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Kane Williamson has reached his half-century (Photo: ICC/Twitter)

World Cup semi-final: India removes Williamson for 67

Williamson possibly surprised by the bounce and chopping a looping shot to Ravindra Jadeja at point.

10 Jul 2019 2:05 PM

He was finally dismissed by Yuzvendra Chahal in the 36th over. (Photo: AFP)

ICC CWC'19: Kane Williamson crosses 500-run mark in World Cup

The Kiwis got off to a bad start as they lost their opener Martin Guptill (1) pretty early.

09 Jul 2019 6:28 PM

ICC CWC'19: Kane Williamson cool as ever ahead of semifinal

Williamson said his team has plans for in-form Indian opener Rohit Sharma, but it depends on assessing the conditions.

09 Jul 2019 2:53 AM

Indian skipper Virat Kohli and New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson

ICC CWC'19: Kohli’s men just 2 wins away from glory, face Kiwis in semis today

When reminded on Monday that one of the wickets that he took against New Zealand was of Williamson’s, Kohli couldn’t stop laughing.

09 Jul 2019 1:07 AM

New Zealand finished at the fourth spot in the group stages with 11 points from nine matches. (Photo: AFP)

ICC CWC'19: 'Rohit Sharma the best batsman in tournament so far', says Williamson

The New Zealand bowling attack has been springing good performances and their pacer Trent Boult has been in exceptional form.

08 Jul 2019 8:43 PM

The skippers of both teams led their under-19 squads to face each other in 2008, over a decade ago (Photo: AFP)

Kohli-led India and Williamson-led New Zealand clashed with U-19 squads 11 years ago

It remains to be seen if Kohli and India can repeat history and smash Kane Williamson’s New Zealand again on Tuesday, July 9.

07 Jul 2019 5:20 PM

The consolation for Kane Williamson's men is they are all but certain of a place in the semi-finals given their huge net run-rate advantage over Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

ICC CWC'19: 'If we get lucky to be in semis we have tiny break to change luck': Kane

The Black Caps suffered their third straight defeat of the tournament in a thumping 119-run loss to England.

04 Jul 2019 5:46 PM

England fast bowler Mark Wood hopes his World Cup luck holds after his fortunate run out of New Zealand captain Kane Williamson helped take the hosts into the semi-finals. (Photo:AFP)

ICC CWC'19: Mark Wood hopes his luck holds after Kane Williamson run out

England thrashed the Black Caps by 119 runs at Durham quick Wood's home ground of Chester-le-Street after posting 305-8 batting first.

04 Jul 2019 5:31 PM

It proved to be a stiff target as New Zealand fell to 157 all out in their chase. (Photo: File)

Williamson urges team to play with freedom and stay positive after Australia defeat

The Black Caps looked in a strong position early in the game with Boult and Ferguson reducing Australia to 92 for 5 at Lord's on Saturday.

30 Jun 2019 3:42 PM

Consider England, ranked no.1 by ICC and top favourites for this tournament. At 8 points, they are within grasp of a place in the semi-final. (Photo: ICC/ twitter)

England’s loss to Lanka made World Cup come alive

England have been explosive and irrepressible when batting first, but not second when the run chase has to be planned.

23 Jun 2019 7:07 AM

New Zealand, who are unbeaten at the tournament and in a strong position to qualify for the semi-finals, next play West Indies in Manchester on Saturday. (Photo: AFP)

ICC CWC'19: Vettori hails Kane Williamson as NZ's greatest ODI player

The 28-year-old earned plaudits for his patience at the crease, with many praising his calmness and clever leadership.

21 Jun 2019 3:25 PM

Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson scored his first World Cup century to secure a victory for New Zealand in a close encounter against South Africa at Edgbaston in Birmingham. He scored 106 from 138 balls to maintain his side's unbeaten streak in the tournament. (Photo: Blackcaps/twitter)

ICC CWC'19: Twitterati lauds Kane Williamson for his gritty 106 runs vs South Africa

After losing four wickets in quick succession, Kiwis captain Kane Williamson showed his nerves of steel as he scored 106 from 138 balls.

20 Jun 2019 6:09 PM

Williamson played a match-winning knock of 106 runs off 138 balls. (Photo: AFP)

'Why didn't Kane Williamson walk?': Paul Adams questions skipper's ethics

South African skipper Faf du Plessis, however, downplayed the incident.

20 Jun 2019 1:17 PM

The 28-year-old’s 91-run partnership with Colin de Grandhomme (60) saw their side through to the cusp of victory. (Photo: AFP)

ICC CWC'19: Praise pours in for New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson

Williamson, however, did receive some criticism for not ‘walking’ when he had appeared to have got a thin edge from an Imran Tahir delivery.

20 Jun 2019 12:43 PM

Chasing a target of 242 in 49 overs in rain-truncated match, New Zealand recovered from a mini slump at 137 for five riding on a 91-run stand between Kane Williamson (106 not out off 138 balls) and Collin de Grandhomme (60 off 47 balls) to reach home with three balls to spare. (Photo:AP)

ICC CWC'19: Kane Williamson, Colin de Grandhomme help New Zealand home versus Proteas

Needing 12 off last 7 balls, Williamson steered a Lungi Ngidi slower delivery to bring down the equation to 8 off the last over.

20 Jun 2019 8:44 AM

A view of the covers at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Thursday. (Photo: AP)

World Cup 2019: Silver Lining

India-New Zealand game abandoned; Virat Kohli calls it sensible, Kane Williamson welcomes rest.

14 Jun 2019 2:51 AM

Kane Williamson said the performance was an improvement on the previous two wins and his Black Caps were building nicely for their next match in Nottingham against 2011 champion India. (Photo:AFP)

ICC CWC'19: Kane Williamson's 50 demolishes Afghanistan as Kiwis win by 7 wickets

A seven-wicket victory on Saturday gave New Zealand three wins from three games to start the tournament.

09 Jun 2019 9:52 AM

Skipper Kane Williamson and Tom Blundell stitched a 120 run partnership, before Williamson (85) was run out by Fabian Allen in the 26th over with the team still requiring 287 runs for the win. (Photo:AP)

ICC CWC'19 warm-up: West Indies hands New Zealand 91 runs defeat

Chasing a mammoth score of 422, New Zealand lost early wickets and they were reduced to 33 for three.

29 May 2019 11:19 AM

Ross Taylor has scored 2,892 ODI runs over those four years, placing him sixth in the list of most prolific batsmen headed by India captain Virat Kohli (4,306). (Photo: New Zealand Ross twitter)

Ross Taylor to outshine Kane Williamson in this year's World Cup

Taylor's average of 68.85 compares unfavourably with only Kohli’s 78.29.

24 May 2019 10:15 AM

The Kiwis, time and again, have proved that they’ve in them to show they can progress all the way through the tournament. (Photo: Kane Williamson/ Instagram)

ICC 2019 World Cup: New Zealand squad and player analysis

The black caps were the runners-up of the 2015 World Cup edition.

06 May 2019 7:23 PM

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