During the T20I and ODI tour of England, Williamson will continue his recovery from knee surgery in the hope that he will be ready to be selected for the World Cup in less than a month
Making his international debut for Kiwis in 2010, Williamson has made a name for himself with his consistency and is considered as one-fourth of the 'Fab Four' batting stars of the modern era, a batting quartet which consists of Australia's Steve Smith, India's Virat Kohli and England's Joe
The New Zealand batter has been sidelined for a while with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee but is back hitting balls in the nets as he makes progress in his recovery.
New Zealand's white-ball captain and star batter Kane Williamson could be in line to make his comeback from a right-knee injury ahead of the fast-approaching ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 in October-November.
Head’s scores of 39 and 77 in the third match of their ICC World Test Championship series against England at Headingley have taken him to within nine points of Kane Williamson’s 883 rating points
Smith's 'Player of the Match' effort of 110 and 34 have lifted him four places to the second position. Smith was last at the top in June 2021, when he replaced Williamson for a couple of weeks before being overtaken again by the New Zealand batter.
Williamson returned home from India on crutches after suffering a ruptured Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) in his right knee in the first game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 for Gujarat Titans. He later underwent surgery, which was deemed successful.
At the start of 2021, Root was at the bottom of the 'Fab Four', a quartet of modern-day batting greats comprising of him, Virat Kohli from India, Steve Smith from Australia and Kane Williamson from New Zealand in terms of centuries scored in Tests. Virat was at the top with 27, Smith next wi
Notably, Latham was leading the Blackcap as a stand-in captain in the absence of Williamson. He was also captaining the side in the tour of Pakistan where they tied the T20I series by 2-2 and claimed the ODI series by 4-1.
Kane Williamson might still travel to India for the ODI World Cup later this year, with team management keen to bring the injured batter as a mentor. Simultaneously, New Zealand head coach Gary Stead has declined to rule Williamson out of the World Cup as a player.