Who is Tim Southee?

Tim Southee recently became the third New Zealand player to play 100 T20Is after Martin Guptill and Ross Taylor. He said it’s a “great honor” to hit triple figures given that this is just the most recent achievement for Southee. 

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 begins
on October 16 in Australia.

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Who is Tim Southee?

Timothy Grant Southee is a cricket player who represents New
Zealand internationally. He was born in Whangarei, Northland on December 11,
1988. 

The 33-year-old player is a right-arm
fast-medium bowler and a hard-hitting lower-order batsman.

 He was one of the nation’s youngest
cricketers when he made his debut in February 2008 at the age of 19, becoming
the third bowler from New Zealand to record 300 Test wickets. He took 5 wickets
and scored 77 runs off 40 balls in the second innings of his Test debut against
England.

From 2006 to 2009, Southee represented
New Zealand in cricket at the under-19 level. In addition to a three-match
Youth Test series against India in early 2007, his under-19 career includes 13
one-day matches, 10 of which were at ICC Under-19 World Cups. The 2008 ICC
Under-19 Cricket World Cup was his last youth appearance, and he became the
player of the tournament.

When he was given a chance to make his
Test debut against England in Napier, he was still only 19 years old, had just
one T20I cap behind him, and had just won Player of the Tournament in the 2008
Under-19 World Cup. Responding with 5 for 55, Southee then smashed 77 off 40
balls with nine sixes in the second inning.

It was a debut that presented a crystal
clear picture of his future career. With Trent Boult, Southee became one of the
top new-ball partnerships in the world over the following ten years or so. He
also became well-known for his ability to clear the fence.

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He demonstrated his versatility in the
subcontinent in 2012 by recording the best bowling numbers for a New Zealander
in India—7 for 64. His most notable ODI performance occurred at the 2015 World
Cup when he bowled a great spell of swing bowling that crushed England’s
batting to finish with 7 for 33, the best bowling stats for a New Zealander in
ODIs.