New Zealand batter Kane Williamson on Monday struck his fifth Take a look at century in consecutive matches at Hamilton’s Seddon Park within the third Take a look at in opposition to England.
Williamson grew to become the primary batter to attain a whole bunch in 5 consecutive Take a look at matches at a particular venue. Williamson surpassed 14 batters who’ve recorded 4 consecutive Take a look at centuries at particular venues, together with the legendary Don Bradman reaching the milestone at Melbourne and Leeds.
Batting within the second innings for the Kiwis, Williamson’s century was his thirty third in Take a look at cricket and his seventh general on the venue. He additionally grew to become the sixth hitter to achieve 1,000 runs this 12 months.
Williamson, who had missed the Black Caps’ victorious tour to India, reached his thirty third hundred in his 186th Take a look at innings, making him the third-fastest to the milestone behind Ricky Ponting (178) and Sachin Tendulkar. Williamson additionally grew to become the primary Kiwi batter to attain over 5000 Take a look at runs at house. The previous skipper’s batting common stands at a whopping 66.77 in New Zealand – the very best of any batsman with greater than 5000 Take a look at runs in a particular nation.
Williamson registered his fourth 150-plus rating in Hamilton earlier than finally falling on 156. Solely Mahela Jayawardena (six at SSC, Colombo, and 5 at Galle) and Kumar Sangakkara (5 at SSC) have registered extra 150-plus Take a look at scores on a single floor. Len Hutton (The Oval), Joe Root (Lord’s), and Bradman (MCG) rank alongside Williamson with 4 150-plus scores on the respective venues.
New Zealand posted a 658-run whole for England, the second-highest goal set by them in a Take a look at. England have been decreased to 18 for 2 earlier than stumps on Day 3.
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