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Kane Williamson’s Biography

Kane Stuart Williamson is a cricketer from New Zealand. He serves as the captain of all New Zealand national teams. He is regarded as one of the top batsmen in the entire world. He bats right-handed and occasionally bowls off-spin.

In December 2007 Williamson made his first-class cricket debut. Later that year he was selected as the New Zealand U-19 team captain for the 2008 U-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his U-19 debut against the visiting Indian U-19 side. In 2010 he made his debut abroad. At 2011 2015 and 2019 Cricket World Cups as well as the 2012 2014 2016 and 2021 ICC World Twenty20s Williamson represented New Zealand. 

In India for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 he led New Zealand on a full-time basis for the first time. At the 2019 Cricket World Cup he led New Zealand as their captain guiding them to the championship game and earning Player of the Tournament honors. 

He surpassed Steve Smith and Virat Kohli to become the top-ranked Test batsman in the world on December 31 2020 when his Test batting rating of 890 was attained. Both the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for Male Cricketer of the Decade and the award for Test Cricketer of the Decade were nominated for him. 

Williamson Joe Root Steve Smith and Virat Kohli have all been named among the top four or five Test cricket batsmen of the present era by Ian Chappell and Martin Crowe.

Kane Williamson's Age

Kane Williamson was born on August 8 1990. Kane Willaimson was 32 years old as of 2022. Kane Williamson’s zodiac sign is Leo. Kane Williamson’s hobbies are Listening to music Travelling Playing the Guitar and Cooking. Kane Williamson's religion is Christianity. 

Kane Williamson’s Family

Kane Williamson’s birthplace in Tauranga New Zealand. Kane Williamson’s mother Sandra had played basketball for the New Zealand national team while his father Brett a sales representative had played club and under-17 cricket there. 

Kane Williamson’s twin brother is Logan who is a minute younger than him. The older sisters of the boys are Anna Kylie and Sophie. They were all skilled volleyball players and Anna and Sophie played for teams that represented New Zealand in their age groups. 

Kane Williamson's Education

Kane Williamson attended Tauranga Boys' College in Tauranga New Zealand for his academic studies. Tauranga Boys' College in Tauranga New Zealand is the name of his school.

Williamson began playing first-class cricket at the age of 16 and senior representative cricket at the age of 14. From 2004 to 2008 he attended Tauranga Boys' College where he served as a head boy in his last year.

Kane Williamson’s Marriage

Kane doesn't frequently appear in public with his spouse and has a low profile on social media. Bristol-born Sarah Raheem and the captain of New Zealand had a connection. The pair are not married.In December 2020 Kane and Sarah had a baby girl. 

He was compelled to skip the second Test match against the West Indies to be there for the birth of his partner's first child. The most significant piece of information available concerning Williamson's private life is most likely this one.

Williamson is captaining the Kiwis against India in the World Test Championship final so let's have a look at how the couple met. According to an article in the NZ Herald Kane and Sarah have been dating since 2015. According to the report in the publication she is a licensed nurse who attended Bristol University.

According to numerous sources Kane and Sarah first met in a hospital. It appears that this encounter was memorable for them because it led to the beginning of their relationship. Since then they have remained together and in 2020 a baby girl was born to them.

Kane Williamson’s Domestic Career

Northern Districts

Williamson made his professional debut for Northern Districts in 2007 at the age of 17 and he has played all of his domestic cricket in New Zealand with that team. 
He achieved his first T20 century on September 19 2014 when he made 101* in 49 balls to lead Northern Districts to a convincing victory against Cape Cobras in the 2014 Champions League Twenty20.

English County Cricket

Williamson committed to playing for Gloucestershire in the 2011 English county campaign. He committed to Yorkshire on August 14 2013 for the remainder of the current campaign and then again on August 14 2014 for the 2014 campaign when his team won the County Championship. 

When the current foreign player Aaron Finch was not chosen for the Australia ODI team Yorkshire ultimately decided to extend Finch's contract rather than bring back Williamson for the final few months of the 2015 season. Later he agreed to a contract for a portion of the 2016 season as well as a deal for a portion of the 2018 season.

Kane Williamson: IPL Career

Kane Williamson was purchased by Sunrisers Hyderabad on February 6 2015 for a staggering $96.500. In the 2016 season Williamson took part in the Sunrisers' successful campaign. He continued to work with the team in 2017. Williamson was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2018 IPL Auction for a whopping US$ 460 500. The next year he was appointed team captain. 

