New Zealand’s Kane Williamson Scored Seven Centuries in The Last 7 Matches
SA vs NZ 2nd Test Series 2024: Kane Williamson Seven Centuries Last 7 Matches: Kane Williamson scored seven centuries in the last 7 matches, New Zealand created history after 92 years. The bat of former New Zealand Test captain and veteran batsman Kane Williamson is on fire these days.
The Kiwi star, who was seen struggling with injury problems in the last one or two years, has now scored centuries. He has scored 7 centuries in the last seven tests and 12 innings.
Not only this but in the second match of the Test series against South Africa in Hamilton, Williamson played an unbeaten inning of 133 runs in the second innings and led the team to victory. This was his third century in this series. He scored centuries in both the innings at Mount Maunganui. Not only this, New Zealand has also created history after 92 years.
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Not Just One But Many Greats Were Left Behind:-
Kane Williamson has now registered 32 centuries in Test cricket. In the first match of this series, he had broken Don Bradman’s record but now he has gone ahead of even Sachin Tendulkar.
He had scored 29 Test centuries before this series. Now he has a total of 32 Test centuries to his name. Not only this, Williamson has become the fastest batsman to score 32 centuries.
In this matter, he left behind four greats including Sachin Tendulkar. In this list, Steve Smith was at the top, Ricky Ponting was at second, Sachin Tendulkar was at third and Younis Khan of Pakistan was at fourth place. Now all of them have had to slide down one place each because Williamson has come on top.
The Fastest 32 Centuries in Test Cricket
- Kane Williamson– 172 innings
- Steve Smith– 174 innings
- Ricky Ponting– 176 innings
- Sachin Tendulkar– 179 innings
- Younis Khan– 193 innings
Active Cricketers Who Have Scored The Most Centuries:-
Kane Williamson is now the active cricketer with the joint highest number of Test centuries along with Steve Smith. Overall, Sachin Tendulkar has the highest number of 51 centuries but Williamson has now taken a huge leap among active cricketers. Virat Kohli is lagging in this list due to not playing.
Most centuries in Test Cricket (Active Cricketers)
- Kane Williamson– 32 centuries
- Steve Smith– 32 centuries
- Joe Root– 30 centuries
- Virat Kohli– 29 centuries
- Cheteshwar Pujara– 19 centuries
New Zealand’s First Test Series Win:-
Kane Williamson has won the two-match Test series against South Africa 2-0. The Kiwi team has won the Test series against South Africa for the first time in 92 years. The Mount Maunganui Test was won by New Zealand by 281 runs.
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Then in the Hamilton Test, the Kiwi team won by 7 wickets. Kane Williamson scored 403 runs in four innings. His average was more than 134. He played an unbeaten inning of 133 runs in the second test and remained at the crease till the end and led the team to victory. Williamson was also named Player of the Series for this performance.