Williamson’s comments came in an interview with Boria Majumdar on his show “Backstage with Boria”. Since taking over the captaincy in 2016, the 31-year-old has led New Zealand to a World Test Championship title, finals of the 2019 ODI World Cup, the 2022 T20 World Cup and the semi-finals of the 2016 T20 World Cup.
He was asked to explain how New Zealand, despite not having a lot of global ‘superstars’ and franchise-cricket heroes like other teams, always seemed to perform better as a group. Williamson replied:
Williamson added:
Williamson has been a key figure behind this success. Apart from being a respected, calm, and tactically sound leader, the right-handed batter has also scored over 8000 runs across formats as the captain with brilliant averages of 59.91 and 49.23 in Tests and ODIs respectively.
“The large picture still exists” - Kane Williamson
While he doesn’t take his team’s past achievements lightly, Williamson is also mindful of the big picture, which involves a continuation of efforts in representing his country. He concluded:
The Kiwis are currently involved in a two-Test series against South Africa at home. They defeated the visitors by an innings and 276 runs in the first match. The second Test will start on February 25 at the Hagley Oval.
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