Kane Williamson

New Zealand Twenty20 International captain Kane Williamson has acknowledged the fact that spin will play a big part in the ongoing ICC World T20 tournament.

Kane Williamson has a strike rate of 127.68 from 30 T20Is, higher than MS Dhoni, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Ross Taylor. In those 30 games he has cleared the rope only 10 times.

New Zealand coach Mike Hesson revealed that the team management will take a call on the appointment of the captain of the Test side only after the completion of the ICC World Twenty20.

New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson received the top honours at the New Zealand Cricket Awards, including the 2015-16 Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for the Player of the Year.

On the back of his record run-scoring spree Australian batsman Adam Voges has now moved into the top 10 of the International Cricket Council rankings for Test batsmen.

For his consistent and electrifying performances throughout the Twenty20 International series against Australia, India's Virat Kohli is the Cricket World Player of the Week.

Stuart Broad is the Cricket World Player of the Week for his series-clinching eight-wicket haul for England in the third Test against South Africa in Johannesburg.

For consistent performances in the limited overs series against Sri Lanka, New Zealand opening batsman Martin Guptill is the Cricket World Player of the Week.

Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and Australian skipper Steven Smith have ended 2015 as the top ranked bowler and batsman respectively in the International Cricket Council Test player rankings.

Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga is set to miss the One-Day International series against New Zealand due to the knee injury that he suffered against West Indies in October.

New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson has climbed to the top of the International Cricket Council rankings for Test batsmen after an unbeaten century against Sri Lanka in the second Test.

For his resilient unbeaten century in the final innings, taking New Zealand to a five-wicket win in the second Test against Sri Lanka in Hamilton, Kane Williamson is the Cricket World Player of the Week.

For his unbeaten knock of 269 which came in just 285 deliveries in the first Test against West Indies, Australia’s Adam Voges is the Cricket World Player of the Week.

The International Cricket Council has announced the Test and One-Day International teams of the year captained by Alastair Cook and AB de Villiers respectively.

Jos Buttler is the Cricket World Player of the Week for his scintillating knock of 116 not out in 52 deliveries in the fourth One-Day International against Pakistan in Dubai and taking England to a 3-1 series victory,

For his swashbuckling centuries in both innings of the first Test against New Zealand in Brisbane, setting the platform for Australia's win, David Warner is the Cricket World Player of the Week.

David Warner and Joe Burns scored centuries at better than run-a-ball as Australia flattened New Zealand by taking a lead of 503 with six wickets in hand at stumps on day three of the first Test in Brisbane.

New Zealand fast bowler Doug Bracewell believes that his team will have a tough battle against Australia when the two teams meet in November for the 2015 Trans-Tasman Trophy.

This is a very interesting phase in Test cricket considering the next generation of potential greats have already readied themselves, some of them have already been handed the reins of their national teams in at least one format.

New Zealand's stand-in captain, Kane Williamson, stated that as a cricketer, one must only think about contributing to the team's fortunes instead of focusing on individual records.