Kane Williamson 9000 Runs: Kane Williamson created history in Test cricket, became the first New Zealand player to do so, and left Kohli-Root behind
New Zealand's legendary batsman and former captain Kane Williamson has created history against England in Christchurch. He has become the first player from the New Zealand cricket team to score 9000 runs in Test cricket. 34-year-old Williamson has achieved this feat in 182 innings of 103 Test matches. Before this match, Williamson had scored 8881 runs in 180 innings. Then in the first innings of the Christchurch Test, he scored 93 runs and after that, he made this unique record in his name by scoring 26 runs in the second innings. Not only this, Williamson has left behind Joe Root and Virat Kohli in terms of scoring the fastest 9000 Test runs.
Williamson recorded in the pages of history.
With a score of 9000 runs, Williamson's name has been recorded in the pages of the history of Test cricket. He is only the 19th batsman in the world to do so. Not only this, he has made another record in his name with this achievement. Williamson has also become the joint third-fastest batsman to score 9000 runs. He equaled legendary batsmen like Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara and Pakistan's Younis Khan. Both of them also achieved this feat in 103 Test matches.
Williamson has surpassed Joe Root and Virat Kohli in terms of scoring the fastest 9000 Test runs. Root played 196 innings for this and Kohli played 197 innings. Australia's Steve Smith is the fastest batsman to achieve this record. He achieved this feat in 174 innings of 99 Tests, while Brian Lara achieved this feat in 100 Test matches.
Williamson holds the record for scoring the most runs in Test cricket for the New Zealand cricket team. He has scored more than 9000 runs in 103 Test matches at an average of 54. During this time, Williamson scored 32 centuries and 35 half-centuries. After him, the record for scoring the most runs for New Zealand in this format is registered in the name of former legendary batsman Ross Taylor. Taylor scored 7683 runs in 196 innings of 112 Test matches at an average of 44.66.