Tim Southee Retired from Test Cricket : New Zealand's legendary fast bowler Tim Southee has said goodbye to international cricket. He played the last match of his career against England in Hamilton. Southee had told long ago that he would end his international career against England at home. In Southee's last match, the New Zealand team defeated England by a huge margin of 423 runs. Southee ended his career with a victory, but he missed out on doing one thing in his career which he will always regret.
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Southee took a total of two wickets in his last Test match. He did not get a single success in the first innings. He got only two wickets in the second innings. Southee played a total of 107 Test matches in his career and took 391 wickets. He was such a player who could also contribute with the bat if needed. He has seven half-centuries to his name in Tests. But still Southee could not do a miracle. Southee could do a big thing in just two balls but could not do it.
| Formate | Match | Inn | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 107 | 203 | 11832 | 391 | 7/64 | 10/108 | 3.02 | 30.26 | 60.08 | 15 | 1 |
| ODI | 161 | 159 | 7447 | 221 | 7/33 | 7/33 | 5.53 | 33.7 | 36.54 | 3 | 0 |
| T20I | 125 | 122 | 3636 | 164 | 5/18 | 5/18 | 7.99 | 22.17 | 16.64 | 2 | 0 |
| IPL | 54 | 54 | 1742 | 47 | 3/20 | 3/20 | 8.67 | 37.06 | 25.66 | 0 | 0 |
Southee took 391 wickets in his 17-year long Test career. He is the highest wicket-taker for the Kiwis after Richard Hadlee. Hadlee took 431 wickets in Tests. Southee made his Test debut at the age of 19 against England in Napier. He took five wickets for 55 runs in his very first match. He also played an innings of 77 runs in 40 balls. He received a lot of praise for this. Since the beginning of Tests in 1877, there have been only a few players who have achieved the distinction of taking five wickets and hitting nine sixes in their first Test. Southee achieved this feat in his very first Test. Performing well in big matches is nothing new for Southee. In the 2008 Under-19 semi-final, Tim Southee fought against difficult conditions and took four wickets to guide New Zealand to victory.
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