World Cup 2023: Kane Williamson To Miss New Zealand's Second Match vs Netherlands

08.10.2023 - 08:47 sports.ndtv.com

New Zealand star batter Kane Williamson has been ruled of New Zealand's second match of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup against the Netherlands.

In the pre-match press conference, New Zealand head coach Gary Stead updated on the status of Williamson's injury "Kane's been progressing very well, I think the fielding is still the element for him that he's just got to get a little bit higher, and he gets a little bit more trust in his body," New Zealand head coach Gary Stead said as quoted by ICC on Sunday. "But he's progressing really well and we are pretty confident that he will be playing the third match for us.

We've got another training to get through today, so we'll finalise the team (for the match against Netherlands) once we've got through that training.

But at this stage with Kane, we are looking like the third game is when he will start the tournament," Gary Stead added. Williamson had missed the opening game of the World Cup as he had not fully recovered from his knee injury sustained during the Indian Premier League (IPL) back in March.

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