{"id":291765,"date":"2023-09-29T19:34:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T19:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=291765"},"modified":"2023-09-29T19:34:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T19:34:34","slug":"new-zealand-skipper-kane-williamson-will-miss-world-cup-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/%d1%81ricket\/new-zealand-skipper-kane-williamson-will-miss-world-cup-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson will miss World Cup opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson will miss World Cup opener against England despite hitting half-century in side&#8217;s tournament warm-up against Pakistan<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>New Zealand captain Kane Williamson unlikely to be ready for World Cup opener<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Williamson hit a half-century against Pakistan in team&#8217;s World Cup warm-up\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New Zealand captain Kane Williamson will miss the repeat clash of the epic 2019 Lord\u2019s final against England that opens the World Cup next Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Williamson showed he is on course to return soon by hitting a half-century off Pakistan in a warm-up contest on Friday, but is not yet ready for the rigours of fielding in an international match.<\/p>\n<p>When the 33-year-old ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in April, it was feared he would miss the entire tournament.<\/p>\n<p>However, featuring as a specialist batter in Hyderabad, he retired after hitting 54 off 50 balls against the Pakistanis, and will now step up his fitness regime.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand coach Gary Stead said: &#8216;We\u2019ll continue to take a day-by-day approach to Kane\u2019s rehabilitation and certainly won\u2019t be putting any pressure on him to return before he is ready.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/29\/19\/75990291-0-image-a-36_1696010696044.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson will not be ready to face England in World Cup opener\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/29\/19\/75990365-0-image-a-35_1696010689297.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Williamson upped his recovery from injury by hitting half-century in warm-up against Pakistan<\/p>\n<p>Tom Latham will captain in Ahmedabad as the Black Caps look to put an early dent in Jos Buttler\u2019s side\u2019s title defence, following the Super Over drama of four years ago that provided England with a first 50-over World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand open their World Cup campaign next week against England in\u00a0Ahmedabad, before taking on the Netherlands.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/article-12576537\/New-Zealand-skipper-Kane-Williamson-miss-World-Cup-opener-against-England-despite-hitting-half-century-sides-tournament-warm-against-Pakistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson will miss World Cup opener against England despite hitting half-century in side&#8217;s tournament warm-up against Pakistan New Zealand captain Kane Williamson unlikely to be ready for World Cup opener Williamson hit a half-century against Pakistan in team&#8217;s World Cup warm-up\u00a0 Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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