Kane Williamson is not part of a 15-member squad for the opening Test against South Africa.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has been struggling with an elbow injury for over one year. The elbow injury has troubled Williamson a lot as he even had to cut short his net session during the T20 World Cup 2021 to manage the injury.
Williamson sat out of the second Test match against India last year and now he is missing from New Zealand's 15-member squad for the opening Test against South Africa beginning February 17.
The 31-year-old seems to have had enough of the elbow injury and he frustratingly wishes to 'cut off' his left arm. "Cut it off...I’ve thought about that a few times,” Williamson was quoted as saying by stuff.co.nz.
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As per reports, Williamson had even had a chat with Australia's Steve Smith and India cricket great Sachin Tendulkar to seek their advice on tennis elbow injuries.
“Everyone seems to have a different story with this sort of injury, so I was certainly hopeful. But not to be, and it’s a tough pill to swallow, to be honest,” he said. “It has been tough to get my head around, but I’m getting the support of the medical staff and New Zealand Cricket (NZC) around the big picture. But as a player it’s not always easy to do," he further added.
Williamson is in rehabilitation and he is having 20-25 minute batting sessions every two days. “I’ve heard a number of stories of people who have got through it, and those were certainly encouraging at the start.
"I’m just really curious about my end point. But everyone has been pretty unanimous that there will be one, but it’s just putting in the time and effort to basically seeing the back of it,” he added.
Even New Zealand head coach Gary Stead has said recently that the Kiwi skipper is getting frustrated with the injury. “Kane desperately wants to play for NZ, this is hurting him not playing,” Stead had told SENZ Mornings recently.
(With IANS Inputs)