New Zealand great Kane Williamson retires from international cricket

New Zealand’s astir prolific run-scorer and arguably greatest-ever batsman announces contiguous retirement.

Former New Zealand ‌captain Kane Williamson has announced his status from planetary cricket, bringing ⁠an extremity to a 16-year vocation marked by galore accolades and by captaining his broadside to the rubric successful ⁠the inaugural World Test Championship successful 2021.

The 35-year-old batsman made his debut successful the longest format against India successful November 2010 ⁠in Ahmedabad, and played 110 tests successful all, scoring 9,515 runs astatine an mean of 54.06.

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He is New Zealand’s all-time starring planetary run-scorer with 19,346 runs, including 48 centuries and six double-centuries crossed each ‌formats. He volition nary longer play a portion successful the ongoing trial bid against England.

“I’ve ever felt a beardown thrust and hunger for planetary cricket, and I instrumentality pridefulness successful knowing I’ve fixed it my each successful each lucifer I’ve played for New Zealand,” Williamson said successful a connection connected Friday.

“Continuing with thing little wouldn’t ⁠be right, and I consciousness fortunate to measurement ⁠away connected my ain terms.

“I permission feeling optimistic astir wherever this radical is heading. There’s a immense magnitude of talent, and a existent tendency to bash thing ⁠special with this New Zealand team.”

Williamson led the Kiwis arsenic skipper crossed formats betwixt 2016 ⁠and 2024. He led the trial broadside ⁠for 40 matches and guided them to the rubric successful the 2021 World Test Championship, beating India successful the final.

He won 22 tests and scored 11 hundreds arsenic ‌captain earlier stepping down from the relation successful 2022.

Williamson’s database of accolades includes being named the ICC Cricketer of 2015 and Test Player ‌of 2019, portion besides winning the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal connected a grounds 4 occasions.