44 Facts About Tim Southee

1. Tim Southee picked figures of 3 for 17 at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington and sent down a much-needed memo a few months before the World Cup.

2. Tim Southee accounted for the wickets of stand-in captain Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni, who top scored with 39 and Krunal Pandya.

3. Tim Southee established himself as the new opening bowling attack partnership with Boult In seaming conditions or bowling with an older ball, he tends to bowl more cross-seam deliveries.

4. Tim Southee played all three of the ODIs to count, taking only two wickets.

5. Tim Southee took 12 wickets at an average under 14.

6. Tim Southee was injured out of that tour, with his knee not having recovered.

7. Tim Southee took wickets in all of New Zealand's matches, including three each against Kenya, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka twice—in the group stages and in the first semi-final.

8. Tim Southee opened the bowling in seven of New Zealand's eight matches and was first change in the other.

9. Tim Southee was named by the ICC as the 12th man, and only New Zealander, in the "team of the tournament" having finished with 18 wickets at 17.33.

10. Tim Southee took two first-innings wickets, but over the second and third days Pakistan easily won the match.

11. Tim Southee finished the sixth over of the game with a wicket.

12. Tim Southee became the third bowler to take a hat-trick in a Twenty20 international, and took his first ODI five-wicket bag.

13. Tim Southee missed the first test but replaced Jeetan Patel for the last two.

14. Tim Southee played in two of the matches without taking a wicket.

15. Tim Southee played all eight matches for New Zealand, finishing with 12 wickets—twice as many as any of his teammates—at 28.66.

16. Tim Southee played all the one-day matches but only took three wickets, averaging 84.33.

17. Tim Southee has become a regular member of the international side in all three formats—Twenty20, one-day internationals, and test matches.

18. Tim Southee finished the drawn series with 20 wickets at an average of 18.2.

19. Tim Southee married his partner Brya Fahy, and they have a daughte.

20. Tim Southee impressed at the 2015 ICC World Cup, taking 7 wickets in a round robin league match against England.

21. Tim Southee was named as New Zealand's captain for the first T20I against West Indies in place of Kane Williamson, who was rested for that game.

22. Tim Southee was one of New Zealand's youngest cricketer, debuting at the age of 19 in February 2008.

23. Tim Southee is the current vice-captain of the international team.

24. Tim Southee is a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a hard-hitting lower order batsman.

25. Tim Southee struck 20 in five balls to help extend New Zealand's advantage further before being holed out, which led to Brendon McCullum signalling the declaration.

26. Tim Southee was decent in his stint with RCB on slower tracks while Ferguson and Milne did well in the T20 Blast.

27. Tim Southee could be left out for Lockie Ferguson after not making an impact in the first two T20Is.

28. Tim Southee is New Zealand's most successful bowler in the shortest format with 62 wickets in 51 matches and him together with Adam Milne are expected to do the early damage.

29. Tim Southee was named as the captain for the ODI series against England at home due to regular captain Kane Williamson was dropped from the squad due to injury.

30. In the first half of 2014, Tim Southee continued to establish himself as one of the best new ball bowlers in the world, leading New Zealand to a test series victory over a touring Indian side with 11 wickets in a series of consistent performances.

31. Tim Southee returned to the New Zealand test side for the three match series against England.

32. Tim Southee was the third-highest wicket-taker at the 2011 World Cup, hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

33. In the first match Tim Southee won another man of the match award for taking his first ODI five-wicket bag, including three in his opening spell.

34. Tim Southee took six wickets in seven ODIs, and four wickets in two tests.

35. Tim Southee had four first-innings wickets and added two more top-order scalps in the second.

36. Tim Southee played all of these matches except the first Twenty20.

37. Tim Southee took only three wickets in the two-day matches.

38. Tim Southee played all eight matches for New Zealand, finishing with 12 wickets—twice as many as any of his teammates—at 28.66.

39. Tim Southee played only in the third of the tests, ahead of Mills and Jeetan Patel.

40. On 30 January 2008, Tim Southee was named in the New Zealand squad for two Twenty20 International games against England.

41. Tim Southee began his international career as one of the youngest ever to play for New Zealand.

42. In 2007 Tim Southee played his only three Youth Tests when New Zealand hosted India.

43. Tim Southee was 17 years old when he debuted in the 2006 ICC Under-19 World Cup on 5 February, against Bangladesh in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

44. Tim Southee was born in Whangarei, New Zealand, and grew up in Northland.