New Zealand have won all three of their three Test matches against India, significantly boosting their hopes of reaching the finals of the 2023-25 ​​World Test Championship. New Zealand now have to play three Test matches at home against England from November 28, with the first of them being played in Christchurch. Ahead of the start of this series, former New Zealand captain and veteran fast bowler Tim Southee surprised everyone by announcing his retirement from Test cricket. Saudi Arabia decided to retire from the longer format of cricket after poor performances in Test cricket over the past few years. At the same time, Saudi Arabia also set a world record that cannot be achieved by other players in the international cricket world and will be difficult to break in the future.
It will be very difficult to break this Saudi record
It is not an easy task for any player to play in all three formats of international cricket but the Saudi team has done it well. Tim Southee is the only player to take more than 300 wickets in Tests, more than 200 wickets in ODIs and more than 100 wickets in T20 Internationals. Saudi is the only player in international cricket to achieve this feat and breaking his world record is very difficult. The Saudi has taken 385 wickets in Tests so far and is second in the number of wickets taken by New Zealand behind Richard Hadley (431 Test wickets) Door). While Saudi Arabia has taken 221 wickets in ODIs and 164 wickets in T20 Internationals so far.
Made headlines for performance at Under-19 World Cup
Tim Southee participated in the 2008 ICC Under-19 World Cup with New Zealand, where he took a total of 17 wickets in the tournament and was awarded the title of Player of the Tournament. Apart from this, Saudi has had to play four ODI World Cups, seven T20 World Cups and two Champions Trophies in his career, besides playing the last match of a World Test match.
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