The Hyderabad-based team which came second to the Chennai Super Kings under Williamson's captaincy finished in second place. The Sunrisers suffered a defeat by eight wickets on the finals night. For scoring the most runs (735) during the 2018 IPL season Williamson was awarded the coveted Orange Cap.

Williamson led SRH throughout the 2019 season despite David Warner's return to the lineup. The Kiwi captain had a difficult season at the plate managing only 156 runs at 22.28/120 with one 50+ score.In the subsequent season he eventually made way for Warner but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Kane as the relief from the weight of his managerial responsibilities allowed him to pound out 317 runs in 11 innings at a stout 45.28/133.75 with three 50+ scores.Kane returned to guiding the team in the middle of the season after their disastrous start to the 2021 season Warner's poor performance and a ruptured relationship with the top brass.

Before the 2022 auction SRH kept Williamson as one of the three players (for INR 14 crore). But both as a hitter and as a captain he had a miserable season.He only managed 216 runs in 13 innings with an average of 19.64 and a strikeout rate of 93.51. SRH did poorly as well failing to reach the top-4 for the second time in as many seasons.

Kane Williamson's International Career

Kane Williamson: ODI Career

Williamson played his first One-Day International on August 10 2010 against India. However after getting removed on his ninth pitch he was unable to score even a single run. Williamson had hoped for a career to begin with but that was not the case. He was again bowled for a duck in his second game by Angelo Mathews.

Williamson defeated Bangladesh in Dhaka with his first ODI century. Williamson became the youngest century in New Zealand cricket history at the age of just 20. Williamson was chosen for New Zealand's Test squad for the trip to India following his performance on the Bangladesh tour even though New Zealand lost 4-0.

Williamson was selected for New Zealand's squad for the 2011 World Cup despite scoring only 196 runs over 9 innings in 2010. Williamson participated in 4 games and scored 99 runs at a rate of 49.50 runs per game. He had a good 2011 scoring 270 runs in 8 innings but this was followed by another dry spell in 2012 scoring 356 runs in 13 innings at a strikeout rate of 27.38.

When Brendon McCullum succeeded Ross Taylor in 2012 he adopted an overtly aggressive strategy necessitating the need for glue to balance the risks associated with a no holds barred strategy.

Kane proved to be that person for Baz as he and Taylor became the middle-order batting unit's cornerstone for the BlackCaps over the following ten years. Williamson scored many runs in the three seasons between 2013 and 2015 with 2015 being the most fruitful nailing the consistency element previously lacking in his ODI batting.

In the 2013 Champions Trophy he scored the most runs for New Zealand with 101 runs in three innings a performance he repeated in 2017. In addition in January 2014 Kane hit five consecutive half-centuries against the visiting Indian squad to help the BlackCaps secure a 4-0 series victory. In total he scored 770 runs in his 12 innings of batting that year including 8 50+ scores and a 100.

Williamson's achievements in 2015 elevated him to the top of the ODI batting order despite his World Cup performance falling short of expectations. Apart from a spectacular finale against Australia in that dramatic group-stage match at Eden Park Kane only managed 234 runs in nine innings with a strikeout rate of 33.42.

After the quadrennial competition he rediscovered his form though and went on a scorching run that saw him accumulate six such totals against England and Zimbabwe in June–August 2015. He scored 1376 runs overall in 26 innings at a batting average of 57.33 with 9 50s and 3 100s.

Following McCullum's retirement in 2016 Williamson was named captain of the New Zealand squad and excelled in that role. For Kane—the ODI batsman and captain—2019 has always been a turning point year. He reached his peak as a batter leading a struggling batting lineup to the World Cup championship game.

Kane will always look back on 2019 with bittersweet memories as a player and as a leader because the BlackCaps fell short of winning the championship without dropping the championship game.

He scored 578 runs in 9 innings at 82.57/74.96 and was named Player of the Tournament but his most memorable picture from that World Cup will be of a broken man who was making a valiant effort to hide his pain by wearing a grin. Kane scored 6 000 runs in ODIs during the campaign doing so faster than any New Zealander and third globally (139 innings).

Williamson improved his reputation as a legend by handling the disappointment of coming in last and violating the boundary countback rule. Due to a combination of the global pandemics his hectic schedule and his problematic elbow Williamson has only played in 6 ODIs since the 2019 World Cup.

