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Former New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has said helium hopes to proceed playing until the 2027 World Cup arsenic helium prepares to marque his instrumentality for his state successful the three-match one-day planetary bid against England, which starts connected Monday (October 27, 2025).
The 35-year-old has not featured for New Zealand since the Champions Trophy last decision astatine the hands of India successful March but volition diagnostic successful the squad that faces the tourists astatine Bay Oval successful Mount Maunganui.
"Not (looking) excessively acold ahead," Williamson said erstwhile asked astir his plans beyond the upcoming season. "At the backmost of my mind, there's astir apt the ODI World Cup. There's ever different things. Test cricket is beauteous beloved to maine arsenic well.
"Really, it's a small spot astir what I want, and small spot much astir what the squad wants and wherever it's going and what we're benignant of buying into.
"Just keeping those lines of connection unfastened to marque definite that we're bully and focused and wide connected what it looks like, but besides being truly respectful of the information that this is simply a squad successful a peculiar place.
"They're ever trying to physique towards something, truthful for me, successful this signifier of my career, if I'm determination and capable to adhd to it, brilliant."
Willamson captained New Zealand successful 41 of his 105 tests appearances arsenic good arsenic during 91 of his 173 ODI matches and helium gave his backing to existent trial skipper Tom Latham positive one-day skipper Mitchell Santner.
"I played a small with Santner successful the one-dayers successful the Champions Trophy and helium has a truly astute cricketing brain," said Williamson. "Calm, chill benignant of character, truthful looking guardant to playing alongside him again.
"In the tests, with Tommy Latham, he's done the occupation a fig of times implicit the years and present it's his ain and he's doing a fantastic job. He's incredibly organised and passionate astir the radical and astir trial cricket. It's large he's astatine the helm."
