Tim Southee

Personal information

Full name

Timothy Grant Southee

Born

11 December 1988 (age 28)
Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand

Nickname

TNT (along with Trent Boult), Timmy, Tee

Height

6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm fast-medium

Role

Bowler, Vice-Captain

Relations

Cooper (son)

International information

National side

New Zealand

Test debut (cap 237)

22 March 2008 v England

Last Test

5 November 2015 v Australia

ODI debut (cap 150)

15 June 2008 v England

Last ODI

20 June 2015 v England

ODI shirt no.

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2006–present

2011

2011

2014—2015

2016—present

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	54	106	89	119
Runs scored	1,282	467	1,967	621
Batting average	16.86	11.39	17.40	12.17
100s/50s	0/3	0/1	1/5	0/2
Top score	77*	55	156	66*
Balls bowled	11,892	5,251	18,264	5,918
Wickets	190	144	330	160
Bowling average	31.52	32.54	27.63	33.01
5 wickets in innings	5	2	14	2
10 wickets in match	1	0	1	0
Best bowling	7/64	7/33	8/27	7/33
Catches/stumpings	31/–	24/–	41/–	29/–

Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 10 December 2016

Timothy "Tim" Grant Southee (born 11 December 1988) is a New Zealand cricketer. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a hard-hitting lower order batsman. He is also the current Vice-Captain of the international team. He was one of New Zealand's youngest cricketers, debuting at 19 years old in February 2008. On his Test debut against England he took 5 wickets and made 77 off 40 balls in the second innings. He plays for Northern Districts in the Plunket Shield, Ford Trophy and Georgie Pie Super Smash as well as Northland in the Hawke Cup.

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.

Southee was born in Whangarei, New Zealand, and grew up in Northland. He was educated at Whangarei Boys' High School and King's College, Auckland. While at school he excelled at both cricket and rugby, playing representative rugby for the Auckland Secondary School and Northern Region teams.

He made his first-class cricket debut for Northern Districts on 19 February 2007 at the age of eighteen, having already played an Under-19 ICC World Cup for New Zealand. He lives on a sheep farm in Whangarei with his family.

Southee played under-19 cricket for New Zealand from 2006–2009. His under-19 career included 13 one-day matches – 10 at ICC Under-19 World Cups – and a drawn three-match Youth Test series against India in early 2007. His last youth appearance was at the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, where he was player of the tournament.

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