Kane Williamson: Test Career

Williamson played his first Test match against India in Ahmedabad on November 4 2010. He became the eighth New Zealand player to make a century in his first Test match when he made 131 runs off 299 balls in the first innings.

Williamson recorded his second test century of the series with a magnificent 161 against the West Indies in June 2014. Williamson was essential to New Zealand's unusual success in a test series away from home. Williamson scored the most runs overall in that series with 413 including a double century that was prevented by rain. Williamson was cleared in December 2014 after being cleared of a questionable bowling action in April 2014.

Williamson became the twelfth batter to hit a century against every other Test-playing nation in August 2016 when he made a century against Zimbabwe in the ongoing Test series. Williamson became the youngest player to earn this record after accomplishing it in the fewest number of innings and the shortest amount of time after his Test debut.

With a total of 18 hundred as of March 23 2018 Williamson became the player for New Zealand with the most centuries in Test matches. Williamson was one of 20 players given a new contract by New Zealand Cricket in May 2018 for the 2018–19 season in recognition of his outstanding performances. Williamson crossed the 900 rating point threshold in the ICC Test batting rankings on December 7th 2018 becoming the first cricketer from New Zealand to do so.

Williamson started a hot streak that lasted the next four seasons and culminated in his game-winning innings against India in the 2021 World Test Championship final.Throughout 2018–21 the right-handed batter was a force at the plate both at home and in the UAE. In addition to his 1434 runs in 13 home Test matches at an average of 89.62 he also contributed 386 runs in three games against Pakistan in the UAE which enabled his team to win a rare international series.Play

Williamson scored his fourth double-hundred (238 against Pakistan) in January 2021 becoming the nation's fastest player to reach 7 000 Test runs (in 143 innings). During a Test match against Bangladesh in Hamilton in 2019 Kane amassed 6 000 runs in 126 innings making him the New Zealander who had done it the fastest.
Kane struggled during New Zealand's 3-0 thrashing by Australia during their 2019 tour. During the first World T20 cycle in which the BlackCaps placed second in the points table he made the sole mistake as captain and hitter.

Williamson led New Zealand to the top spot in the ICC Test rankings for the first time (in 2021) but it was at the Ageas Bowl in June 2021 when they defeated India in the championship match to win the coveted Test trophy that they truly reached their peak.
On a very challenging pitch Williamson scored 49 and 52* points which ultimately separated the two teams.

Williamson and New Zealand have struggled in the 2021–23 cycle after the euphoria of the WTC victory. Due to tennis elbow difficulties Kane was sidelined for the entirety of New Zealand's home summer of 2021–2022 and without him the Kiwis lost their series with Bangladesh and South Africa. The reigning champions had previously suffered a 0-1 defeat in India.

Kane made a comeback for the three-game series in England in June 2022 but both he (96 runs in 4 innings) and the BlackCaps failed miserably against an outclassed English team which went on to shoot down 250+ targets in three separate 4th innings.

Williamson's average in England dropped to 25.50 highlighting once more his problems defending against quality attacks in difficult circumstances. His averages in South Africa and India are 21.16 runs in four innings and 33.53 runs in eight innings respectively while Sri Lanka's equivalent numbers are 26.71 runs in four innings (187 runs in four innings).

He did have batting averages of 42.84 (557 runs in 7 innings) in Australia and 51.33 (462 runs in 5 innings) in the West Indies. In addition he was crucial to New Zealand's series victory over Pakistan in the UAE in 2018.The next trip to Pakistan will give Kane a chance to improve his test statistics in Asia and continue his outstanding performance in Pakistan a team he has averaged 59.14 in 12 games.

Kane Williamson: T20I Career

On October 16 2011 against Zimbabwe Williamson played in his first T20 international match. The BlackCaps fell to England in the semifinals of the 2016 ICC T20 World Cup while he was New Zealand's captain.

Five years later in the T20 World Cup 2021 Williamson and company exacted revenge by eliminating England one of the tournament favorites.Williamson took the initiative when playing Australia in the championship match turning a somber beginning into a romping conclusion. Williamson eventually reached a 48-ball 85 with the help of 10 fours and three sixes.

However it turned out to be insufficient as the Australians easily dispatched the remaining 173 to deprive New Zealand of its first World Cup victory.Kane hopes to exact revenge on the defending champions when the 2021 T20 World Cup finalists square off at the SCG on October 22. A year later Kane is in Australia to lead the BlackCaps in another T20 World Cup.

