2024 is coming to an end. This year, many cricketers bid farewell to cricket. Now, another name will be added to this list. This player is a bowler who has more sixes in his name than Virender Sehwag and Rohit Sharma. If you still don’t understand, then we will clear your confusion. In fact, the name of the player we are talking about is Tim Southee.
New Zealand’s fast bowler announced big news about his retirement. Tim Southee will retire from Test cricket after the upcoming three-match home series against England. The New Zealand Cricket Board announced the information on Friday. However, Southee will be available if New Zealand qualify for the World Test Championship (WTC) finals next June. The WTC finals will be held at London’s Lord’s Stadium from June 11.
Saudi Arabia to conduct final test in December
The first two Test matches against England in the series will be played in Christchurch (November 28 to December 2) and Wellington (December 6 to 10). The final will be held at Southee’s home ground in Hamilton, Seddon Park, from December 14 to 18. Southee will be 36 when the third Test begins in Hamilton. He will also decide on his white-ball future when New Zealand host New Zealand in three T20s and three ODIs starting on December 28.
New Zealand’s most successful bowler
Southee has played 104 Test matches for New Zealand, taking 385 wickets. He ranks second in the list of bowlers with the most wickets in New Zealand Tests, behind Sir Richard Hadley (431). The right-arm fast bowler made his debut against England in 2008 and is New Zealand’s most successful bowler in all formats with 770 wickets. He is the only player in the world to take more than 300 Test wickets, 200 ODI wickets and 100 T20I wickets.
You will be surprised to know that fast bowler Tim Southee has a very good batting record in Tests. He has hit more sixes in Test cricket than Virender Sehwag and Rohit Sharma of India. The Saudi team hit 93 sixes in Tests. While Sehwag hit 91 sixes in Tests, Rohit hit 88 sixes.
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