Can coach a player like Kane Williamson? Gary Stead

How can you coach a player like Kane Williamson? Gary Stead said.Outgoing Black Caps coach Gary Stead admits he wondered how he could coach a player like Kane Williamson.Stead stood down as Black Caps coach on Wednesday after seven years in charge.

Stead quit as coach of the ODI and T20 white-ball teams in April and New Zealand Cricket said he had effectively been ruled out of retaining the test job after they decided on having one coach across all formats.The team was playing well under the captaincy of Kane Williamson, who by then was well established as one of the best batters in the world.

“It’s easy as a coach to come in and have imposter syndrome, how can I help a Kane Williamson,” Stead said about his start in the role in 2018.

“Kane Williamson knows a lot more about batting than I ever will, but that’s where you find yourself, how you question them and how you challenge them to keep going to that next level.

“That is the part of coaching I really enjoy.”

Stead oversaw the inaugural World Test Championship win in 2021, an unprecedented three-nil test series sweep of India on the sub-continent last year, alongside five out of six finals appearances in ICC white-ball World Cups.

“To continually make those stages of those events says to me that the team is running well and that we also have plans in place to allow us to get there as well.

“This team is seen by our opposition as a team that won’t go away and you know when you play New Zealand you’re in for a fight.”