tim southee Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
tim southee is a cricketer(sportsman) from New Zealand. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Timothy Grant Southee
Born
December 11, 1988, Whangarei, Northland
Age
34 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium fast
Playing Role
Bowler
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 94 | 161 | 113 | 54 |
Inn | 133 | 96 | 45 | 20 |
Runs | 1976 | 742 | 280 | 120 |
Avg | 16.07 | 12.16 | 11.2 | 9.23 |
SR | 83.16 | 96.24 | 143.59 | 112.15 |
HS | 77 | 55 | 39 | 36 |
NO | 10 | 35 | 20 | 7 |
100s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50s | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
4s | 197 | 59 | 19 | 8 |
6s | 83 | 26 | 17 | 4 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 94 | 161 | 113 | 54 |
Inn | 178 | 159 | 111 | 54 |
Balls | 21608 | 8075 | 2468 | 1206 |
Runs | 10726 | 7447 | 3367 | 1742 |
Wkt | 370 | 221 | 144 | 47 |
BBI | 64 / 7 | 33 / 7 | 18 / 5 | 20 / 5 |
BBM | 108 / 10 | 33 / 7 | 18 / 5 | 20 / 5 |
Eco | 2.98 | 5.53 | 8.19 | 8.67 |
Avg | 28.99 | 33.7 | 23.38 | 37.06 |
5W | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
10W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teams he has played for:
- New Zealand
- Brampton Wolves
- Chennai Super Kings
- Essex
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- London Spirit (Men)
- Mumbai Indians
- New Zealand Under-19s
- Northern Districts
- Rajasthan Royals
- Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Vancouver Knights
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
It was the 2008 Under-19 World Cup that shot Southee to fame. He ended as the Man of the Tournament and made everyone who watched him bowl to sit up and take notice. He was fasttracked into the New Zealand Test side and made his debut in the home series against England. A 5-fer and a sparkling 77 in the second innings is what he had to show, an emphatic statement that told the world that he had arrived on the big stage. In the return series in England, he also made his debut in the shorter formats and has been a regular member of the Kiwi line-up ever since.
Most of New Zealand's key achievements after 2000 have seen a Southee stamp on it somehwere. Semifinal finish in the 2011 World Cup had him playing a major role as he scalpd 18 wickets at an excellent average of 17.33 - ample proof of his ability to adapt to sub-continental conditions. A rare Test win in Sri Lanka followed during the 2012-13 season and Southee was at the helm there as well with an excellent eight-wicket match haul. He was also on song during the 2015 World Cup where New Zealand made their first ever appearance in a final.
Southee's key skill is his ability to read a surface quickly, thereby readjusting his pace, lengths and line with aplomb. The crafty nature of varying the pace is a skill he mastered over the years which helped him shine a lot in white-ball cricket. Since the arrival of the prodigious talent that is Trent Boult, he has formed a staggering new-ball partnership that can be counted among the best in the world. The duo feed off each other and have wrecked havoc in the opposition batting line-ups more often than not. Brendon McCullum's ultra-aggressive mode of captaincy that changed the cricketing fortunes of the Kiwis depended on a lot on the Southee-Boult partnership.
Southee has played his part in quite a few T20 leagues across the globe, notably the IPL where he represented some big teams like Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. Injuries have plagued his career over the last few years which has had an impact on his white-ball career. The dip in pace hasn't helped either and also the fact that there are younger pacers waiting in the wings to take on the mantle. However, the reputation that he carries ensures that he still remains a vital name on the team sheet.
The white-ball future could be a tad uncertain for Southee although it seems like he wants to carry on till the 2019 World Cup. He enjoyed a decent Champions Trophy 2017 in England although the Kiwis failed to make it to the knockout stages of the tournament. Though his white-ball fortunes have faded a bit in the recent past, Southee still has it in him to make an impact particularly with the new ball and in the slog overs of the innings. He is also the spearhead of the attack who mentors the other quicks around him with his experience that is invaluable.
Most of New Zealand's key achievements after 2000 have seen a Southee stamp on it somewhere. Semifinal finish in the 2011 World Cup had him playing a major role as he scalped 18 wickets at an excellent average of 17.33 - ample proof of his ability to adapt to sub-continental conditions. He was also on song during the 2015 World Cup where New Zealand made their first ever appearance in a final. His career best spell of 7/33 came in World Cup 2015 where Southee destroyed England's batting line-up with his lethal spell with the new ball. He was unplayable and it was due to his bowling spell that England were wrapped up for a paltry score of 123 at Wellington.
In World Cup 2019, his partnership with Trent Boult will be the one to watch out for. If the two speedsters manage to take crucial wickets in the Powerplay, New Zealand have a good chance to make it to the knock-outs. They're always considered as the dark horses in ICC events and if the Kiwis want to put up a good show in the showpiece event in England, Tim Southee will have to put his best foot forward.
IPL through the years
The New Zealand pacer had a start-stop beginning to his IPL career. He was picked for the 2011 season by Chennai Super Kings and though he won them their first game by defending 6 off the final over, Southee played only a couple more after that as Doug Bollinger replaced him. The championship winning team did not retain him and he was left in the wilderness for two years.
Rajasthan Royals bought him back to the league in 2014 for INR 1.2 crore. He didn't play much because of Royals' strong foreign recruits. The same happened in 2015 and once Rajasthan were terminated, Southee moved to Mumbai Indians for the next two years.
In the first season with Mumbai, Southee played 11 games and returned with 9 scalps for an average of 36. The second year he was overlooked for the likes Mitchell McClenaghan and Mitchell Johnson. In 2018, Royal Challengers Bangalore entered the fray for the Kiwi and picked him for his base price of 1 crore. He went on to become the main death bowler for RCB and that in return made them retain him.
Southee has been a part of Knight Riders since 2021, but the Kiwi pacers hasn't featured regularly in the playing XI. With the return of Lockie Ferguson in KKR's squad for IPL 2023, it will be difficult for Southee to cement a spot in the playing XI once again.
FYI: Southee has won two IPLs - CSK in 2011 and MI in 2017 without being part of the final XI.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
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.
In 2022 he was named as New Zealand's Test captain when Kane Williamson stood down from the role.
Pace and outswing 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.
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, but was still around the format four years later.
ESPNcricinfo staff