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Tim Southee Test Retirement: New Zealand has defeated England by 423 runs in the last and third test match of the series. Earlier, England had won the first two matches of the series. Now the New Zealand team has been successful in avoiding a clean sweep. Now with the third test match, Tim Southee has ended his test career. He took leave after winning the match. He had already announced his retirement.
Made New Zealand win many matches
Tim Southee is counted among the great bowlers of New Zealand. Whether he is playing at home or abroad. Everywhere he showed his bowling skills and led the team to victory. He made his Test debut for New Zealand in 2008. He is second in terms of taking most wickets in Tests for New Zealand. Ahead of him is Richard Hadlee (431 wickets). Saudi has taken a total of 391 wickets in his Test career.
Have captained for New Zealand
Tim Southee has also captained the New Zealand team and he captained the Kiwi team in 14 test matches, out of which he won 6 and lost 6. Two matches have been drawn. He has been a part of the New Zealand team that won the historic 3-0 series in India. He left the Test captaincy even before the India tour. Now he has retired from Test also. But he has not yet decided whether he will continue playing in limited overs or not.
Bowler who took the most wickets for New Zealand in international cricket
Tim Southee has been the highest wicket taker for New Zealand in international cricket. There are 716 wickets registered in his name. He has taken 391 wickets in Tests, 221 wickets in ODIs and 164 wickets in T20 Internationals. He gets wickets by changing the pace of bowling. He has won the final match of the World Test Championship 2021 with the Kiwi team.
Has hit 98 sixes in test cricket
Apart from bowling, Saudi has also left a mark with his batting in Test cricket. He scored a total of 2245 runs in 107 test matches. Which included 7 half-centuries. He has 98 sixes in his name in Test cricket. He is the player with joint fourth highest number of Test sixes.
