With a double hundred against West Indies in December 2020 and another one in the next series against Pakistan in January 2021, Kane Williamson doubled his tally of double centuries from two to four.
With that, he has now levelled fellow Kiwi and wicketkeeper batsman Brendon McCullum (nicknamed Baz) as the New Zealand player with the maximum number of Test double hundreds.
Kane Williamson’s fourth double century came against Pakistan in the Test match that was played at the Hagley Oval, Christchurch in January 2021.
Like each of the three double tons before this one, this knock of 238 too ended in victory for his side.
Each of his four double centuries have come while playing at home in New Zealand. While the first one was at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, the second and third were scored at Seddon Park, Hamilton.
PLAYERS WITH MOST DOUBLE HUNDREDS
12 – Don Bradman (Aus)
11 – Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
9 – Brian Lara (WI)
7 – Wally Hammond (Eng), Mahela Jayawardene (SL) and Virat Kohli (Ind)*
6 – Ricky Ponting (Aus), Younis Khan (Pak), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Javed Miandad (Pak) and Marvan Atapattu (SL)
5 -Rahul Dravid (Ind), Graeme Smith (SA) and Alastair Cook (Eng)
4 – Williamson and McCullum are tied with eight others with four double centuries
Kohli is the only active player above Williamson in this list.
Name: Kane Williamson Date of birth: August 8, 1990 Role: Top-order batsman Batting style: Right-hand bat
Williamson’s four double hundreds so far:
242 not out against Sri Lanka in January 2015.
200 not out against Bangladesh in February 2019.
251 against West Indies in December 2020.
238 against Pakistan in January 2021.
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Name: Brendon McCullum Date of birth: September 27, 1981 Role: Wicket-keeper batsman Batting style: Right-hand bat
McCullum’s four double hundreds:
225 against India at Hyderabad, India in November 2010. Match ended as a draw.
224 against India at Auckland, NZ in February 2014. NZ won the match.
302 against India at Wellington, NZ in February 2014. Match ended as a draw.
202 against Pakistan at Sharjah, UAE in November 2014. NZ won the match.
McCullum took a particular liking towards Indian attacks, scoring three of his four 200+ scores against them.
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