Kane Williamson, the New Zealand skipper, scored a run-a-ball 40 in the clash against England on November 1, Tuesday and to comment more, the innings drew a lot of criticism from fans all over the world.
Notably, Williamson, who is not known to play aggressively, hit the headlines after putting the rest of his batters under pressure in the crucial Tuesday clash. On the contrary, Glenn Philips, who scored a well-crafted 62 off just 36 balls, received a lot of appreciation for almost winning it for the Kiwis.
However, after putting 179 runs on the board, the Three Lions went to defend the total and won the match by 20 runs, putting Australia in deep trouble as the Kangaroos will have to depend on the outcome of the Sri Lanka-England battle to make it through to the semis.
Credit to the way England played, they put us under pressure: Williamson
Post the defeat, the Black Caps captain Williamson, lauded the England team and said that the Kiwis were under huge pressure during the match. Further, the skipper also opened up on Jos Buttler’s catch-drop and admitted that it was embarrassing for him.
“Credit to the way England played, they put us under pressure. They played beautifully, hats-off to them, they were pretty clinical. It was a slightly above par total. We tried to take it little deep, but credit to the way they bowled. It was quite tricky. You don’t want to be doing that (drop Buttler’s catch), he’ll make you pay. He played a beautiful knock in a big game for them,” Williamson said after the match in the interview.
“I thought I had squeezed it (Buttler’s catch) in my chest, it was a bit embarrassing in the end as I looked at the replays. He (Phillips) has been batting beautifully, he got a hundred in the last game, and changed the momentum in our favour somewhat today. You will be put under pressure in such tournaments, but we need to take the positives and move on to the next game,” said the Kiwi captain further.
As it stands, let us take a look at a few Twitter reactions to Williamson’s slow-paced innings against England:
I think Kane Williamson better to retire T20 .
— Nageshwar90 (@Nageshwar901) November 2, 2022
Test ka World Cup Nahi hai nah Williamson bhaiya. What was that yesterday? ;__; #KaneWilliamson
— Koustav Sengupta (@KoustavOfficial) November 2, 2022
Only ICT fans hate Kane Williamson because he always performs against India. Same reason why Indians hate Steve Smith and Ricky Ponting.
— Hriday (@Hriday1812) November 2, 2022
Kane williamson as a batsman can fail at times sure he gotta up his game but williamson as captain is gold man,He have carried his team now they have become one of the team we cant exclude?
— Keerthana Venkatesh (@Keetu3012) November 2, 2022
Everyone is targeting Kane Williamson for his Knock against England.
Meanwhile while Williamson preparing to boom in Semi Final & Final. #T20WorldCup #NZvENG
— Rahul Gupta (@imrahulgupta_) November 2, 2022
Kane Williamson deliberately played slow and New Zealand deliberately lost the match !!#AaronFinch #NZvsENG
— Ali_Baluch (@bminnocent73) November 1, 2022
Kane Williamson ki slow inning 180 run chasing mai new Zealand ?? hurt kar gayi ! #INDvsBAN #T20WorldCup #ViratKohli? #KLRahul #AFGvsSL #SuryakumarYadav #RohitSharma #T20WorldCup2022 #INDvsSA #meams #NewZealand
— Jeet Lodhe (@ImJeetlodhe) November 1, 2022
Kane Williamson is done at the T20 level imo. His style of starting slow is not coming off anymore.
Either he should adapt or stick to the longer formats.
— Front Foot Sam (@ffscricket) November 1, 2022
Kane Williamson slow and 'classy' approach has badly cost New Zealand.#ENGvNZ. #ICCT20WorldCup2022
— Flying Dutchman (@crankshaftrpm69) November 1, 2022
Kane Williamson's slow inning hurting new zealand chances . #ENGvNZ #NZvENG
— manraj singh (@manraj200427) November 1, 2022
Kane Williamson. Playing test game in t20 for the last 10 years lol
— Jurgen Wenger (@LFC_forevaa) November 1, 2022
