New Zealand megastar Kane Williamson has relinquished his Take a look at captaincy, showed by way of the rustic’s cricket board on Thursday. Williamson, who led the Black Caps to victory within the inaugural International Take a look at Championship ultimate in opposition to India, will proceed as ODI and T20I captain and in addition expressed his need to stay taking part in all 3 codecs.

Particularly, Williamson took over the reins from Brendon McCullum in 2016 and led New Zealand in 40 Assessments. Below his management, New Zealand received 22 Assessments and misplaced ten whilst 8 video games had been drawn. He averaged 57 and scored 11 centuries as captain.

Williamson will now get replaced by way of veteran tempo bowler Tim Southee for the impending excursion of Pakistan. In a similar fashion, opening batter Tom Latham has been appointed as vice-captain after in the past main the aspect in Williamson’s absence.

“Captaining the BLACKCAPS in Take a look at cricket has been a surprisingly particular honour. For me, Take a look at cricket is the top of the sport, and I’ve loved the demanding situations of main the aspect within the structure. Captaincy comes with an larger workload off and on the sector, and at this level of my occupation, I think the time is true for this resolution,” mentioned Williamson in an legit commentary.

“I’m excited to reinforce Tim as captain and Tom as vice-captain. Having performed with either one of them for many of my occupation, I’m assured they’ll do an excellent task. Taking part in for the BLACKCAPS and contributing in all 3 codecs is my primary precedence, and I’m having a look ahead to the cricket we’ve got forward,” he added.

In the meantime, Southee – who has 346 global video games to his identify and has captained the T20 aspect on 22 events – will change into New Zealand’s thirty first Take a look at skipper within the upcoming excursion of Pakistan, beginning December 26.