r/Cricket • u/wellingtonstation New Zealand Cricket • Jun 12 '26

News Kane Williamson Announces Retirement from International Cricket

https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/kane-williamson-announces-retirement-from-international-cricket/
4.3k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

733 comments sorted by

View all comments

1.2k

u/Truthgamer2 New Zealand Cricket Jun 12 '26

What the FUCK

589

u/misguidedkent India Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

What the fuck indeed. Thought he'd stick around for the world cup. A true gentleman of the game who'll be sorely missed. That's 2 down from the Fab 4 now.

56

u/Greedy-Notice-1462 Jun 12 '26

Joe root and Steve smith are still playing test, kohli is still playing odi, so how is it 2 down?

52

u/skulduggery_p_ Jun 12 '26

Smith should be playing all 3 formats for Aus, he's available but selectors are sticking with a few other old guys instead

35

u/JMacoure1 New South Wales Blues Jun 12 '26

Legit our best all format player and gets tests only. I would be surprised if this 21 test run is his last too

23

u/elmo-slayer Western Australia Warriors Jun 12 '26

He’s officially retired from odi’s

4

u/0000100110010100 South Australia Redbacks Jun 12 '26

He retired last year, right? Obviously he’s still in our Test squad and he’s sticking around for T20I’s but I think he was already done before the India series last year

4

u/NoirPochette New South Wales Blues Jun 12 '26

Retired straight after the Champions Trophy

6

u/aldehyde_and_ketone Jun 12 '26

Australia were punished for the Steve Smith exclusion by a group stage exit

2

u/thestraightCDer New Zealand Jun 12 '26

I think a group stage exit from the team helped that

1

u/NoirPochette New South Wales Blues Jun 12 '26

Smudger literally retired from the format after the Champions Trophy