In the original arrangement, Williamson was supposed to play for English county Yorkshire for the full season because it was expected that he would not get to play as many matches as he did in the current season of IPL. However, due to the unfortunate suspension of SRH captain David Warner in the ball-tampering scandal, SRH management decided to name Williamson as their captain. Being the captain he had to play all the matches for his franchise and taking into consideration the unexpected development, NZ cricket has now communicated to Yorkshire that Williamson would have a reduced role for them.   

Yorkshire director, Martin Moxon was disappointed by this decision of NZ cricket and insisted that counties have to suffer from such developments and they have been frustrated because of it. However, he did mention that Williamson would play a huge role for them. 

“When Kane originally signed for us and New Zealand Cricket accepted the dates, it was thought that he wouldn’t play every game in IPL and that he wouldn’t be captain. But, with David Warner getting banned, he became captain of Sunrisers and has consequently played every game, so New Zealand Cricket want him to have more of a rest. We’re frustrated, obviously, and counties are having to deal with this sort of thing all the time.”