Ken Williamson
Pak vs nz, odi match: The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 has started in Karachi on 19 February. In the first match of the tournament, there is a clash between Pakistan and New Zealand. Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl first, which also proved to be correct in the beginning. New Zealand got the first blow in the 8th over itself. Dewan CONV was dismissed for 10 runs. Abrar Ahmed showed Conway the way to the pavilion. Former captain Kane Williamson came into the fray as the new batsman after Dawan Conway was dismissed. The Kiwi team had high expectations from Kane but gave his wicket to Nasim Shah in the next over. Naseem started his over with the wicket. Kane returned to the pavilion after scoring just 1 run. Along with this, Kane Williamson made a unique record in ODI cricket.
Actually, Kane Williamson has been dismissed in single digit in ODI cricket after 237 days i.e. 6 years 2 months and 2 weeks. Earlier, he was last dismissed in a single digit in 2019 in 50 over format. On 5 January 2019, he came with 1 run against Sri Lanka. Since then, he was scoring in double digit but now he had to go to the pavilion after scoring a run in the first match of the Champions Trophy. This is his first single digit score in the last 36 innings.
Significantly, the recent form in Kane Williamson’s ICC tournament has not been special. In the last 6 innings in the ICC tournament, only one half -century has been scored from his bat. Ken Williamson would like to leave this bad form behind as soon as possible. Kane will now have a pressure to perform better in the second match.
Ken Williamson’s ICC events last 6 innings
- 1 (2)
- 18*(17)
- 1 (2)
- 9 (13)
- 69 (73)
- 14 (15)
The playing XI of both teams is as follows:-
New Zealand (playing XI): Davon Conway, Will Young, Kane Williamson, Derryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wicketkeeper), Glenn Philips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (captain), Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, William O’Rurke.
Pakistan (playing XI): Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper/captain), Salman Ali Aga, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Nasim Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.
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