Kane Williamson has slipped seamlessly back into the New Zealand cricket team by top-scoring with 93 as the Black Caps reached 319-8 on the first day of the first test against England.

Kane Williamson slipped seamlessly back into the New Zealand cricket team, top-scoring with 93 as the Black Caps reached 319-8 Thursday (November 28, 2024) on the first day of the first cricket Test against England. At stumps, after 83 overs, Glenn Phillips was 41 not out and Tim Southee at the start of his last series before retirement was 10.

Kane Williamson scored 93 runs in the first Test against England. New Zealand ended day one at 319/8 at Hagley Oval. Williamson and Latham built a crucial partnership. Shoaib Bashir took four wickets for England.

England captured the vital wicket of Kane Williamson for 93 in a dramatic five-wicket final session to leave New Zealand 319-8 after day one of the first Test in Christchurch on Thursday. But for the rest of the first two sessions,

Tea - New Zealand 193 for 3 (Williamson 77*, Mitchell 16*) vs England Kane Williamson blended grit and flourish in a fine innings of 77 from 161 balls, as New Zealand took advantage of a misleadingly placid deck to push along to 193 for 3 by tea on the first day of the first Test against England at Christchurch.