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The Kiwis captain is expecting his first child.

Black Caps skipper Kane Williamson has returned home to be with his pregnant wife, Sarah (file photo). OPINION: Instead of striding out to face the West Indies bowlers on a spicy Basin Reserve pitch in a Wellington gale, Kane Williamson was home in Mount Maunganui on Friday. It took most of Thursday to reach that decision, and entailed four flights in three days, but it was clearly the right one for the Black Caps skipper to farewell his team-mates. Nothing like this is ever straightforward, e...

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NZ vs WI: Kane Williamson set to miss second test against West Indies

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is set to miss the 2nd Test match versus visitors West Indies, to be with his partner Sarah Raheem for the birth of their first child.

Williamson out of second Windies Test Reuters © Provided by Khaleej Times Williamson out of second Windies Test New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has withdrawn from the second Test against West Indies and returned home to be with his pregnant wife, coach Gary Stead said on Thursday. Tom Latham will take over the captaincy. Williamsons availability for the Test, which starts on Friday, had been up in the air for much of the day when the team said he had returned to Tauranga ...

Relief for the Black Caps after captain Kane Williamson missed training.

Kane Williamson has had a late change of heart and will miss tomorrow's test.

Black Caps Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson each average 60-plus in cricket tests at the Basin Reserve. Two things are guaranteed when the hardy cricket folk of Wellington stride through the C.S Dempster or J.R Reid gates at the Basin Reserve on Friday morning. A strong northerly will buffet the ground - and is forecast to reach 120kmh in some parts of the capital - and there will be nudging and winking at the glowing emerald sward that is revealed in the centre. Yes it will be a bowl-first pi...