http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KS-Williamson-c1813 keen to captain the Kiwis - Cricket News Update
The young http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760.
The New Zealander became the youngest Kiwi at 21, and the fourth youngest captain in ODI history to lead a national squad. The charge was thrust upon the youngster when he was asked at a short notice to assume the leading role for the second T20, following
the absence of original skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849.
Former Kiwi captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-Paul-Fleming-c91190, at 23 years of age, held the previous record for being leading his country when he took charge of the national side in 1997.
Williamson, who will be 22, next month, is only behind Bangladesh’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/P-Utseya-c2145 among the all-time youngest ODI captains.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915, who suffered a shoulder injury during the first T20. McCullum was however, rested for the ODIs which paved way for a young Williamson to get the honours of leading his side.
"He's obviously been the vice-captain in the Test team when he was there and no doubt for the one-dayers when he's around, so I'd imagine it would be up until that time," Williamson told reporters.
The Tauranga player, who represented New Zealand in 12 Tests and 24 ODIs, will not have much time to prepare after his side lost both T20Is.
However, the middle-order batsman is not a novice when it comes to captaining a side. He occasionally led http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gloucestershire-c785 during the county season and also captained his side during the Under-19 World Cup in 2008.
"It is nice to have a few more days of preparation for this next game and hopefully things will be a little smoother throughout the park and all the lads will know their roles etc. It's obviously a slightly longer format so it won't be as intense," the right-hander
said.
The injured captain Taylor praised Williamson’s incisive leadership skills, despite the 21-year-old had only a day to prepare. "His bowling changes were very good and he went with his gut which is quite often what you have to do.
Having lost the two T20s, the tourists will play first of the five-match ODI series against the hosts starting on July 5 at Kingston, Jamaica.
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