Revealed: Why Kane Williamson Wore BJ Watling's Jersey To Celebrate Historic Win Against England

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New Zealand won the two-match Test series 1-0 against England ahead of the historic title match of the World Test Championship (WTC 2021). End vs NZ 1st Test ended up in a draw and the England vs New Zealand 2nd Test was won by New Zealand by 8 wickets. Photo Courtesy: Getty Images 

A historic win against England on their home soil ahead of the historic WTC final against India has boosted the confidence of the BlackCaps. Celebrations took place inside the Kiwi dressing room after a hard-fought win over England. NZ skipper Kane Williamson was seen celebrating the win over England while wearing veteran BJ Watling's jersey. Photo Courtesy: @BLACKCAPS / Twitter

The reason behind Williamson's celebration has been revealed! Eng vs NZ Test series was the last Test series of BJ Watling's international career.  Watling had already announced that the final match of the World Test Championship against India will be his career's last international match and hence he'll retire after NZ's tour of England. Photo Courtesy: @BLACKCAPS / Twitter

Every player in the dressing room seemed a bit emotional seeing Williamson wearing Watling's jersey to celebrate the win over England. Sadly, Watling could not play in the last match of the England vs New Zealand Test series as he was ruled out due to injury. Photo Courtesy: @BLACKCAPS / Twitter

Talking about England vs New Zealand 2nd Test,  England, while batting first, scored 303 runs. Chasing the target, New Zealand, in their first innings, took the lead by scoring 388 runs.  In their second innings, England was bundled up for just 122 runs  by the Kiwi bowlers and New Zealand simply chased down the 38-run  target after  losing two wickets. Photo Courtesy: @ICC  / Twitter

BJ Watling, who made his Test debut in 2009, has so far scored 3789 runs in Test cricket with an average of 37.9. This includes eight centuries and 19 fifties. The South African-born New Zealand cricketer has also played 5 T20 and 28 ODIs for New Zealand. Photo Courtesy: AFP