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"Just the badge has changed," says the former South Africa Under-19 captain who is set to make his debut for New Zealand

Double-tons for Williamson and Nicholls, and two wickets with the new ball - the second day in Wellington could not have gone better for the hosts

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

The New Zealand batter has a system that insulates him from the make-or-break nature of his sport

In a very Kane Williamson sort of way he made sure nothing less than the perfect play would catch him out at the pivotal moment of the Christchurch Test

Also, the Christchurch thriller was only the second instance of a team reaching their target on the final ball of a Test match

A final-ball thriller in Christchurch was celebrated by cricketers around the world

Drawing a blank overseas, slumping pacers and wasting home advantage have left them at eighth out of nine teams in the points table

Joyful tour of New Zealand ends in historic defeat, but buoyant mood is the ultimate takeaway

A deep bond forged by this ludicrous sport culminated in one of the best days it has produced

New Zealand became just the second team to win a Test by one run, and the fourth to win after following on

Ashwin, Styris, Moody, Labuschagne, Chopra and others react to the thrilling finish in Wellington

Also: what's the most wickets to fall at the same score in an international?

History made, class evident, underpinned by a defiance cloaked by a Boy Next Door visage. This is Kane Williamson

Williamson has gone past Ross Taylor to become the all-time highest run-getter for New Zealand in Test cricket

Despite being blitzed for the most part of the Test, hosts ended day three in a position to make England worry

By almost any measure, England's new star batter is in the process of breaking the mould

"Cricket to me is obviously my life as well but it is nothing compared to what people are going through at the moment"

And how many players took a wicket with their first ball in Tests but none after that?

Sri Lanka captain pledges to carry on after young team fails in spirited bid for semi-finals