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Kane Williamson Acknowledges WTC For Bringing In 'Excitement' To Test Cricket

By IANS News May 18, 2021 • 17:53 PM View: 1683

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson acknowledged the World Test Championship (WTC) for bringing context to Test cricket and making the longest format of cricket exciting.

"It brought in real excitement. We saw that in declarations, games getting really tight. We saw it in the India-Australia series, our series here against Pakistan. Results had to be hard-fought for and you are willing to risk to win it," said Williamson while speaking in a video posted by the ICC Twitter handle.

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