Kane Williamson: Captaincy

For the ODI and Twenty20 series against Pakistan in 2014 a youthful Kane Williamson was selected as captain because Brendon McCullum was resting up for the trip. Williamson became the captain of New Zealand in all forms of cricket in March 2016 after Brendon McCullum retired. At the World T20I Cup in India he was named captain. At the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup Williamson also led New Zealand to a runner-up finish.

Under Kane New Zealand's Test team went from being a 'dark horse' to an ominous group in comfortable circumstances. The BlackCaps defeated everyone at home. By doing so they overtook India to become the No. 1 ranked team and the World T20 champions after defeating Virat Kohli's team in a rain-affected six-day final in Southampton in 2021. In 2019/29 New Zealand was humiliated 0-3 in Australia but the BlackCaps defeated everyone at home.

Additionally under his direction New Zealand reached the 2021 T20 World Cup final where they lost to Australia. Overall Williamson had commanded New Zealand in 40 Tests 81 ODIs and 63 T20Is winning 22 times 41 times and 32 times respectively.

Kane Williamson’s Runs and Stats

Kane Williamson’s Net Worth

Mr. Kane Williamson has a net worth of about $6.5 million. He has amassed this enormous sum through his earnings from the BCCI IPL contracts and private enterprises. One of the top cricketers from New Zealand is Kane Williamson. 

Kane Williamson plays cricket for New Zealand and is an excellent batsman. He uses his right hand to bat and his right arm to bowl off-spin.

Kane Williamson’s Awards

• 2018 IPL Orange Cap for scoring the most runs 735.
• 2018 Named in the IPL XI of the tournament by Cricbuzz.
• 2019 Player of the Tournament- ICC Cricket World Cup.
• 2019 Captain of Team of the Tournament by Espncricinfo- ICC Cricket World Cup.
• Selected in the 2nd XI of the 2014 ICC World T20 Cup by ESPNCricinfo.
• 2014 Named in Test XI of the year by Cricbuzz.
• T20 Player of the Year by NZC for the 2014-15 season.
• 2016 Team of the Tournament by Cricinfo and Cricbuzz - ICC T20 World Cup.
• 2016 NZ player.
• 2016 Test player.
• 2015 2016 Redpath Cup for a top batsman in first-class cricket.
• 2016 World Test XI by the ICC.
• The Sir Richard Hadlee Medal - 2015-16 and 2016-17.
• He was named the 12th man in the 'Team of the Tournament' at the 2017 Champions Trophy by the ICC and Cricinfo.
• 2018 World Test XI by the ICC.
• 2018 Named captain of Test XI by ESPNCricinfo.
• 2018 Named in Test XI by Cricbuzz.
• Won the Orange Cap for his exploits with the bat in the 2018 IPL- 735 runs in 17 innings @ 52.5/142.4.
• Led the SunRisers Hyderabad to the final of IPL 2018 in his debut season as captain.
• Won 'Player of the Tournament award for his 578 runs with the bat and brilliant captaincy that took New Zealand to the 2019 World Cup final.
• 2019 2020 Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for being adjudged the New Zealand Player 
• 2020 New Zealand Test Player.
• Captained New Zealand to the inaugural ICC World Test Championship title at the expense of India in June 2021.
• Named captain of the ICC Test XI of the Year 2021.

12 Interesting facts about Kane Williamson

• Williamson is a multi-sport athlete. In his childhood he played rugby and excelled in basketball in school.
• Kane Williamson’s cricketing idol is the great Sachin Tendulkar. 
• Kane was very good at studying in his school days and was also the head boy.  
• Kane uses his left hand to write.
• Kane is a dog lover and loves to spend time with his pet dogs.  
• Kane enjoys cooking and is constantly experimenting with his hands.
• Kane was raised in Tauranga New Zealand's Mount Maunganui neighborhood.
• According to reports Williamson had about 40 centuries before leaving school.
• Kane received the Most Valuable Player award at a basketball tournament for junior secondary schools in 2005.
• Williamson made his domestic cricket debut in 2007 at the age of 17 when he began competing for Northern Districts.
• Kane is regarded as one of the best fielders in addition to being a fantastic batter.
• Against Bangladesh on October 14 2010 in Dhaka he scored his first ODI century marking him as the nation's youngest cricket century-maker.

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