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Kane Williamson Aims To Play New Zealand's Warm Up Games In 2023 World Cup

image-ln19j5o5Kane Williamson is making a return from ACL injury [X.com]

With the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 approaching, New Zealand have found an array of positive news, firstly with pacer Tim Southee being available for the marquee event and now skipper Kane Williamson's possible return on the field.

Before flying off to India for the tournament, Williamson spoke to media personnel in Christchurch and opened up about possibly playing in New Zealand's warm-up games.

The 33-year-old is returning from an ACL injury. He could be seen taking the field against Pakistan in Hyderabad or South Africa in Thiruvananthapuram, or both, subject to fitness.

As quoted by Stuff, Williamson spoke about getting as much time in the middle before the Black Caps tournament opener against England on October 5. 

Here's what Williamson said

“There is a strong desire to be involved as much as I can. Basically, it’s just wanting to progress what I am doing now – the running, the fielding, time in the middle with the bat. Not a huge amount. Although the load is going to keep increasing, so there is a little bit of an unknown. But it has felt pretty good really in the last few weeks."

"Although it's going well, you still have days that vary a little bit. So it's working through those warm-up games to get as much out of it as I can, and as a team, without bothering it too much."

The tournament opener between 2019 winners England, and runners up New Zealand will be played at the iconic Narendra Modi Stadium.