Kane Williamson is an international cricketer who represented the New Zealand national cricket team. He is the former captain of Black Caps, serving them in all formats. A right handed top order batsman, he has scored 48 centuries33 in Tests and 15 in ODIs, which is the most scored by a New Zealand cricketer . In January 2015, former New Zealand cricketer Martin Crowe noted that, "we're seeing the dawn of probably our greatest ever batsman" in Williamson.
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 outmade against Zimbabwe in October 2011is the fourth fastest ODI century by a New Zealander. 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. 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. In August 2016, he became the fastest and youngest player to score centuries against all Test-playing nations in the format at the time. In March 2023, Kane Williamson scored his 6th Double Century and became the first New Zealand Batter to hit 5, or more double-centuries. As of February 2025, he has the most Test centuries and double centuries for New Zealand. Williamson also ranks fourteenth among cricketers with most centuries in international cricket.
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 came against India in January 2020 in a losing cause.
Key * Remained not out Captain of New Zealand in that match Man of the match (D/L) Result was determined by the Duckworth–Lewis method
Test centuries + Test centuries scored by Kane WilliamsonScoreAgainst Venue 1 131 6 2 1/3 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Away Drawn 2 102* 4 4 3/3 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home Drawn 3 135 3 1 2/2 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Away Won 4 114 3 1 1/2 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Away Drawn 5 113 3 1 1/2 Eden Park, Auckland Home Won 6 113 3 1 1/3 Sabina Park, Kingston Away Won 7 161* 3 3 3/3 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Away Won 8 192 3 2 3/3 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Neutral Won 9 242* 3 3 2/2 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home Won 10 132 3 2 1/2 Lord's, London Away Lost 11 140 3 2 1/3 The Gabba, Brisbane Away Lost 12 166 3 2 2/3 WACA Ground, Perth Away Drawn 13 108* 3 4 2/2 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home Won 14 113 3 1 2/2 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away Won 15 104* 3 4 1/2 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home Won 16 130 3 2 1/3 University of Otago Oval, Dunedin Home Drawn 17 176 3 2 3/3 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home Drawn 18 102 3 2 1/2 Eden Park, Auckland Home Won 19 139 3 3 3/3 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral Won 20 200* 3 2 1/3 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home Won 21 104* 3 3 2/2 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home Drawn 22 251 3 1 1/2 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home Won 23 129 3 1 1/2 Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui Home Won 24 238 3 2 2/2 Hagley Oval, Christchurch Home Won 25 200* 3 2 1/2 National Bank Cricket Arena, Karachi Away Drawn 26 132 3 3 2/2 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home Won 27 121* 3 4 1/2 Hagley Oval, Christchurch Home Won 28 215 3 1 2/2 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home Won 29 104 3 2 1/2 Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Away Lost 30 118 3 1 1/2 Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui Home Won 31 109 3 3 1/2 Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui Home Won 32 133* 3 4 2/2 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home Won 33 156 3 3 3/3 Seddon Park, Hamilton Home Won
One Day International centuries + ODI centuries scored by Kane WilliamsonScoreAgainst Venue 1 108 5 2 81.81 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Away Lost 2 100* 6 1 144.92 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away Lost 3 145* 3 1 106.61 De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley Away Won 4 123 3 1 117.14 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral Won 5 103 3 2 96.26 Saxton Oval, Nelson Home Won 6 112 3 1 127.27 McLean Park, Napier Home Won 7 118 3 2 104.42 Rose Bowl, Southampton Away Won 8 118 3 1 92.18 Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Away Won 9 100 3 1 103.09 Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Neutral No result 10 115 3 1 98.29 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home Won (D/L) 11 112* 3 2 78.32 Westpac Stadium, Wellington Home Lost 12 106* 3 2 76.81 Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Neutral Won 13 148 3 1 96.10 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester Neutral Won 14 133* 3 2 117.69 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Neutral Won 15 102 3 1 108.51 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Neutral Won
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