Sports · 14 June 2026
Kane Williamson retires as New Zealand's highest run-getter
Exam-focused facts from the 14 June 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Kane Williamson retired from international cricket with immediate effect after a 16-year career.
- He is New Zealand's all-time leading international run-scorer with 19,346 runs, including 48 centuries and six double-centuries.
- He led New Zealand to victory in the inaugural World Test Championship in 2021, securing the nation's first major International Cricket Council (ICC) world title.
- Williamson made his Test debut against India in Ahmedabad in November 2010.
- His career statistics include 110 Tests (9,515 runs), 175 ODIs (7,256 runs), and 93 T20Is (2,575 runs).