Christchurch/London, June 12: One of the finest batters of his time and the face of New Zealand cricket’s most successful era, Kane Williamson announced his retirement from international cricket on Friday, ending a distinguished career marked by consistency, impeccable temperament and exemplary leadership.
Arguably New Zealand’s greatest ever batter, Williamson’s announcement pulls the curtain down on a glorious 16-year international career that has seen him play 378 games for his country, setting countless batting records and earning the respect and admiration of the cricketing world.
His decision follows an earlier call to step way from T20 Internationals in 2025.
The 35-year-old finishes as New Zealand’s all-time leading international run-scorer across all formats with 19,346 runs, including over 9500 runs in Test cricket with 33 centuries and six double tons.
Across formats, he slammed 48 centuries and six double-centuries.
Williamson is currently in England for an ongoing Test series and the Kiwis lost the opening match by 115 runs.
Williamson could not make much of an impact in the game, logging scores of 0 and 18.
Asked why he chose to step aside at this point, Williamson said it’s a been a “process”.
“…it sort of dawned on me in the last few days that it felt like the time was right for me to step away…” (PTI)
