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Former Black Caps captain Kane Williamson has a very personal reason to be invested in protective gear in high-impact sports.

In 2012, a Dale Steyn delivery during Test against South Africa in Wellington split Williamson's box in half and caused the Black Cap to think about how protective gear could be modernised and improved.

"It was extremely painful and it just absolutely dropped me," Williamson said.

"I was hit, my box split, and that made it pretty clear that the protect

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