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New Zealand encouraged by Kane Williamson’s progress before World Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson spent the last few months nursing a knee injury but the form he has showed since his return ahead of the Cricket World Cup made it seem like he had never been away, stand-in skipper Tom Latham said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Williamson’s participation at the event was thrown into doubt when he underwent surgery for a torn anterior cruciate ligament in April but he has impressed with knocks of 54 and 37 in warm-up games against Pakistan and South Africa recently.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old will skip their tournament opener against champions England on Thursday to build up his fitness, but Latham is delighted with his progress.<\/p>\n

“It’s great to see Kane back and to see him batting,” Latham told reporters. “It’s like he never left, to be honest, in terms of batting.<\/p>\n

“It’s great to see him moving really well too. He’s playing all the shots he used to play.<\/p>\n

“To see him back on the field is another stepping stone in terms of where he needs to get to in terms of his recovery.”<\/p>\n

Latham will lead New Zealand in a rematch of the 2019 final, which England won, but he said his team would treat their opener at the 132,000 capacity Ahmedabad stadium like any other game.<\/p>\n

“Leading into a game, there’s always anticipation of what it’s going to be like. But for us it’s about trying to do what we do really well,” Latham said.<\/p>\n

“The good thing about this group is that we stay really level and we’ve done that for a long period of time.<\/p>\n

“Even though it’s a massive occasion for us … it’s just another game and if we do what we do well, we’ll give ourselves a good chance towards the back end of the game.”<\/p>\n

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