Kane Scoops Magazine Award
20 April 2012
Gloucestershire’s Kane Williamson has been selected as Player-of-the-Month for March in world cricket by The Cricketer magazine.
The 21-year-old New Zealand batsman earned the vote mainly for his battling innings of 102 not out against the might of South Africa’s seam attack at Wellington on March 23.
Kane also made scores of 77 and 39 in five Test innings against South Africa during the month, but it was his century that most caught the eye.
In The Cricketer magazine article paying tribute to that knock, Dylan Cleaver writes: “There were 228 balls he repelled from an attack including the world’s No 1 bowler Dale Steyn, the second fastest man to 50 Test wickets Vernon Philander, and an inspired Morne Morkel, who would end the day with a six-wicket haul. Complementing them was the quickest of them all, the new boy on the block Marchant de Lange.
“Between them they barely bowled a bad ball. Throughout it all stood 21-year-old Williamson.”
Kane is due to rejoin Gloucestershire in time for the first LV County Championship home match against Glamorgan, starting on April 26.
