Kane Who? New Zealand's captain guided his team to victory with an 'i' missing on his playing shirt in Napier.

Kane Williamson's playing shirt can be safely retired to a glass cabinet somewhere, but it's nothing to do with his starring role in New Zealand's Twenty20 cricket victory in Napier.

The Black Caps skipper knew his shirt was missing an 'i', but 'Willamson' played on stoically for an unbeaten 73 to usher in a six-wicket victory over Bangladesh.

The other option was to go without a name and number like late callup Neil Broom did, but the skipper donned his No 22 and never gave it a second thought as commentators zeroed in on the blunder.

"I did [realise] yeah - I had to wear a shirt and someone spelt my name wrong. I'm not sure who did that. It's all good, it still felt the same," he said with a laugh.

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Everyone makes a typo; it's just that this was permanent and beamed around the world. And it wasn't a rookie, it was the best known name in the team.

The question now is what becomes of the top which would be a valuable souvenir, assuming a new one with the correct spelling is made for Saturday's second T20 at Mt Maunganui.

Williamson wasn't the first cricketer to be stumped by his shirt.

Australian batsman Usman Khawaja arrived at last year's Indian Premier League with Pune to find his name spelt 'Khwaja'. And the best known blunder was in 2004 when Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath played a Sydney ODI against New Zealand with 'McGarth' on the back of his canary yellow top.

For Williamson, it wasn't the only distraction he had to shut out on the way to his man of the match performance, as they chased down 142 to win with two overs to spare at McLean Park.

Batting with debutant Tom Bruce, Williamson slipped when turning for a second run and left the Central Stags man stranded, run out for seven. It was a hot topic of dressing room discussion afterwards and Williamson was mortified.

"I felt for Brucey, he was fantastic in the field and confident with the bat which was great. I slipped and looked up and went 'oh no', it was one of those things. That's cricket, he's all good."