Kane Williamson

Kane Williamson is an international cricketer who has played for a number of different teams in the MPL.

Williamson is most notably known for scoring runs consistently across the MPL and he currently has the most runs in the history of the MPL with 1070.

Career
MPL 01

Williamson began his MPL career at the beginning of MPL 01 where he was drafted for the Revenant Ravens. For the duration of MPL 01, Williamson was then slated to come in at number 3 for the Ravens where they eventually finished fourth. Williamson was a key contributor throughout the Ravens season and scored 233 runs at an average of 33.29 (the best by anybody in the top 25 run scorers in MPL 01). Kane also managed to become the only player in the history of the MPL to hit a six and a four in a super over achieving this feat against the Wild Warthogs.

MPL 02

Williamson's MPL career continued into MPL 02 as the team that he hit the crucial winning runs against in a super over in MPL 01, the Wild Warthogs, ended up being the highest bidder for Williamson. Kane was instated as captain for the Warthogs ahead of MPL 02 and continued to bat at number 3 for the Warthogs. Once again Williamson was a key contributor throughout the Warthogs season as he delivered an even better return scoring 338 runs at an impressive average of 37.56 with three half-centuries. The Warthogs eventually fell short in the Challenger, but not before Kane delivered the best W/L ratio by a Warthogs captain in their history.

MPL 03

Kane once again found himself amongst new teammates as his successes in his previous seasons saw him become a Rabid Rabbit. Williamson was bought for his highest amount yet at $1.2M with the management once again keen to slate him in at number 3. However, Kane had a slightly rocky start to his season before an unfortunate injury ruled him out of a good chunk of the season. Williamson though, would not be denied as he eventually came back and scored 202 runs at an average of 25.25 with one half century. Although Kane would have wanted much better returns than he produced, it did not stop his team going on to win the title as he lifted the trophy against his former team, the Wild Warthogs.

MPL 04

After finding himself playing in a championship team, the Wild Warthogs fought extremely hard to regain their former skipper before Williamson was bought for his highest price of $1.2M. Once Kane was reunited with his former teammates that he had just denied the trophy the season before, the management unsurprisingly gave him back the captaincy and his favoured number 3 position. More to come...

Trivia

 * Currently the only player to hit a four and a six in a super over across the whole MPL.
 * Finished with the highest average with the bat amongst the top 25 run scorers in MPL 01 (33.29)
 * Has scored the second most runs in a season by any Warthogs batter (338 runs)
 * Has the most runs across the history of the MPL (1070 runs)
 * The first and only player to surpass 1000 MPL runs