Kane Williamson smashes consecutive Test hundreds against South Africa to record career milestone

Former New Zealand Test skipper Kane Williamson goes by means of a purple patch of his personal because the 33-year-old smashed one more Test hundred on Tuesday (February 6) – his sixth within the final 10 innings.

After scoring 118 within the first innings of the continuing Test against South Africa at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui, Williamson hammered his second of the sport on day three.

Notably, that is the primary time Kane Williamson has scored hundreds in each innings of his illustrious Test career.

His feat has helped him develop into the fifth Kiwi batter to rating hundreds in each innings of a Test fixture. Glenn Turner was the primary Blackcaps batter to attain the historic milestone when he scored 101 and 110* against Australia in Christchurch in March 1974. Geoff Howarth, Andrew Jones and Peter Fulton emulated Turner’s record in 1978, 1991 and 2013 respectively.

Williamson’s hundred within the second innings is his thirty first within the red-ball format alongside 13 centuries that he has already scored within the ODI circuit. The right-handed batter has now equalled Steve Smith who additionally has 44 worldwide tons (32 in Tests and 12 in ODIs) for Australia.

New Zealand gamers to rating hundreds in every innings of a Test match:

New Zealand’s enjoying XI:

Tom Latham, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wk), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee (c), Matt Henry

South Africa’s enjoying XI:

Neil Brand (c), Edward Moore, Raynard van Tonder, Zubayr Hamza, David Bedingham, Keegan Petersen, Ruan de Swardt, Clyde Fortuin (wk), Duanne Olivier, Tshepo Moreki, Dane Paterson