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Star New Zealand batter Kane Williamson shared his thoughts on the format of the World Test Championship and called for an equal level of competition among all participating teams. Notably, the defending champions, Australia are set to face South Africa in the third edition of the WTC final at Lord's from June 11 to 16.
In his conversation with ESPNCricinfo, Kane Williamson discussed the changing dynamics of the Test format in terms of match result. "It comes back to scheduling. I love Test cricket and I'd love to see it stay and I'd love to see it be a pathway for young cricketers still, alongside the T20 format. If you can prioritise windows where teams are playing each other consistently and somewhat evenly, then I think it just makes it [the WTC] a slightly more level competition," Williamson said.
We don't see draws anymore: Kane Williamson
Speaking further, Kane Williamson also shared his thoughts on how the competition has grown in Test cricket from the last few years and the teams are pushing hard to get a result. Notably, Williamson led New Zealand to the first-ever WTC title after the Kiwis defeated India in the final in Southampton in 2021.
"The context now in Test cricket has certainly increased the effort and results. We don't see draws anymore, basically, in Test cricket, so every team's pushing for a result when there's something on it. For us as a country, winning the inaugural Test Championship final, it was really special and a great moment in our history," Williamson said. .
"You put a tournament in front of somebody or a team, and they're always quite keen to win it… Context is something that's been spoken about for a while now, and it is great to see that there's an effort to do that. It's just how you keep tinkering it because there's so many different opinions with teams, who they play and how you sort of continue to make it level," he further added.
