Alex Malcolm

Well, speaking of New Zealand, as we were earlier, that'll be down Kane Williamson, who has retired from international cricket.

Some quick look at the numbers.

Nine and a half thousand runs at 54 with 33 hundreds in 110 matches.

That's pretty good.

Average 65 in New Zealand with 20 test hundreds.

100 everywhere except for Ireland and South Africa.

I think he played in South Africa maybe four times, four test matches.

So 100 everywhere except for Ireland and South Africa.

16th most test runs all time.

He captains New Zealand 40 times.

He won 22 and lost 8.

10 draws, obviously.

Under his leadership, he obviously won the World Test Championship final.

New Zealand made the semifinals of the 2016 T20 World Cup, the final of the 2019 ODI World Cup, the final of the T21 T20 World Cup, and the semifinals of the 2022 T20 World Cup and the 2023 ODI World Cup.

Mid-series does seem strange.

I mean, he spoke in his comments about he didn't come into the series thinking he was going to retire, which is strange given that Simon Dool seemed to intimate.

I mean, I don't think Simon Dool was going to talk about anything else.

He just said there was an announcement coming, he felt.

Are we sure that wasn't to do with the pitches and lords and drop-ins?

I mean, no, not inside, not inside the old, um, but, uh, but yeah, he's obviously, he's had a game at Lords.