Kane Williamson
New Zealand cricketer
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| 2025 | Middlesex announced signing Williamson for the upcoming cricket season, and he will also play for the London Spirit. |
| February 10 2025 | Scored his 14th ODI century, his first since 22 June 2019, spanning a period of 2060 days. |
| June 2024 | Stepped down from white-ball captaincy following New Zealand's group-stage exit from the T20 World Cup. |
| May 2024 | Named captain of New Zealand's squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. |
| 2023 | Williamson was bought by the Gujarat Titans and was injured in the first match of the season. |
| March 18 2023 | Scored his 28th century in Test cricket, turning the innings into his 6th Test match double century. |
| February 28 2023 | Surpassed Ross Taylor's record of 7,683 runs to become New Zealand's highest run scorer in Test cricket. On the same day, he scored his 26th Test century against England in the second Test of the two-match Test series. |
| February 27 2023 | Became the all-time leading run-scorer for New Zealand in Test cricket. |
| December 2022 | Stepped down as New Zealand's Test captain, ahead of their tour to Pakistan. During the first Test, he scored his fifth double century in Tests and became the first New Zealand batter to hit five double centuries in Test cricket. He also became the first New Zealand batter to achieve 25 centuries in Test cricket. |
| 2021 | Kane Williamson took over the captaincy from David Warner midway through the IPL season. |
| November 2021 | Led New Zealand to the final of the ICC T20 World Cup. |
| August 2021 | Named captain of New Zealand's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Led the team to their third consecutive ICC event final, ultimately losing to Australia in the final after scoring 85 runs off 48 balls. |
| June 2021 | Captained New Zealand to win the inaugural ICC World Test Championship, the first ICC trophy the team won since 2000. |
| December 31 2020 | Reached a Test batting rating of 890, becoming the number one ranked Test batsman in the world, surpassing Steve Smith and Joe Root. |
| December 4 2020 | Scored his highest test score of 251 runs in the first innings against West Indies, helping New Zealand win the match by an innings and 134 runs. |
| November 2020 | Nominated for the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Men's Cricketer of the Decade and Test Cricketer of the Decade. |
| June 2019 | Awarded Player of the Tournament at the Cricket World Cup after becoming the highest scoring captain, making 578 runs in 10 matches. Named captain of the 'Team of the Tournament' by the ICC and ESPNcricinfo. |
| June 22 2019 | Scored his career-best ODI score of 148 runs off 154 balls in a 5-run victory over West Indies. |
| April 2019 | Named captain of New Zealand's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. |
| 2018 | Williamson returned to play for part of the season with Yorkshire. |
| 2018 | Williamson became the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad, replacing David Warner, and led the team to finish as runners-up while being the season's leading scorer with 735 runs. |
| December 8 2018 | Scored his 19th Test century in the deciding 3rd game of the Pakistan away series. |
| December 7 2018 | Became the first player from New Zealand to cross 900 rating points in the ICC Test batting rankings. |
| March 2018 | Set a new record for most centuries by a New Zealand batsman in Tests, scoring his 18th century (102 runs) against England in Auckland. |
| 2016 | Williamson played for Sunrisers Hyderabad and won the IPL title with the team. |
| 2016 | Williamson signed a deal to play for part of the season with Yorkshire. |
| August 2016 | Became the thirteenth batsman to score a century against all Test playing nations, doing so in the fewest innings and becoming the youngest player to achieve this feat. |
| March 2016 | Assumed captaincy of New Zealand cricket team across all formats after Brendon McCullum's retirement, beginning with the World T20I cup in India. Named captain of the 'Team of the Tournament' by ESPNcricinfo and Cricbuzz. |
| 2015 | Williamson was initially set to return to Yorkshire for the latter part of the season, but was ultimately replaced by Aaron Finch. |
| 2015 | Awarded T20 Player of the Year by New Zealand Cricket for the 2014-15 season. |
| 2015 | First met his wife Sarah Raheem, who would later become his life partner and mother of his three children (two daughters and a son). |
| December 2015 | Broke the record for most Test runs scored in a calendar year by a New Zealander with 1,172 runs. Ended the year with 2,692 runs across all international cricket formats. |
| November 15 2015 | Became the first away batsman (alongside Ross Taylor) to each score 2nd innings centuries at WACA Ground in Perth. |
| June 17 2015 | Became the fifth-fastest batsman and fastest New Zealander to score 3,000 runs, achieving this in 78 innings. |
| February 2015 | Kane Williamson signed with the Sunrisers Hyderabad team in the Indian Premier League (IPL). |
| February 3 2015 | Scored the 99th ODI century in New Zealand's history against Pakistan. |
| 2014 | During the New Zealand vs Pakistan ODI series, Williamson donated his entire match fee for all five ODIs to the victims of the Peshawar school massacre, demonstrating his humanitarian commitment. |
| 2014 | Williamson returned to Yorkshire, with the team winning the County Championship during his tenure. |
| December 2014 | Cleared of bowling action suspicion and named captain for ODI and Twenty20 series against Pakistan. |
| September 19 2014 | Williamson scored his first T20 hundred, making 101* in 49 balls and leading Northern Districts to a comfortable win against Cape Cobras in the Champions League Twenty20. |
| June 2014 | Scored 161* against West Indies, helping secure a rare away Test series victory. Finished as the leading run scorer in the series with 413 runs. |
| April 2014 | Reported for a suspect bowling action. |
| August 14 2013 | Williamson signed with Yorkshire for the remainder of the season. |
| 2011 | Kane Williamson signed with Gloucestershire to play in the English county cricket season. |
| 2010 | Made his international debut for New Zealand. |
| 2010 | Made his international cricket debut. |
| 2010 | Made his international cricket debut for New Zealand. |
| November 4 2010 | Made his Test cricket debut against India at Ahmedabad, scoring 131 runs off 299 balls and becoming the eighth New Zealand player to score a century on Test debut. |
| October 14 2010 | Scored his maiden ODI century against Bangladesh in Dhaka, becoming the youngest centurion in New Zealand's cricket history. |
| August 10 2010 | Made his One-Day International (ODI) debut against India, being dismissed for a 9th ball duck. |
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