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Kane Williamson

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

KS Williamson has played 471 matches across all formats and competitions, scoring 22,163 runs at a career batting average of 47.06 and a strike rate of 70.69. The bulk of his international cricket has come for New Zealand, for whom he has appeared in 361 matches. His primary format is the One-Day International, where he averages 51.04 across 168 games, though his Test record, a 54.69 average from 108 matches, is statistically his strongest. On recent form, back-to-back half-centuries against West Indies in December 2025 confirmed he remains a reliable performer in the longer formats.

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Kane Williamson
Bat Avg
47.1
Bowl Avg
36.2

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Sunrisers Hyderabad · All-Rounder

Recent form

Williamson's last 10 appearances cover Test cricket against West Indies, the SA20 with Durban's Super Giants, and the BPL, including scores of 71 and 53 in back-to-back Tests in December 2025. His T20

Strongest format

One-Day International — The ODI format is Williamson's primary competition, where he averages 51.04 across 168 matches with 7,145 runs at a strike rate of 81.67. His bowling

Career stats overview

108 Test · 168 ODI · 195 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

108 matches

9,461
Runs scored
30
Wickets taken

Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

ODI

168 matches

7,145
Runs scored
37
Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

195 matches

5,557
Runs scored
9
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215
wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112
wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4
batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198
wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

14
five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

2
finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

Over 22,000 runs across all formats

Williamson has accumulated 22,163 runs across 471 matches at a batting average of 47.06. His career spans New Zealand internationals, the IPL with Sunrisers Hyderabad, the T20 Blast with Yorkshire, and franchise cricket across three continents.

Test average over 54 in 108 matches

In 108 Test matches Williamson averages 54.69, the strongest batting average across any of his formats. His 9,461 Test runs at a strike rate of 51.99 underline his standing as a cornerstone of New Zealand's long-form batting.

Seddon Park his most productive venue

At Seddon Park across 36 matches, Williamson averages 78.33 with 2,585 runs to his name. No other ground in his record comes close to that return, making it comfortably his most productive home base.

Exceptional head-to-head record vs Bangladesh

Against Bangladesh over 25 matches, Williamson averages 70.18 with 1,544 runs. His returns against South Africa (average 60.06 across 38 matches) and Pakistan (average 56.08 across 60 matches) also rank among his best opponent splits.

Two Test fifties in his last 10 appearances

His two most recent Test innings produced scores of 53 and 71 against West Indies in December 2025, both in winning causes. Those knocks bookended a run of franchise T20 cricket across SA20 and the BPL.

What’s next

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Official profile

Elsewhere on the web

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KS Williamson's profile

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.

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