Kane Williamson hits a SIX to break Don Bradman and Sunil Gavaskar’s MASSIVE record, even Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma couldn’t achieve THIS feat, WATCH video
Former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson become the third batter in the ‘Fab 4’ to notch up a century, scoring a brilliant 156 in the second innings of the third Test against England at the Seddon Park in Hamilton on Monday. Williamson bought up his century with a six and broke an incredible record earlier held by the likes of Sir Donald Bradman, Sunil Gavaskar and Pakistan Misbah-ul-Haq.
Williamson ended up with 156 off 204 balls with 20 fours and a six to reach his 33rd Test century off England left-arm spinner Jacob Bethell. Thanks to Williamson’s ton, New Zealand posted 453 in their second innings and set an improbable 658-run target for England, who ended the day at 18 for 2.
The New Zealand batter’s ton was his fifth successive ton at the Seddon Park ground in Hamilton – making him the first-ever batter to achieve this feat. In the past five Tests at the ground, Williamson has scores of 200 (vs Bangladesh, 2019), 104 (vs England, 2019), 251 (vs West Indies, 2020), 133 not out (vs South Africa, 2024).
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Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene (at Colombo, SSC), Sir Donald Bradman (MCG), Michael Clarke (Adelaide Oval), Denis Compton (Trent Bridge, Nottingham), Martin Crowe (Basin Reserve, Wellington), Sunil Gavaskar (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai), Jacques Kallis (Kingsmead, Durban), Misbah-ul-Haq (Sheikh Abu Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi) and Gary Sobers (Kingston, Jamaica) have all scored 4 successive centuries at a venue.
It is a feat even the likes of top Indian batters like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have failed to achieve in Test cricket.
Williamson now has seven Test tons at Hamilton and is close to becoming only the 4th cricketer in history to average more than 100 at a ground (15 or more innings). Only Jayawardene (11, Colombo SSC), Bradman (9, MCG), Kallis (9, Cape Town) and Kumar Sangakkara (8, Colombo SSC) have more centuries at a single ground while Clarke (Adelaide), Jayawardene (Galle), Mominul Haque (Chattogram), Joe Root (Lord’s) also have seven.
The other members of ‘Fab 4’ – Root scored his 36th Test ton last week against New Zealand in the second Test while Steve Smith of Australia also scored his 33rd century against India on Day 2 of their third Test at the Gabba in Brisbane.
The final member of the ‘Fab 4’, Kohli had scored his 30th Test ton against Australia in the first Test at Perth last month, but his batting form has trailed off since then. Williamson is the first to score 20 Test centuries in New Zealand. Former captain Ross Taylor (12) and John Wright (10) are the only other players to score more than 10 centuries for the Kiwis at home.
Williamson has also equalled Taylor (24) for the most three-figure scores in all formats of international cricket at home.