The eleventh of December, 1988 was the day that Timothy Grant Southee was born. He is a New Zealand international cricketer who plays for the New Zealand cricket team in all forms of the game. He is the captain of the squad in Test matches and the vice-captain in Twenty20 Internationals. He bowls with his right arm at a medium speed and is a bottom-order batsman who hits with a lot of force. He was one of the youngest cricketers in New Zealand, making his debut in February 2008 at the age of 19, giving him the distinction of becoming the third New Zealand bowler to take 300 wickets in a test match.
His first test match was against England, and he hit 77 runs off of 40 balls in the second innings. He also got five wickets. At the same time as he competes for Northland in the Hawke Cup, he also competes for Northern Districts in the Plunket Shield, Ford Trophy, and Super Smash. He took over as captain of New Zealand for the first Twenty20 International match against West Indies, which Kane Williamson was not allowed to play in since he was given a break for that match. The Blackcaps prevailed in the match by a score of 47 runs.
Southee was a part of the New Zealand side that triumphed in the 2019–2021 International Cricket Council World Test Championship. Of all the batters who have scored at least 2000 runs in international tests, Southee presently holds the record for the greatest strike rate in international test batting. He has a lifetime strike rate of 83.12 percent while hitting. In addition, he was a member of the New Zealand team that competed in the 2015 Cricket World Cup and ended up finishing in second place.
Southee is well-known for his ability to create late outswings at a rapid tempo, and later on later with off-cutting slower balls almost like a quicker off-spinner on a wet pitch and death bowling. He is also noted for his proficiency in death bowling. At the 2011 ICC World Cup, he took 18 wickets at a rate of 17.33, which placed him in third place among all wicket-takers. In addition, he was a standout performer in the 2015 ICC World Cup, as he took seven wickets in a league match against England from the round of robin. As a result of this performance, Wisden was awarded the ODI spell of the decade.
Tim Southee Biography
| Name | Tim Southee |
| Full Name | Timothy Grant Southee |
| Date of Birth | 24 April 1973 |
| Place of Birth | Whangārei, New Zealand |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Father’s Name | Murray Southee |
| Mother’s Name | Joanne Southee |
| Siblings | NA |
| Spouse | Brya Fahy |
| Marriage Date | NA |
| Children | Cooper Southee |
| Role | Bowling |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right Arm Medium Fast Out-Swing |
| ODI Debut | June 15, 2008 vs. England |
| Test Debut | 22 March 2008 vs. England |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Black |
| Retirement | NA |
Between the years 2006 and 2009, Southee was a member of the New Zealand under-19 cricket team. Thirteen one-day matches were played throughout his under-19 career, ten of which were played in the ICC Under-19 World Cups. Additionally, he played in a three-match Youth Test series against India at the beginning of 2007. The most recent time he competed as a young player was in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2008, when he won the award for player of the tournament.
At the time of his first appearance in the 2006 ICC Under-19 World Cup, which took place on February 5 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Southee was 17 years old. The match was against Bangladesh. Within the context of the competition, he also competed against Pakistan, Ireland, the United States of America, and Nepal. After the game, he had 113 runs at a score of 22.6 and five wickets at an average of 38.8. As a result, Nepal became victorious in the Plate Final.
It was during New Zealand’s hosting of India in 2007 when Southee participated in his only three Youth Test matches. During the second match of the series, which New Zealand won, he got six wickets six wickets, and six wickets. As the series came to a close, he ended with 20 wickets at an average of 18.2 runs per wicket. Southee had already participated in two complete Twenty20 internationals for New Zealand by the time he made his second appearance in the ICC Under-19 World Cup, which took place in Malaysia in 2008.
As a result of his bowling, he earned the title of player of the competition. Later on, he went on to capture 17 wickets in five matches, averaging just 6.64 and allowing only 2.52 runs per over. He got 5/11 in New Zealand’s opening match, which was against Zimbabwe. Only Wayne Parnell of South Africa got more wickets (18), even though he played one more match than everyone else. There was a rain-affected encounter in which Southee took 4/29 during his last outing for New Zealand’s under-19 team, which resulted in a defeat to India in the semi-finals.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 39 | 6 | 118 | 36* | 13.11 | 95 | 124.21 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 5 | 60.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9* | 0.00 | 9 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2 | 52 | 36* | 26.00 | 46 | 113.04 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7.00 | 3 | 233.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11 | 1 | 30 | 25 | 10.00 | 19 | 157.89 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 7* | 13.00 | 9 | 144.44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 43 | 960 | 1388 | 31 | 3/24 | 44.77 | 8.68 | 30.97 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 72 | 95 | 3 | 2/26 | 31.66 | 7.91 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 54 | 118 | 1 | 1/24 | 118.00 | 13.11 | 54.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8 | 174 | 261 | 5 | 3/30 | 52.20 | 9.00 | 34.80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 60 | 96 | 3 | 2/39 | 32.00 | 9.60 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11 | 258 | 329 | 9 | 3/24 | 36.55 | 7.65 | 28.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 7 | 168 | 247 | 6 | 2/32 | 41.16 | 8.82 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 60 | 76 | 0 | 0/16 | – | 7.60 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 5 | 114 | 166 | 4 | 1/30 | 41.50 | 8.73 | 28.50 | 0 | 0 |
When Southee was still playing cricket at the junior level, the selectors and coaches of New Zealand showed a great deal of interest in him. Dayle Hadlee, who was the national bowling coach at the time, brought him to India in 2007. Later on, Hadlee said that Dennis Lillee had made a comparison between Southee’s skill and that of Glenn McGrath when he was younger while they were both present.
Hadlee said that he had been “whispering in Black Caps coach John Bracewell’s ear about the possibility of taking Southee on the upcoming tour of England.” Hadlee is the brother of Sir Richard Hadlee, who is the manager of the New Zealand Cricket Selection system. When Southee was in the eye of the selectors, he collected six wickets and sixty-eight runs in the first innings of a first-class match against Auckland at the beginning of December (the innings finished on his nineteenth birthday).
Almost immediately, he was selected to play for a New Zealand XI team in a Twenty20 match against a Bangladeshi team on December 23, 2007. The match was scheduled to take place. The match, which took place at Seddon Park in Hamilton, the home field of Northern Districts, was a charity match benefiting hurricane relief efforts in Bangladesh. It was not a full international match. After bowling three overs, Southee grabbed a wicket of 1/31.
