{"id":179639,"date":"2026-06-12T06:03:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=179639"},"modified":"2026-06-12T06:03:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:33:49","slug":"new-zealand-stalwart-announces-retirement-icc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=179639","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand stalwart announces retirement &#8211; ICC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTFBJM1BJQXMtZEVxcy0tOXgxTUd4ZEJ2T20wTENNRXgyOHMxRnJFT2U4S1BibVd0Y3ZOX2J5eHEza0RzcHlCelI0ZFJEcE52OFBpcW1rOFF6YXRvQ2s5alNZeTdqWlI1TG9pRHU1Zm5EX2VHMUtvZFpFbGRVdUI2QVU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Zealand stalwart announces retirement<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">ICC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZkFVX3lxTE4ycXNZOWlRTWhBV3JtbEl5X25pSWJUeHFfemZzTjY4Q1pzamlDUC1JdzRCMzU3WUN6LWtNelBORlM0RFBDTVpyaUwza2tmbVllSnMxWVBNOGJ4dE9tZVVfWXExOGd6dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson retires from international cricket<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">BBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi7gFBVV95cUxNMV9hQ3dOVl9ndVhkOGZ6cmhCOXZobHhpV0VCTFlZZUJKQTZhOWZjcnJUU0xnQ3NJSE5wLXJwd0tYTkZORXgydWdCRGpGTFQzczNCQ1labTNpdTB5cEhMUGRCMDBMODhWUzdLUWlGcUVhZ0JaTnBDS3o4bDJzY0NGc29wR09nYUNERzBaX3BCWE0za3VNSDJQbUlsbklfZS05akhsMzBsajQ5UzFNNmtTMmxWVGRlYjdmOUxjcFJxajNnUXpKQl83a2RQcUR5SjZlZ3dxMHY5RUpZbnh4bHRCVGhZS0QwY1lPRFlNZVd3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kane calls time! Williamson retires from test cricket<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NZ Herald<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNSE1fRUd5TjItQkh5VXFaQUxvRkNad1o4c19GcVZ3VFQ1ZVJuZnBSQkNFcU41cnlzWGhidU1DUDBDaERuRHZxMmhsOVEtdnlmMTU4N2NOT0hfdWt3b0o2TWgwaWo4NHBuZlFfUnUxWUEtNlV6RWROZDBkR0JEbjQ3Tktwc0thVlRkR3hwd2Q3d2FVbDR0cVBLRGFQdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kane Williamson retires from international cricket<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Cricbuzz<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi7wFBVV95cUxObEhxYTlWVHpjVG9KdFRWd3hLVEhzWmI1VHYtczZZS1pHZFR4Z25sMThHTklmaUM4Mkt6NkFzTXdiV2NnUjJmY29iRTNjRDZ4QXNKdC1LOFN1SkVvUE9uUkpUcFc5aFpCTGFMbnlvaC1DSTREZGFTdUhsb1k4VXgxRnk0bF9SeEozZVBBbjg0NGUwakVkWGd6cENhMU1WTHNfUHBVYWFubHV3MmhhMllMQmljT1lMTk9pamdOU2UwdU1nd214aGZHV1dzY0pNck1ycGFxRE1SNEpHZzZ6Rjc3eHJEckZOc1p4ZlhJTW9Mdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kane Williamson: New Zealand&#8217;s all-time leading run scorer announces shock retirement from international cricket<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Sky Sports<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTFBJM1BJQXMtZEVxcy0tOXgxTUd4ZEJ2T20wTENNRXgyOHMxRnJFT2U4S1BibVd0Y3ZOX2J5eHEza0RzcHlCelI0ZFJEcE52OFBpcW1rOFF6YXRvQ2s5alNZeTdqWlI1TG9pRHU1Zm5EX2VHMUtvZFpFbGRVdUI2QVU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand stalwart announces retirement&nbsp;&nbsp;ICC Former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson retires from international cricket&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC Kane calls time! Williamson retires from test cricket&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald Kane Williamson retires from international cricket&nbsp;&nbsp;Cricbuzz Kane Williamson: New Zealand&#8217;s all-time leading run scorer announces shock retirement from international cricket&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky Sports Source link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/J6_coFbogxhRI9iM864NL_liGXvsQp2AupsKei7z0cNNfDvGUmWUy20nuUhkREQyrpY4bEeIBucs0-w300-rw.webp","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":187138,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=187138","url_meta":{"origin":179639,"position":0},"title":"Stokes opens batting in farewell Test, gets dismissed for 30","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"England captain Ben Stokes fell for 30 in his last international innings after announcing his surprising retirement from international cricket on Sunday in the middle of the third Test. 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