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William Salter Austen Williams (born 6 October 1992) is a New Zealand and English cricketer. He made his List A debut for Canterbury on 18 January 2017 in the 2016–17 Ford Trophy. He made his Twenty20 debut for Canterbury in the 2017–18 Super Smash on 14 December 2017.

He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield season for Canterbury, with 19 dismissals in eight matches. In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Canterbury for the 2018–19 season. On 9 January 2020, in the 2019–20 Super Smash against the Wellington Firebirds, Williams took a hat-trick.

In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Canterbury ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season. In October 2020, in the second round of the 2020–21 Plunket Shield season, Williams took his first five-wicket haul in first-class cricket. In the next round of the tournament, he took another five-wicket haul, with 5/26 against Northern Districts.

In June 2022, Williams was signed on a short-term overseas contract by Lancashire County Cricket Club to play in the County Championship in England. The following month, Williams was signed as a local player by Lancashire until the end of the 2025 season and ending his Canterbury career.

In addition to his cricketing career, Williams is also a pilot.

References

1. "Will Williams". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
2. "Will Williams". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
3. "The Ford Trophy, Northern Districts v Canterbury at Hamilton, Jan 18, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
4. "2nd Match (D/N), Super Smash at Christchurch, Dec 14 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
5. "Plunket Shield, 2017/18 - Canterbury: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
6. "Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
7. "Super Smash: Will Williams bags hat-trick, five wickets as Canterbury stun Wellington". Stuff. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
8. "Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
9. "Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts". Stuff. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
10. "Plunket Shield: Doug Bracewell's stunning all-round performance in vain as Auckland win again". Stuff. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
11. "Plunket Shield: Canterbury's Will Williams claims second five-wicket bag in as many weeks". Stuff. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
12. "Will Williams: Lancashire sign New Zealander on short-term deal". BBC Sport. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
13. "Will Williams: Lancashire sign New Zealander as non-overseas player until 2025". BBC Sport. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
14. "Will Williams ends Canterbury career to sign up with Lancashire as a local". ESPN Cricinfo. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
15. "Northamptonshire v Lancashire: Will Williams looks ideally suited to the County Championship | the Cricketer".

External links

• Will Williams at ESPNcricinfo

• 1992 births
• Living people
• English cricketers
• New Zealand cricketers
• New Zealand emigrants to the United Kingdom
• Canterbury cricketers
• Lancashire cricketers
• Cricketers from Christchurch