Full Name

Timothy Grant Southee

Born

December 11, 1988, Whangarei, Northland

Age

34y 106d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium fast

Playing Role

Bowler

Tim Southee, a right-arm swing bowler, burst upon the international scene in great style. He was still only 19, with only one T20I cap behind him, and fresh from a Player-of-the-Tournament performance at the 2008 Under-19 World Cup when he was handed a Test debut against England in Napier. Southee responded with 5 for 55 before smashing 77 off 40 balls in the second innings with nine sixes.

It was a debut that gave a clear indication of the career to come. Over the next decade or so, Southee would go on to form one of the world's best new-ball partnerships with Trent Boult, and would also come to be known for his ability to clear the fence. He hit his 50th six in only his 36th Test, and could one day take the Test record for most sixes from his long-time captain Brendon McCullum.

Pace and outswing, however, are the main tools of Southee's trade. His bag of 18 wickets at 17.33 in the 2011 World Cup prompted Allan Donald to say he had the potential to become the best swing bowler in the world, and though frequent injury-forced absences have kept him from fulfilling that prophecy, he has shown he can be devastating across a wide range of conditions.

In 2012, he showed his adaptability in the subcontinent, picking up 7 for 64 in Bangalore, the best figures for a New Zealand bowler in India, before bowling his side to a rare win in Sri Lanka with match figures of 8 for 120 at the P Sara Oval. Two years later, his 11 wickets in the West Indies, at 21.09, helped New Zealand achieve their first series win away from home, against anyone other than Bangladesh or Zimbabwe, in 12 years. In ODIs, his landmark performance came at the 2015 World Cup, when he sliced through England's batting with a sensational spell of swing bowling to finish with figures of 7 for 33, the best bowling figures for a New Zealander in ODIs.

Such is his standing in New Zealand cricket, Southee was elevated as a stand in captain in a T20I in 2017 and then an ODI in 2018. But despite standing in as captain and remaining a key Test and T20 bowler, he fell out of favour in the ODI side due to the form of Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson and only played one match in the 2019 World Cup.
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Career Averages
Bowling
FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Test9417821608107263707/6410/10828.982.9758.419151
ODI154152775170272107/337/3333.465.4336.9530
T20I107105233531791345/185/1823.728.1617.4110
FC13525028994143455348/2710/10826.862.9654.225261
List A169167852076912307/337/3333.435.4137.0530
T20240236521171202826/166/1625.248.1918.4120
Batting & Fielding
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Test9413411197677*16.06237683.160619783730
ODI15493357205512.4174796.38015626430
T20I10742182613910.87187139.57001816530
FC13518416280315616.68339382.6118289107860
List A1691053687566*12.6888399.09027032490
T20240112388417411.36594141.580263461100
Timothy Grant Southee
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Test
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Recent Matches - Player
MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka--1/22 & 3/5117-Mar-2023WellingtonTest # 2500
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka25 & 15/64 & 2/5709-Mar-2023ChristchurchTest # 2498
New Zealand vs England73 & 21/93 & 3/4524-Feb-2023WellingtonTest # 2494
New Zealand vs England10 & 02/71 & 0/4916-Feb-2023Mount MaunganuiTest # 2492
New Zealand vs Pakistan0*3/5613-Jan-2023KarachiODI # 4504
Videos
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Tim Southee poses with the trophy after New Zealand's series win
New Zealand's players pose with the trophy after completing the series win
Tim Southee led New Zealand to a 2-0 series win
Blair Tickner celebrates with his team-mates
Blair Tickner and Co are thrilled after New Zealand's short-ball tactic worked
Tim Southee had Prabath Jayasuriya caught at first slip