Kane Williamson

Pakistan vs New Zealand: Kane Williamson surpassed Brendon McCullum in most Test double hundreds by a New Zealand player. Williamson hit his fifth double ...

Thank you to the many people who have supported me in the role. The New Zealand Cricket Board named Tim Southee as Williamson's successor. Williamson hit his fifth double century in the 1st Test against Pakistan.

In his first innings since relinquishing the test captaincy, Williamson scored an unbeaten 200 on day four in Karachi, ending an indifferent batting year in ...

But with that pair striking at 46.8, the Black Caps could come to rue their disinterest in more aggressively advancing the match. The legspinner will end his first test in four years feeling good about his efforts with ball and bat, compiling a new high score of 65. After resuming on 440-6, Williamson and the lower order batted without haste on day four, working their way into a position from which they could not be beaten. But after his first review had revealed an inside edge, this time an immediate referral was justified by replays showing the ball pitching outside leg. New skipper Tim Southee declared once Williamson had reached the milestone, one ball before tea and with 612-9 on the board. That was New Zealand’s 10th-highest total in test history and the eighth time they surpassed 600 in the last decade.

Runs continued to flow from Kane Williamson's blade on Day 4 of the first Test between Pakistan and New Zealand, in Karachi, on Thursday (December 29).

Courtesy of Williamson, NZ have attained a mammoth 174-run lead in the first innings and have removed Abdullah Shafique and Shan Masood early in Pakistan's second essay. Runs continued to flow from Kane Williamson's blade on Day 4 of the first Test between Pakistan and New Zealand, in Karachi, on Thursday (December 29). 3 after a splendid 183-run opening stand between Tom Latham (113) and Devon Conway (92).

After Williamson's 200* powered the Kiwis to 612-9, spinners Bracewell and Sodhi made early inroads in the final session to reduce Pakistan to 77-2 at ...

They stood firm against the googlies and leg spin of Abrar while left-arm spinner Nauman (3-185) couldn't pose a problem from the footmarks. Lefthander Masood was out lbw for 10 after he went onto the backfoot against Sodhi's sharp delivery. Pakistan still trails by 97 runs on a wicket which has some encouragement for spinners from the bowlers' footmarks. Sodhi batted with a lot of patience and hit three boundaries against seamer Mir Hamza on the off side of the wicket after Pakistan took the third new ball. Williamson was on 186 when last man Ajaz Patel walked in but went into the 190s with a straight six over the head of Abrar before eventually reaching his second double hundred against Pakistan in a 395-ball knock. [Kane Williamson](https://www.outlookindia.com/topic/kane-williamson) hit a marathon unbeaten double century on Thursday.

Pakistan bowlers had to break their back for the occasional success on a flat track at the National Stadium and more toil awaited them after New Zealand ...

Abrar Ahmed (5-205) finally broke the stand when he removed Sodhi to spark off a lower-order collapse, but Williamson could not be denied his milestone. Overnight batsmen Williamson and Ish Sodhi, who made a career-best 65, combined in a seven-wicket partnership of 159 to frustrate the hosts. Williamson relinquished test captaincy earlier this month but proved he remains New Zealand’s batting mainstay steering them to a mammoth 612-9 before skipper Tim Southee declared with a lead of 174.

Pakistan vs New Zealand, 1st Test: Kane Williamson's 5th Test double hundred helped New Zealand seal a 174-run first-innings lead. Pakistan were reduced to ...

Pakistan were not able to get a breakthrough in the first session as Williamson and tail-ender Ish Sodhi put on a 159-run stand for the 7th wicket. Williamson was unbeaten on 200 as New Zealand declared on 612 for 9 at the stroke of Tea, sealing a 174-run first-innings lead. Pakistan were reduced to 77 for 2 at Stumps on Day 4, still trailing New Zealand’s first-innings total by 93 runs. Pakistan have the batting firepower to force a draw on what is still a good pitch for batters, but it remains to be seen how Babar Azam and his men would handle pressure after having lost 4 home Tests on the bounce in 2022. Williamson hit his 5th double hundred, a day after ending a nearly two-year wait for an international century. Pakistan vs New Zealand, 1st Test: Kane Williamson's 5th Test double hundred helped New Zealand seal a 174-run first-innings lead.

They were slow, they were steady, they refused to take any risk and they might still end up winning the game.

Even as New Zealand's innings was drawing to a close and he was running out of partners, there was little urgency to get to the personal milestone, or finally get off the square and put Pakistan in for the 10 wickets they needed to take. There were a few more things to negotiate as a batter, a little bit of variable bounce. In terms of a first innings total as a batting unit, we are pleased with the efforts, but we know that day five of any Test, so many things can unfold and we're looking forward to that." It was a nice first innings total and for us it's lot of work to do and we know we got to take a few wickets tomorrow. "It's always a challenge to bat in Asia," Williamson said, "Slightly different as well. On the fourth, with Williamson well into three-figures and batting with the tail, there was a chance of morning fireworks as New Zealand pressed home their advantage and gave themselves as much time as possible to bowl out Pakistan once more. He is past McCullum now, and also, the first non-Asian batter to register three-figure scores in each of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the UAE. "It's hard to judge really, but for me it was nice to be out there, being a part of a number of partnerships that were really valuable for us getting a competitive total. Except, it would take 18 balls for the first run to be scored, and 50 for the first boundary. Attack with the bat, attack with the ball, attack with the field, and attack with the declarations. In short, there is more than one way to beat Pakistan at the moment, and New Zealand need not rip up the Test guidebook to threaten a fifth straight home defeat on their beleaguered hosts. [Brendon McCullum](http://www.espncricinfo.com/player/brendon-mccullum-37737)walked away with the [first ever 3-0 clean sweep](https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-in-pakistan-2022-23-1330866)by a visiting side in Pakistan, the series trophy stowed away in England's luggage was vindication of that strategy's success.

Kane Williamson reached 200 with a single off spinner Abrar Ahmed, batting for ten hours and striking 21 boundaries and a six in an innings which saw him ...

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