Virender Sehwag continues to entertain on Twitter by wishing Kane Williamson on his birthday
Virender Sehwag seems to entertain the sports fraternity as frequent as possible, just a day after posting a funny tweet on the occasion of friendship day; the “Nawab of Najafgarh” did not forget to wish New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson on his special day. The two-time triple centurion from India had sent his regards to various sports personalities in the past month including former speedster Dennis Lillee and England pacer James Anderson. Williamson has a pretty impressive ODI record having scored 3,666 runs in just 93 matches including 7 centuries.
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New Zealand captain Kane Williamson set a new world record yesterday during their Test match against Zimbabwe on becoming the youngest cricketer to score Test centuries against each Test playing nations. Having won the first Test with ease the Kiwis put up a massive total of 582 runs by the virtue of three centurions Tom Latham, Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor.
Williamson, who turned 26 today scored 113 runs, added more weight to his glittering career. Last year, he was the second highest run-scorer for the calendar year in One-Day Internationals only behind country mate Martin Guptill.
Before Williamson, former Sri Lankan wicket-keeper Kumar Sangakkara held this particular record achieving the feat when he was 30 years of age. It is needless to say that only the players who have taken up Test cricket after Bangladesh was given Test status back in 2000 have got the opportunity to score centuries against all the other Test-playing nations.
The other players to have completed the feat are Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Younis Khan, Marvan Atapattu, Jacques Kallis, Adam Gilchrist and Mahela Jayawardene.
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The 2nd and final Test will conclude on 10th August after the Kiwis scripted an innings defeat on Zimbabwe in the 1st tie. Following the 2 Tests, New Zealand will travel south to the rainbow nation to play a Two-Test series beginning on 19 August. The first Test will be played in Durban while the second will be played at the SuperSport Park in Centurion.