Former New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has slammed his twenty ninth hundred in the longest format of the sport in the continuing first Test towards Bangladesh in Sylhet. With this, he has equalled Virat Kohli and Don Bradman in the listing of gamers with most tons in Test cricket. He is already on prime in terms of scoring most centuries in the format for New Zealand.
Perhaps, that is the third consecutive century for Williamson in red-ball cricket having reached the three-figure mark in the final two innings towards Sri Lanka at residence earlier this 12 months in March. Interestingly, he took 22 innings and 16 Tests fewer than Kohli to finish 29 centuries and likewise averages in extra of 55 in the whites. Virat Kohli has up to now performed 111 Test matches and has 29 tons to his title in 165 innings with him scoring a ton in his final outing in the format in July 2023 towards the West Indies.
Coming again to Williamson, he scored 104 runs off 205 balls with 11 fours to carry New Zealand’s innings from one finish whilst wickets saved falling at common intervals. Only Daryl Mitchell (41) and Glenn Phillips (42) stitched a good partnership with him earlier than getting out however Williamson made batting look extraordinarily straightforward together with his good batting abilities.
As far because the match is worried, Bangladesh have been bundled out for 310 runs after opting to bat first on the opening day of the Test match. In response, the guests ended the second day at 266/8 courtesy of a superb ton from New Zealand’s former Test captain. Williamson bought out late in the day as New Zealand misplaced three wickets for simply 11 runs on the fag finish. They are nonetheless 44 runs adrift of Bangladesh’s first innings complete.
