Tim Southee

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Tim Southee

Southee in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Timothy Grant Southee
Born	(1988-12-11) 11 December 1988 (age 35) Whangārei, New Zealand
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	New Zealand (2008–present)
Test debut (cap 237)	22 March 2008 v England
Last Test	24 October 2024 v India
ODI debut (cap 150)	15 June 2008 v England
Last ODI	15 November 2024 v India
ODI shirt no.	38
T20I debut (cap 30)	5 February 2008 v England
Last T20I	17 June 2024 v Papua New Guinea
T20I shirt no.	38
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006/07–present	Northern Districts
2011	Chennai Super Kings
2011	Essex
2014–2015	Rajasthan Royals
2016–2017	Mumbai Indians
2017	Middlesex
2018–2019	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2021–2023	Kolkata Knight Riders
2023	London Spirit
2024	Birmingham Phoenix
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 104 161 126 146 Runs scored 2,185 740 303 3,017 Batting average 15.71 12.13 11.22 16.30 100s/50s 0/6 0/1 0/0 1/9 Top score 77* 55 39 156 Balls bowled 23,082 8,075 2,753 30,558 Wickets 385 221 164 550 Bowling average 29.88 33.70 22.38 27.54 5 wickets in innings 15 3 1 26 10 wickets in match 1 0 0 1 Best bowling 7/64 7/33 5/18 8/27 Catches/stumpings 83/– 44/– 65/– 97/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  New Zealand ICC Cricket World Cup Runner-up 2015 Australia and New Zealand Runner-up 2019 England and Wales ICC World Test Championship Winner 2019-2021 ICC T20 World Cup Runner-up 2021 UAE and Oman
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 November 2024

Timothy Grant Southee (born 11 December 1988), is a New Zealand international cricketer who has captained New Zealand cricket team in all formats of the game. He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler and a hard-hitting lower order batsman. The third New Zealand bowler to take 300 Test wickets, he was one of the country's youngest cricketers, debuting at the age of 19 in February 2008. On his Test debut against England he took 5 wickets and made 77 off 40 balls in the second innings.^[1] He plays for Northern Districts in the Plunket Shield, Ford Trophy and Super Smash as well as Northland in the Hawke Cup. He was named as New Zealand's captain for the first T20I against West Indies in place of Kane Williamson, who was rested for that game.^[2] The Blackcaps won that match by 47 runs.^[3] Southee was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship. Southee currently has the highest (international) test batting strike rate among the batsmen with a minimum of 2000 test runs. His (batting) career strike rate is 83.12.^[4] He was also a part of the New Zealand squads to finish as runners-up in two Cricket World Cup finals in 2015 and 2019.

Southee is known for his ability to generate late outswing at a brisk pace, and later with off cutting slower balls almost like a faster off-spinner on a damp wicket and death bowling. He was the third-highest wicket-taker at the 2011 ICC World Cup (18 wickets at 17.33). He also impressed at the 2015 ICC World Cup, taking 7 wickets in a round robin league match against England.^[5] This performance was named Wisden's ODI spell of the decade.^[6]