Kane Williamson back batting in the nets, says New Zealand coach Gary Stead
The HinduNew Zealand has given captain Kane Williamson a two-week deadline to prove his fitness for the ODI World Cup 2023 starting in October, head coach Gary Stead said on Monday. New Zealand will give Kane Williamson fitness leeway ahead of the ODI World Cup in India “We’ve got about two weeks from now until we name that side,” Stead told New Zealand media. “He’s progressing really well, but there’s a lot of work for him still to do to make sure he gets where we need him to be.” Williamson has scored more than 6,500 runs in one-day international cricket and led New Zealand in its nail-biting defeat to England in the 2019 World Cup final. “Of course, we want him at the World Cup, but there is that bigger picture that we want Kane Williamson fit for the rest of his career,” added Stead.