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Former New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson announced his status from Twenty20 internationals connected Sunday (November 2, 2025), but helium volition play for the Black Caps successful the trial bid against West Indies.
The 35-year-old batsman has played 93 T20s for his state since making his debut against Zimbabwe successful 2011, captaining the broadside connected 75 occasions and starring them to the World Cup last successful 2021 and semi-finals successful 2016 and 2022.
"It's thing that I've loved being a portion of for a agelong play of clip and I'm truthful grateful for the memories and experiences," helium said.
"It's the close clip for myself and the team. It gives the squad clarity for the bid moving guardant and up of their adjacent large absorption which is the T20 World Cup.
"There's truthful overmuch T20 endowment determination and the adjacent play volition beryllium important to get cricket into these guys and get them acceptable for the World Cup."
He scored 2,575 runs successful T20 internationals with 18 fractional centuries, including his 85 successful a losing origin successful the T20 World Cup last against Australia successful 2021
New Zealand cricket said Williamson, who nary longer has a cardinal contract, was open-minded astir his aboriginal successful one-day internationals and would decidedly play successful the three-test bid against West Indies successful December.
"Kane's performances arsenic a subordinate and his work arsenic skipper of the T20 broadside person been thing abbreviated of immense," said NZ Cricket main enforcement Scott Weenink.
"His runs successful each conditions astir the satellite bespeak the satellite people batsman that helium is and are arsenic matched by the power of his enactment connected and disconnected the field.
"With Kane committed to play the West Indies trial bid successful December, I'd promote each Kiwis to instrumentality the accidental to get retired and witnesser 1 of our top ever cricketers play."
