Kane Williamson has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect, ending a record-breaking 16-year career midway through New Zealand’s Test series against England.
Williamson returned scores of 0 and 18 in his final Test at Lord’s last week, a poor surface ruining what turned out to be his farewell appearance. The 35-year-old finishes as New Zealand’s leading run-scorer in international cricket with 19,346 runs in 378 appearances, including 48 centuries.