The man AB would choose to bat for his life

AB rates Williamson above the rest

Former Australian Captain Allan Border said that the due to his better technique and approach towards his batting Kane Williamson is much more good batsman than AB de Villiers, Steve Smith and David Warner.

If Allan Border could choose one person to bat for his life, it would be Kane Williamson. The former Australian captain rewarded the Black Cap the vital praise on Thursday, quoting Williamson's textbook technique that places him above the world's best. "Of all the gun batsmen going around, he would be the one I'd choose to bat for my life," Border told .

"Over AB de Villiers, in front of Steve Smith, in front of Warner, in front of all of them." At 25, Williamson has now scored 11 Test centuries, hiring him in the higher ranks of high achieving youngsters, next to the likes of Donald Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar. At this age he scored more runs than Don Bradman only Kallis is ahead of him in this list.

He was also the top scorer in both innings of the Gabba test with 140 and 59 respectively from the NewZeland’s side.

"Technically, he's probably as armed as any of them because I think he can take that technique to all different types of pitches," Border said. "You know, Virat Kohli got found out in England. I think Joe Root's right up there; I've got a lot of time for him. "Steve Smith's probably there too but he's a little bit more fidgety at the crease, so sometimes that disturbs the illustrations about how technically correct he is. "But I think Kane Williamson, he does everything correctly technically. "He's very still at the crease, plays all the shots. I think he's equally as comfortable against the spin and pace bowling.

On Wednesday Jhonson said that Williamson surprised us with his performance at Brisbane.

Johnson said. "I knew about him (but) I didn't realise what a good player he is. He can play all of the shots. He looked good in defence and I am really looking forward to playing him out here (at the WACA) on a ground that I really enjoy bowling on and really test myself against him. "He is obviously in very good form and he is going to go into this game with a lot of confidence.

• Jhonson said "He is definitely one who we will talk about in our team meeting today after training. He is very difficult to bowl to. "If we build up enough good balls on him, he is going to be like any other player and nick off. He has a lot more patience than other player and his backfoot technique is also very good which gave him advantage over the bowlers.