Kane Williamson continued his excellent form in Test cricket against England and scored the 33rd century of his career. Williamson achieved this special feat with the help of a six in just 137 balls. In this match being played in Hamilton, Williamson was out on a personal score of 156 runs. Earlier, the host team had scored 347 runs, while England was all out for just 143 runs in the first innings.
Kane Williamson has created a new record in the 147-year history of Test cricket. He has become the first player to score five consecutive centuries at the same ground. In the last five Tests played at this ground, Williamson scored 200 (Bangladesh, 2019), 4 and 104 (England, 2019), 251 (West Indies, 2020), 43 and 133* (South Africa, 2024).
Kane Williamson has surpassed many legends in terms of scoring the most consecutive centuries on the same ground in Test cricket. Kane Williamson scored consecutive centuries at Siddon Park in Hamilton 5 times. He surpassed many legends including Mahela Jayawardene, Don Bradman, Michael Clarke, Dennis, Martin Crowe, who have scored 4 consecutive centuries on the same ground.
Williamson achieved this feat in 186 innings and is the third fastest player in history to score 33 Test centuries. He was preceded by Sachin Tendulkar (178) and Ricky Ponting (183). No player in history has scored more centuries than Williamson after playing 186 innings.
| # | Player | Centuries |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Root | 18 |
| 2 | Marnus Labuschagne | 11 |
| 3 | Kane Williamson | 11 |
| 4 | Steve Smith | 10 |
| 5 | Rohit Sharma | 9 |
Joe Root is at the top in terms of scoring the most centuries in the history of WTC, who has scored 18 centuries so far. Now Kane Williamson is at the second position, who is still 7 centuries behind him. Apart from Kane Williamson, Marnus has 11 centuries in WTC, but he is at number three due to playing more matches than him. Rohit Sharma is the only Indian player in the top-5, who has scored centuries in WTC so far.
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