Published 17:10 IST, July 14th 2019

World Cup: Icy cool skipper Kane Williamson achieved this unique feat against England beating Mahela Jayawardene

Williamson has surpassed former Sri Lankan great Mahela Jayawardene's tally of 548 runs on his way to this milestone. Jayawardene had achieved this feat in the 2007 edition where the Lankans had finished as runners-up losing to Australia. Meanwhile, Williamson made this record during the summit clash against hosts England.

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New Zealand will be hoping to go one better against England in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 final at Lord's on Sunday. Kiwis h reached summit clash in last edition under Brendon McCullum but faltered at final hurdle. Kane Williamson-led side would look to make amends this time around.

Speaking of Kane Williamson, icy cool skipper has ded yet ar fear in his cap. 28-year-old w has most number of runs by a captain in qurennial event. Williamson has surpassed former Sri Lankan great Mahela Jayawardene's tally of 548 runs on his way to this milestone. Jayawardene h achieved this feat in 2007 edition where Lankans h finished as runners-up losing to Australia. Meanwhile, Williamson me this record during summit clash against hosts England.

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Williamson is w fourth leing run-scorer of this tournament. He w has opportunity to get past Rohit Sharma's 648 runs to become leing run scorer. However, if he ds a few more runs, n he might even surpass Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar's all-time World Cup record of 673 runs. 

At same time, even English batsman Joe Root (549) has opportunity to shatter a few records when latter comes out to bat in second innings.

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Williamson has two centuries and two half-centuries in this competition so far at a strike rate of 76.32.  Arguably, his best kck of this tournament has to be that 95-ball 67 against India in semi-final on a difficult wicket which played a crucial role in his side getting to 239/8 in ir 50 overs. What seemed like a below-par-total proved to be a match-winning one as pacers Trent Boult and Matt Henry reduced Men In Blue to 5/3 and n 92/6 before a 116-run seventh wicket stand between Ravindra Jeja and MS Dhoni brought m on cusp of victory. 

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In end, Williamson's calm and composed captaincy helped Kiwis register an 18-run win and qualify for ir second straight World Cup final.

Even netizens came forward to hail Williamson who is one of 'Fab 4' batsmen of modern day cricket. Here are some of tweets.

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16:41 IST, July 14th 2019