Kane Williamson

Both of them scored double-centuries at Basin Reserve on Saturday, becoming just the eighth pair with two 300-plus partnerships in Test cricket.

His current batting average of 54.89 is the [fifth-highest](https://www.espncricinfo.com/ask/cricket-qna/highest-batting-average-min:-8000-runs&tournament=menstest)among the 35 batters with 8000-plus runs in Test cricket. [Kane Williamson](https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/kane-williamson-277906)and [Henry Nicholls](https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/henry-nicholls-539511)became the first pair to score double-centuries in the same Test match [for New Zealand](https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;groupby=match;orderby=start;qualmin1=2;qualval1=innings;runsmin1=200;runsval1=runs;team=5;template=results;type=batting). They are now the [18th pair overall](https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;groupby=innings;orderby=start;qualmin1=2;qualval1=innings;runsmin1=200;runsval1=runs;template=results;type=batting)to score double-hundreds in the same Test innings. [joint-fourth-highest](https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;groupby=ground;orderby=hundreds;runsmin1=200;runsval1=runs;template=results;type=batting)at a ground in Tests. Three of New Zealand's top-five partnerships in Test cricket have come against Sri Lanka. [in this period](https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;groupby=ground;orderby=hundreds;runsmin1=200;runsval1=runs;spanmin1=01+Jan+2014;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting). [for New Zealand](https://www.espncricinfo.com/ask/cricket-qna/most-centuries-for-New-Zealand&tournament=allintls). [New Zealand](https://www.espncricinfo.com/ask/cricket-qna/most-runs-for-New-Zealand&tournament=menstest)to complete 8000 Test runs. [fifth-highest](https://www.espncricinfo.com/ask/cricket-qna/highest-partnerships-for-New-Zealand&tournament=menstest)for any wicket for New Zealand in Tests. [New Zealand](https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=fow_innings;partnership_runsmin1=300;partnership_runsval1=partnership_runs;team=5;template=results;type=fow)pair with multiple triple-century stands. [300-plus](https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=start;partnership_runsmin1=300;partnership_runsval1=partnership_runs;qualmin1=2;qualval1=fow_innings;template=results;type=fow)partnerships in Test cricket, including Williamson and Nicholls. [against Sri Lanka](https://www.espncricinfo.com/ask/cricket-qna/highest-partnerships-vs-Sri-Lanka&tournament=menstest)have been by New Zealand - the 363 between Williamson and Nicholls is the fourth-highest.

The Black Caps star makes a second entry alongside a select group of batters to achieve the milestone, as the runs pile up at the Basin.

It was the second time in Williamson’s career that he’d scored three centuries in successive tests. [Kane Williamson loves the romance of test cricket](https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/300830911/kane-williamson-loves-the-romance-of-test-cricket?rm=a) *

On a day where New Zealand batters made merry at the expense of Sri Lankan bowlers' toil, Kane Williamson became the first ever Black Caps player to a ...

[#NZvSL]live on [https://t.co/CPDKNxoJ9v](in select regions) 📺 [#WTC23] Nicholls continued to take the attack to Sri Lanka thereafter and brought up his maiden Test double century in just 240 balls. Nicholls wasn't to be left behind as he got to his century in the session after lunch with the Kiwi onslaught in full flow. After the first day was marred by rain, New Zealand displayed tremendous attacking intent from the get-go. Among the players currently active, only Virat Kohli (7) has more double centuries than the Kiwi talisman. Just last month during the second Test against England in Wellington, Williamson had gone past Ross Taylor's tally of 7683 runs to become the highest run-getter for New Zealand in Tests.