensured New Zealand drew the rain-hit second Test against England in Hamilton on Tuesday, sealing a 1-0 series win. (Photo:AFP)

Kiwi captain Kane Williamson hails 'hard work' to save Test, seal England series win

New Zealand batted the final day needing a substantial innings to avoid defeat and were helped by sloppy England fielding.

03 Dec 2019 12:00 PM

Australia coach Justin Langer with Pakistan players Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam at the post-match ceremony. (Photo: AFP)

Scales are tilted in favour of home teams

The Australians are bullying a hapless, inexperienced team from Pakistan while the New Zealanders are giving nightmares to Joe Root’s Englishmen.

03 Dec 2019 1:59 AM

A shocked New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has apologised to England pacer Jofra Archer for the alleged racist abuse he faced during a Test match in Mount Maunganui. (Photo:AFP)

Racist abuse of Jofra Archer against everything Kiwis are about: Kane Williamson

Archer has alleged that one spectator hurled racial insults at him at the end of the first Test.

26 Nov 2019 11:42 AM

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has said that he will personally apologise to England pacer Jofra Archer after he became the victim of racial abuse during the fifth and final day of the first Test between both the countries. (Photo:AFP)

Kane Williamson to personally apologise to Jofra Archer for racial abuse

Williamson also revealed that the Kiwis did not know about what had happened until Archer decided to tweet about it.

26 Nov 2019 10:55 AM

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson on Wednesday said that it was not a surprise when the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to scrap the boundary countback rule. (Photo:AFP)

ICC changing boundary countback rule not a surprise: Kane Williamson

Earlier this year, New Zealand had lost the World Cup final against England on the basis of boundary countback rule.

20 Nov 2019 12:39 PM

Skipper Kane Williamson has returned to New Zealand squad for the upcoming Test series against England and Australia, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) confirmed on Friday. (Photo:AFP)

Kane Williamson returns to Kiwi squad for Test series against England, Australia

Williamson had previously missed the five-match T20I series against England due to a reoccurring right-hip injury.

15 Nov 2019 8:46 AM

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that the bowling action of New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has been found to be legal on Friday. (Photo:AFP)

ICC confirms Kane Williamson's bowling action as legal

Williamson was reported for a suspected illegal bowling action during the first Test against Sri Lanka from August 14 to 18.

01 Nov 2019 3:03 PM

Pakistan's newly appointed T20I skipper Babar Azam seeks inspiration from Kane Williamson and Virat Kohli and wants to emulate them as captain. (Photo: File)

'Want to emulate Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson': Pakistan T20 skipper Babar Azam

The 25-year-old Azam had played 33 T20I games in which he scored 1290 runs with an impressive average of 49.61.

26 Oct 2019 1:45 PM

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson will miss next month’s home Twenty20 series against England due to a hip injury, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said on Friday. (Photo:AFP)

New Zealand captain Williamson to miss England T20 series

Fast bowler Tim Southee will lead the Black Caps in the five matches against England starting in Christchurch on Nov. 1.

25 Oct 2019 10:07 AM

Two months after suffering a heartbreaking loss in the finals of the 50-over Cricket World Cup against England, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has said that the entire team is still thinking about the match and trying to make sense of it. (Photo:AFP)

Kane Williamson speaks up on 2019 World Cup final loss, says 'defeat still hurts'

The 50-over and super over had ended as a tie in the World Cup final, and England was declared as the winners due to more boundaries.

11 Sep 2019 12:27 PM

Williamson, 29, bowled just three overs during the second innings of the game which Sri Lanka won by six wickets. (Photo: AFP)

Williamson, Dananjaya reported for suspect bowling action

Both players are right-arm off-break spinners and their bowling actions came under scrutiny during the opening Test which ended on Sunday.

20 Aug 2019 11:49 AM

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