KS Williamson owns the record for most test centuries by a New Zealand batsman – goes past MD Crowe and LRPL Taylor
KS Williamson of New Zealand scored 102 against England in the ongoing test at Auckland to provide his 18th test century. He now owns the record for most test centuries by a New Zealand batsman. He went past MD Crowe and LRPL Taylor who have scored 17 test centuries. The centuries scored by these three batsmen are tabulated below
| KS WILLIAMSON | ||||||
| No | Runs | Pos | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 131 | 6 | 2 | v India | Ahmedabad | 04 Nov 2010 |
| 2 | 102* | 4 | 4 | v South Africa | Wellington | 23 Mar 2012 |
| 3 | 135 | 3 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 25 Nov 2012 |
| 4 | 114 | 3 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Chittagong | 09 Oct 2013 |
| 5 | 113 | 3 | 1 | v India | Auckland | 06 Feb 2014 |
| 6 | 113 | 3 | 1 | v West Indies | Kingston | 08 Jun 2014 |
| 7 | 161* | 3 | 3 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 26 Jun 2014 |
| 8 | 192 | 3 | 2 | v Pakistan | Sharjah | 26 Nov 2014 |
| 9 | 242* | 3 | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 03 Jan 2015 |
| 10 | 132 | 3 | 2 | v England | Lord’s | 21 May 2015 |
| 11 | 140 | 3 | 2 | v Australia | Brisbane | 05 Nov 2015 |
| 12 | 166 | 3 | 2 | v Australia | Perth | 13 Nov 2015 |
| 13 | 108* | 3 | 4 | v Sri Lanka | Hamilton | 18 Dec 2015 |
| 14 | 113 | 3 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 06 Aug 2016 |
| 15 | 104* | 3 | 4 | v Bangladesh | Wellington | 12 Jan 2017 |
| 16 | 130 | 3 | 2 | v South Africa | Dunedin | 08 Mar 2017 |
| 17 | 176 | 3 | 2 | v South Africa | Hamilton | 25 Mar 2017 |
| 18 | 102 | 3 | 2 | v England | Auckland | 22 Mar 2018 |
| MD CROWE | ||||||
| No | Runs | Pos | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 100 | 4 | 3 | v England | Wellington | 20 Jan 1984 |
| 2 | 188 | 4 | 2 | v West Indies | Georgetown | 06 Apr 1985 |
| 3 | 188 | 4 | 2 | v Australia | Brisbane | 08 Nov 1985 |
| 4 | 137 | 4 | 2 | v Australia | Christchurch | 28 Feb 1986 |
| 5 | 106 | 4 | 2 | v England | Lord’s | 24 Jul 1986 |
| 6 | 119 | 4 | 3 | v West Indies | Wellington | 20 Feb 1987 |
| 7 | 104 | 4 | 3 | v West Indies | Auckland | 27 Feb 1987 |
| 8 | 137 | 4 | 1 | v Australia | Adelaide | 11 Dec 1987 |
| 9 | 143 | 4 | 1 | v England | Wellington | 03 Mar 1988 |
| 10 | 174 | 4 | 1 | v Pakistan | Wellington | 10 Feb 1989 |
| 11 | 113 | 4 | 3 | v India | Auckland | 22 Feb 1990 |
| 12 | 108* | 4 | 3 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 18 Oct 1990 |
| 13 | 299 | 4 | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 31 Jan 1991 |
| 14 | 140 | 4 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 07 Nov 1992 |
| 15 | 107 | 4 | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 06 Dec 1992 |
| 16 | 142 | 4 | 1 | v England | Lord’s | 16 Jun 1994 |
| 17 | 115 | 5 | 3 | v England | Manchester | 30 Jun 1994 |
| LRPL TAYLOR | ||||||
| No | Runs | Pos | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 120 | 5 | 1 | v England | Hamilton | 05 Mar 2008 |
| 2 | 154* | 4 | 1 | v England | Manchester | 23 May 2008 |
| 3 | 151 | 4 | 1 | v India | Napier | 26 Mar 2009 |
| 4 | 107 | 4 | 4 | v India | Wellington | 03 Apr 2009 |
| 5 | 138 | 4 | 2 | v Australia | Hamilton | 27 Mar 2010 |
| 6 | 122* | 4 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Napier | 26 Jan 2012 |
| 7 | 113 | 4 | 1 | v India | Bengaluru | 31 Aug 2012 |
| 8 | 142 | 4 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 25 Nov 2012 |
| 9 | 217* | 4 | 1 | v West Indies | Dunedin | 03 Dec 2013 |
| 10 | 129 | 4 | 1 | v West Indies | Wellington | 11 Dec 2013 |
| 11 | 131 | 4 | 2 | v West Indies | Hamilton | 19 Dec 2013 |
| 12 | 104 | 4 | 3 | v Pakistan | Dubai (DSC) | 17 Nov 2014 |
| 13 | 290 | 4 | 2 | v Australia | Perth | 13 Nov 2015 |
| 14 | 173* | 4 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 28 Jul 2016 |
| 15 | 124* | 4 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 06 Aug 2016 |
| 16 | 102* | 4 | 3 | v Pakistan | Hamilton | 25 Nov 2016 |
| 17 | 107* | 4 | 3 | v West Indies | Hamilton | 09 Dec 2017 |
KS Williamson now occupies the third place in the list of New Zealand batsmen who have scored most fifties. His 102 in the ongoing test against England was his 44th fifty. SP Fleming {55} and LRPL Taylor {45} have scored more fifties than KS Williamson. The following table lists the performance of these three batsmen.
| No | Player | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 | 50+ |
| 1 | SP Fleming | 1994-2008 | 111 | 189 | 10 | 7172 | 274* | 40.06 | 09 | 46 | 16 | 55 |
| 2 | LRPL Taylor | 2007-2018 | 084 | 150 | 19 | 6266 | 290 | 47.83 | 17 | 28 | 12 | 45 |
| 3 | KS Williamson | 2010-2018 | 064 | 114 | 10 | 5316 | 242* | 51.11 | 18 | 26 | 06 | 44 |