Kane Williamson scripts history with second century in Champions Trophy
What's the story
Veteran New Zealand batter Kane Williamson continues his fine run ODI cricket.
Williamson slammed a magnificent century in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy semi-final against South Africa in Lahore.
The 34-year-old added 164 runs with Rachin Ravindra after NZ lost Will Young early.
Williamson has become the second Kiwi player with multiple centuries in Champions Trophy history.
He also completed 19,000 runs across formats.
Knock
How Williamson stitched his ton
Williamson came in when Young departed after sharing a 48-run opening stand with Ravindra.
While Ravindra continued with his endearing strokes, Williamson kept the scoreboard ticking by taking singles.
The latter also punished the poor deliveries to find occasional boundaries.
Williamson, who was later joined by Daryl Mitchell, raced to his century off 91 balls in the 40th over.
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Williamson falls to Mulder for 102
Williamson fell to Proteas pacer Wiaan Mulder just after completing his ton. He was caught by Lungi Ngidi, failing to execute a scoop shot. Williamson slammed 102 off 94 balls, a knock laced with 10 fours and 2 sixes.
Tons
Williamson attains these massive feats
As mentioned, Williamson has become the second player with multiple centuries for New Zealand in Champions Trophy. He joined Ravindra, who hammered his second ton in the same innings.
Williamson now has four centuries in ICC ODI tournaments, the second-most for the Kiwis. He is only behind Ravindra (5).
Williamson broke a tie with Nathan Astle (3) in this regard.
Opponents
Second-most ODI tons for NZ against a side
Williamson has the second-most ODI tons for NZ against a side. He is behind Nathan Astle (5 vs India) and Ross Taylor (5 vs England).
As per Cricbuzz, only Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and David Warner have more ODI tons against South Africa.
Williamson now owns hundreds in three successive ODI innings against SA, the first NZ player to do so against a side.
Milestone
Williamson completed 19,000 runs across formats
As mentioned, Williamson also completed 19,000 runs in international cricket, becoming the first Kiwi player with this feat. He reached this landmark with his 27th run.
Overall, Williamson is the 16th player with 19,000 international runs. He also went past Australia's David Warner, who retired with 18,995 runs across formats.
Only two batters from NZ other than Williamson have 15,000-plus runs across formats.
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Williamson averages 60.33 versus the Proteas
In 172 matches, Williamson has raced to a tally of 7,224 runs in ODIs at 49.47. In addition to 15 tons, he has slammed 47 fifties. As per ESPNcricinfo, Williamson now owns 905 runs against South Africa at 60.33 (100s: 4, 50s: 3).