As New Zealand’s leading run-getter in Tests and fourth-highest run-getter in ODI cricket, Kane Williamson has been the mainstay of the Kiwis batting lineup for long. With the 35-year-old missing the tour to Zimbabwe early this year to play for Hundred-franchise London Spirit as well as Middlesex in England, followed by him missing last week’s three-match T20I series against England due to an unspecified medical issue, Williamson returns to international cricket for the first time since the Champions Trophy with the ODI series against England.

The Kiwi batsman is currently under a casual playing agreement with Cricket New Zealand and has spoken about how he is making the balance between cricket and family and how he sees the balance as the ‘most important thing’ for him.

“It’s just an on

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