FILE PHOTO: New Zealand's Kane Williamson during practice at a game in November 2023, REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
(Reuters) - Kane Williamson will opt out of a handful of internationals in January to take up a contract in South Africa's Twenty20 league but plans to keep playing for New Zealand for as long as he can, the batsman said on Thursday.
Williamson announced on Wednesday he had given up the captaincy of New Zealand's white-ball teams and would decline a national contract for the 2024/25 season following the team's early elimination from the T20 World Cup.
