Watch: Kane Williamson's Never-Seen-Before Middle Finger Act Shocks Cricket World

New Zealand star Kane Williamson is among the best batsmen of the modern-day era. Apart from his classy shots and drives, Williamson is also known for his gentle and humble nature. Williamson is currently on national duty and is leading the Kiwis with the bat against South Africa. The hosts are in a commanding position in the first Test match of the series and are currently leading by 528 runs in the match after the end of Day 3.

Kane Williamson is also an idol for many cricket fans due to his fitness and gun fielding ability. Williamson takes brilliant catches on the field and also saves a lot of runs.

In a recent video, Williamson was doing stretching ahead of the day’s play in the NZ vs SA first Test match. While Williamson was doing his stretching, he was hit by the ball with which, his teammate was practicing. Williamson seemed annoyed with the disturbance and he angrily showed the middle finger to his teammate. This came as a huge surprise to fans as Kane Williamson is a cool and humble cricketer, who avoids showing his anger on the field.

Watch: Kane Williamson loses his cool

Never interupt Kane's stretches #NZvSA pic.twitter.com/VjuHq6RC4h

— Adam Walker (@adwalks87) February 5, 2024

Winning the toss and batting first in Tauranga, New Zealand put up a brilliant first-innings score of 511 runs. The Kiwis were off to a forgettable start and lost both the openers Tom Latham and Devon Conway for 39 runs. However, Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson put up a stand of 232 runs for the third wicket. Both the batsmen played some brilliant knocks and put their team in a commanding position in the match.

On one end, Kane Williamson played an innings of 118 runs from 289 balls whereas, Rachin Ravindra slammed a brilliant double century and played a knock of 240 runs from 366 balls. Ravindra repeated his ODI heroics in the Tests as well and has proved to be a brilliant batsman for the Kiwis.

Soon after the departure of Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, and Rachin Ravindra added another 103 runs for the 4th wicket, which helped New Zealand put up a first-innings score of 511 runs.

In reply, South Africa were wrapped up for 162 runs as they fell cheaply against the Kiwi bowlers. Keegan Petersen was the highest scorer of the South African innings and played an innings of 45 runs from 132 balls. Matt Henry and Mitchell Santner picked up 3 wickets each whereas, Kyle Jamieson and Rachin Ravindra bagged 2 wickets apiece.

Batting in their second innings, New Zealand are 179/4 at the end of Day 3 and currently lead by 528 runs in the match. The current team of South Africa, lack many mainstream players such as Temba Bavuma, Aiden Markram, Kagiso Rabada, and Lungi Ngidi. All these players are currently busy playing in the SA20 2024 due to which many new names are playing in the Test series against New Zealand.

The Kiwis are in a commanding position to win the match and shall do it pretty dominantly if they repeat the bowling performance that happened in the first innings. The Kiwis are the champions of the World Test Championship 2021 and will be wanting to repeat the performance in the current cycle of the world’s largest Test tournament.