‘I didn’t look overly agile there’: Kane Williamson on his last gasp stretch to reach the crease to win the Christchurch thriller
Kane Williamson saved the day for New Zealand with a match-winning unbeaten century and his last gasp stretch to secure a thrilling two-wicket win over Sri Lanka on Monday.
Speaking about the winning run, Williamson revealed why he stumbled while completing the run and what was going through his mind.
“I didn’t look overly agile there,” he told reporters.
“And to be honest it was a little bit of an afterthought because I knew the throw would go to Neil’s (Wagner) end and I just sort of thought getting towards the crease maybe I should just throw in a little dive in case and I was kind of in a position to do it.
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